UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A
Group A of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of six teams: Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Kosovo, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and December 2020. The group winners and the three best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining six runners-up advance to the play-offs.[2]
On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | +25 | 18 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1 Dec | 23 Oct | 3–0 | |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Final tournament if among three best runners-up (play-offs otherwise) |
18 Sep | — | 23 Oct | 27 Nov | 4–0 | 27 Oct | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | 1 Dec | 18 Sep | ||
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 6 | 27 Oct | 0–5 | 0–3 | — | 18 Sep | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | 0–7 | 22 Sep | 27 Oct | 1–2 | — | 27 Nov | ||
| 6 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 1 | 0–8 | 1 Dec | 1–6 | 23 Oct | 0–0 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
- Ranked on head-to-head points: Russia 3, Slovenia 0.
Matches
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Estonia | 0–7 | |
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| Slovenia | 0–1 | |
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| Netherlands | 3–0 | |
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| Slovenia | 2–4 | |
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| Netherlands | 2–0 | |
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| Turkey | 0–8 | |
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| Netherlands | 4–1 | |
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Goalscorers
There have been 61 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.07 goals per match (as of 10 March 2020).
9 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Notes
- CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2019 and between 29 March and 24 October 2020, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
- The Kosovo v Russia match, originally scheduled for 4 October 2019, 18:00 CEST, at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, was postponed on 28 September 2019 due to security issues.[5] The match was later rescheduled to 6 March 2020. On 18 October 2019, UEFA announced that both matches between Kosovo and Russia will be played on neutral venues.[6]
- All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] These matches were subsequently rearranged to take place between September and December 2020.
- Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
References
- "Women's EURO 2021 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2019–21" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
- "Shtyhet ndeshja mes Kosovës dhe Rusisë". Albinfo.ch. 2 October 2019.
- "UEFA Emergency Panel decision on Kosovo/Russia". UEFA.com. 18 October 2019.
External links
- Women's Euro Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com