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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification – UEFA Play-offs
The UEFA play-offs of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition involve the four runners-up with the best records among all seven groups in the qualifying group stage. Ranking of second-placed teams To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third and fourth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the fifth-placed team are not included. As a result, six matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking. Draw The draw for the play-offs was held on 7 September 2018, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The four teams were drawn into two knockout rounds (semi-finals and final) of home-and-away two-legged format. For the semi-finals, two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded, based on their latest coefficient ranking aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
The European qualifying competition for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was a women's football competition that determined the eight UEFA teams joining the automatically qualified hosts France in the final tournament. Apart from France, 46 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Andorra making their World Cup qualification debut and Kosovo making their competitive debut. Format The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds: *Preliminary round: The 16 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The four group winners and the best runners-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team) advance to the qualifying group stage. *Qualifying group stage: The 35 teams (30 highest-ranked teams and five preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of five teams. Each group was played in home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg Stadium
Energi Viborg Arena (originally Viborg Stadion) is a football stadium located in Viborg, Denmark. It is the home ground of Viborg FF and has a capacity of 9,566. The stadium is part of Viborg Stadion Center and is owned by Viborg Municipality. It is the home stadium of the Danish international women’s division. Since October 2011, it has been known as Energi Viborg Arena due to a sponsorship arrangement, giving naming rights to Energi Viborg, a regional energy group. It was one of four venues for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''E ..., hosting three matches in Group B and a semi-final. The old stadium from 1931 was torn down in 2001 to make room for a new stadium with 9,566 seats. The new stadium came with covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; , ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Biel/Bienne lies on the language boundary between the French language, French-speaking and German language, German-speaking parts of Switzerland, and is bilingual throughout. ''Biel'' is the German name for the town; ''Bienne'' its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both languages simultaneously. Since 1 January 2005, the official name has been "Biel/Bienne". Until then, the town was officially named Biel. The town lies at the foot of the first mountain range of the Jura Mountains area, guarding the only practical connection to Jura, on the northeastern shores of Lake Biel (, ), sharing the eastern tip of the lake with its sister town, Nidau. The towns Neuchâtel, Solothurn, and Bern (the Capital (political), c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tissot Arena
Tissot Arena is a combined multi-purpose stadium and arena in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It consists of a football stadium, an ice hockey arena, an outdoor ice skating rink and a curling hall. It is currently used by Swiss Challenge League football club FC Biel-Bienne and National League A ice hockey club EHC Biel. Overview The stadium and arena of the Tissot Arena serve as replacements of the Gurzelen football stadium and the Biel ice hockey arena. The football stadium part of the Tissot Arena is in the south-west side of the building complex and the ice rinks in the north-east. The watch manufacturer Tissot, a member of The Swatch Group that has a head office in Biel/Bienne, obtained naming rights of the arena for at least ten years. The football stadium has a capacity of 5,200 and it is extendable to 10,000 if needed. The ice hockey arena accommodates 6,521 spectators. Part of the electricity for the arena complex is produced by the 8,100 solar panels install ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tine De Caigny
Tine De Caigny (born 9 June 1997) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Belgium national team. Career On 12 November 2019, De Caigny became the first Belgian player to score five goals in a senior international game, 6–0 against Lithuania. On 18 July 2022, she scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Italy, in which she helped her country to reach the quarter-finals of the Euro 2022 for the first time in the history of the competition. Career statistics :''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Caigny goal.'' Honours Anderlecht * Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20; runner-up 2016–17 Lierse * Belgian Women's Cup: 2015–16 Club Brugge * Belgian Women's Cup The Belgian Women's Cup (; ; ) is the cup competition for women's football in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Football Association established the cup in 1977. List of finals The following is a list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géraldine Reuteler
Géraldine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team. She played for Switzerland at UEFA Women's Euro 2017 The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national team .... International goals Notes References External links * 1999 births Living people Swiss women's footballers Switzerland women's international footballers 1. FFC Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players Women's association football defenders Frauen-Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate women's footballers Expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss Women's Super League players Sportspeople from Nidwalden UEFA Women's Euro 2022 playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Football Union
The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it organizes Russian amateur and professional football, including the men's, women's, youth, beach soccer, futsal and Paralympic national teams. The RFS sanctions referees and football tournaments for the Russian Premier League and other football leagues in Russia. RFS is headed by Aleksandr Dyukov, the CEO of Gazprom Neft. Structure The RFS is governed by a board of directors led by a chairman, Nikita Simonyan, and a director general, Aleksandr Alayev. The RFU is a member of international football bodies FIFA and UEFA, and also has a relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). History Russian Empire The All-Russian Football Union (VFS) was created on 19 January 1912 and in the same year was admitted to FIFA. The Unions init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Pustovoitova
Anastasia Vyacheslavovna Pustovoitova (russian: Анастасия Вячеславовна Пустовойтова; born 10 February 1981) is a Russian association football Referee (association football), referee. Previously, she was a Russian women's international footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. Playing career Pustovoitova was a member of the Russia women's national football team and the club Ryazan as a defender. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Refereeing career Pustovoitova became a FIFA International Referees List, FIFA listed referee in 2009. She was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Pustovoitova had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Pustovoitova was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earliest mention of Leuven (''Loven'') dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to a legend, the city's red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Dreef
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. It is home to Jupiler Pro League football team Oud-Heverlee Leuven and hosts the home matches of the Belgium women's national football team and the Belgium national under-21 football team. The entrance for visiting spectators is on Tervuursevest. Extensions With the establishment of Oud-Heverlee Leuven in 2002, the stadium changed its name from Leuvens Sportcentrum to Den Dreef. At that point the stadium had a track and field layout, with the pitch surrounded by tartan track Tartan Track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss and improves their resu ... running lanes. There was one main stand with seats approximately two-thirds of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisha Lehmann
Alisha Lehmann (born 21 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for English FA WSL club Aston Villa and the Switzerland national team. She previously played for BSC YB Frauen of the Nationalliga A, for West Ham United of the FA WSL and on loan with Everton of the FA WSL. Club career BSC YB Frauen Lehmann started her professional club career at Swiss club BSC YB Frauen and went on to score 25 goals in 52 league appearances during her time at the club. West Ham United Newly-professional FA Women's Super League's West Ham United signed Lehmann from BSC YB Frauen in August 2018. It was reported that West Ham manager Matt Beard had been impressed by Lehmann's performances at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, which Switzerland hosted. In April 2019 West Ham extended Lehmann's contract after she scored nine goals in 30 appearances in all competitions and helped the club reach the Women's FA Cup final. By scoring the equalising goal in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura De Neve
Laura De Neve (born 9 October 1994) is a Belgian footballer. She plays as a defender for Anderlecht and the Belgium women's national football team. Club career De Neve started her career the Dender youth team. As from season 2012–13 she transferred to RSC Anderlecht. In 2012–13 she won with Anderlecht the Belgian Women's Cup. In season 2015–16 she played again in the final in the Cup but they lost against Lierse SK. International career In 2016, she played for the Flames 3 games in the Algarve Cup in Portugal. She was selected for the 2017 Cyprus Cup games. Because an injury in the competition with Anderlecht against Oud-Heverlee Leuven, therefore she had to forfeit the Cyprus Cup and was replaced by Sarah Wijnants in the selection. In recent years she remained a regular choice in the senior team. De Neve was part of the squad at the Pinatar Cup 2022 in Spain, where Belgium won their very first trophy after defeating Russia in the final. De Neve went on and represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
