Tournament details | |
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Dates | 6 April 2017 – 13 November 2018 |
Teams | 46 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 84 (3.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Selen Altunkulak Melike Pekel (4 goals each) |
The European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is a women's football competition that will determine the eight UEFA teams joining the automatically qualified hosts France in the final tournament.
A total of 46 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Andorra making their World Cup debut and Kosovo making their competitive debut.
The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:
In the preliminary round and qualifying group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 13.01, 13.02, and 15.01):
To determine the best runner-up from the preliminary round and the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in last place (fourth place in preliminary round and fifth place in qualifying group stage) are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 13.03 and 15.02):
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 17.01).
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.