The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA play-offs decided the eighth and final

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qualifier for the

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Format

After conclusion of the group stage the four runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups played home and away matches, to determine the last participant in the FIFA World Cup. For each play-off tie, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the

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applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of

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would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The ranking of the runners-up is determined by the following parameters in this order: #Highest number of points #Goal difference #Highest number of goals scored #Highest number of away goals scored #Position in the

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ranking system;

Draw

The draw was held on 23 September 2014 at 14:00 local time at

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, Switzerland.

Seeding

In the play-off draw, teams were seeded according to their UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking (shown in brackets).UEFA Women’s National Team Coefficient Ranking. Last match date: 17 September 2014
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Bracket

All times are CEST ( UTC+02:00) during summer and

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( UTC+01:00) during winter.

Semifinals

Netherlands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to

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. ---- Italy won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to

Final

Netherlands won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for

Goalscorers

;3 goals *

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Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League, Women's Super League club Manches ...

;2 goals *

Lieke Martens Lieke Elisabeth Petronella Martens-van Leer (; ; born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), winger or midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain F. ...

Manon Melis Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis (; born 31 August 1986) is a Dutch manager of Women's association football, women's football development at Feyenoord and a former professional footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Sh ...

* Vira Dyatel ;1 goal * Valentina Cernoia *

Patrizia Panico Patrizia Panico (; born 8 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who is formerly the manager of Fiorentina in the Italian women's Serie A. A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the Italy women's national team; she wo ...

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* Daryna Apanaschenko ;Own goal * Stefanie van der Gragt (playing against Italy)

References

External links

Women's World Cup – UEFA play-off semi-final
UEFA.com

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