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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification – UEFA Preliminary Round
The preliminary round of the European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the 16 lowest-ranked teams among the 46 entrants. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format, where one of the teams was pre-selected as hosts, between 6 and 11 April 2017. The four group winners and the best runner-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team) advanced to the qualifying group stage to join the 30 direct entrants. Kazakhstan, Albania, Israel and the Faroe Islands advanced as group winners, and Moldova advanced as the best runner-up. Draw The draw for the preliminary round was held on 19 January 2017, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 16 teams were allocated into four seeding positions according to their coefficient ranking. They were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the four teams which were ... [...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] |
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century Anno Domini, AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, and since then has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917), Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the North Caucasus, northern and the Transcaucasia, southern parts of the Caucasus. Because of its location on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, and its proximity to the lucrative Silk Road, throughout history Tbilisi was a point of contention among various global powers. The city's location to this day ensures its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furtuna Velaj
Furtuna Velaj (born 8 March 1990) is a Kosovan-born Albanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Albania national team. Club career Velaj played for four years at Quinnipiac University, scoring 39 goals in 63 matches and receiving many conference and regional accolades. After graduation, Velaj joined the Boston Breakers in the WPSL as a forward winger, but missed the season due to an injury. Her team was the 2012 WPSL regular-season champions. Velaj continued overseas, first joining Afturelding in Iceland for the second half of the Icelandic Urvalsdeild. Velaj tried to return to play in the new NWSL league as a trialist with the Portland Thorns, but did not make the squad and settled for the amateur team, Toronto Lady Lynx in the USL W-League. After a good season for Lady Lynx she signed a contract from the former Finnish champions and was meant as a reinforce before the UEFA Women's Champions League. She made her debut in the 4–1 loss against Åland United o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbiona Bajraktari
Arbiona Bajraktari (born 10 September 1996) is a Kosovan-born Albanian footballer who plays as a defender for KFF Vllaznia Shkodër KFF Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian women's football club based in the city of Shkodër. The club is considered by UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Un ... and the Albania women's national team. International goals See also * List of Albania women's international footballers References External links * 1996 births Living people Albanian women's footballers Women's association football defenders KFF Vllaznia Shkodër players Albania women's international footballers People from Suva Reka Kosovan women's footballers Kosovan people of Albanian descent Sportspeople of Albanian descent {{Kosovo-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
