2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round
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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA preliminary round was the UEFA qualifying preliminary round for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The eight lowest teams entered the tournament in the preliminary round were drawn into two groups of four. The two best placed teams in each group advanced to the next round where they competed among the other thirty-eight teams entered. The preliminary round was drawn on 18 December 2012. Malta and Lithuania as hosts were the only seeded teams. Matches were played from 4 to 9 April 2013.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out (this criterion is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points).
- Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Malta (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Group stage | — | — | — | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Albania
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Latvia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | 0–2 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
| Luxembourg | 0–0 | Latvia |
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| Report |
| Latvia | 0–2 | Malta |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Theuma  45+1'Cuschieri 83' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Faroe Islands
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Group stage | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | Montenegro
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | — | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Georgia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | — | 0–2 | — | 4–3 | ||
| 4 | Lithuania (H)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | 0–1 | — | — | — |
| Faroe Islands | 3–3 | Montenegro |
|---|---|---|
| H. Sevdal 49', 76' Magnussen 51' |
Report | Vukčević 18', 66' Kuć 59' |
| Georgia | 4–3 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| Pasikashvili 32', 85' Chkonia 39'Matveeva 60' |
Report | Vanagaitė 9' Bložytė 17'Mažukelyte 82' |
| Georgia | 0–2 | Montenegro |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Vukčević 38', 90+4' |
| Lithuania | 0–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Report | Andreasen 61' |
| Faroe Islands | 2–1 | Georgia |
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| H. Sevdal 38', 73' |
Report | Chichinadze 47' |
| Montenegro | 1–1 | Lithuania |
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| Vukčević 60' |
Report | Vanagaitė 90+1' |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References
- ^ "Albania, Montenegro learn debut opposition". UEFA. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 7th FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). UEFA.com.
External links
- Women's World Cup – Preliminary round, UEFA.com