Qualifying for
UEFA Women's Euro 2009
The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over ...
determined which 11 teams joined
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, the hosts of the 2009 tournament, to play for the
UEFA Women's Championship
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years and one year after the men's UEFA European Championship first held in 1984, is the main competition in women's association football between nationa ...
.
Preliminary round
20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4. The 5 group winners qualified for the actual qualifying stage, together
with 25 countries exempted from the preliminary round.
Group A1
in Turkey:
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Group A2
in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
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Group A3
in Luxembourg:
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Group A4
in Romania:
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Group A5
in Macedonia:
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Qualification round
The two winners of the preliminary round will join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up will play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage will run from September 2011 to September 2012.
Seeding
Israel
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,
Northern Ireland
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,
Romania
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,
Slovakia
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and
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
will enter the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying draw on 13 December 2006, taking on the continent's strongest nations for a place in the 12-team finals in Finland.
Qualifying stage
The six group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament. The six group runners-up and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the rest of the top four in their respective groups went into five two-legged
play-offs.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Third-placed teams
Play-offs
First legs
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Second legs
Iceland won 4–1 on aggregate
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Italy won 3–1 on aggregate
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Aggregate score 4–4; Russia won on away goals rule
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Netherlands won 4–0 on aggregate
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Ukraine won 5–0 on aggregate
Top goalscorers
External links
Women's Euro 2009 – UEFA Official Page
at RSSSF.com
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