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In the UEFA qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 16 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup finals. The winner of the Qualifying Playoffs between the Runners-up of each four group will also qualify.

CLASS A

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	16	6	5	1	0	21	3	+18	Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
France	12	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2	Advanced to play-off
Ukraine	7	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3
Czech Republic	0	6	0	0	6	6	23	−17

Match schedule & results

Ukraine	4–1	Czech Republic
Verezoubova 10' Pekur 31' Ivanova 51' Zinchenko 77'		Urbancová 83'

Norway	4–0	Ukraine
Ørmen 23', 90' Gulbrandsen 27' Mellgren 47'

Norway	5–0	Czech Republic
Mellgren 26' Ørmen 38' Gulbrandsen 41' Riise 62' Bugge-Paulsen 90'

France	0–3	Norway
		Lehn 2', 29' Mellgren 55'

Ukraine	0–2	France
		Pichon 3', 7'

Czech Republic	1–2	France
Chlumecká 59'		Pichon 7', 28'

Czech Republic	1–5	Norway
Dudová 18'		Papp 19' Gulbrandsen 23' Lehn 32' Sæthre 60' Ørmen 64'

France	4–1	Czech Republic
Soubeyrand 5' Pichon 30' Mugneret-Béghé 39' Blouin 48'		Šcasná 90' (pen)

Norway	3–1	France
Mellgren 3', 25', 55'		Pichon 10'

Ukraine	1–1	Norway
Mykhailenko 60'		Gulbrandsen 53'

Czech Republic	2–3	Ukraine
Chlumecká 12' Penicková 86'		Mykhailenko 32' Zinchenko 46' Frishko 76'

France	2–1	Ukraine
Pichon 60' Soubeyrand 73'		Verezoubova 51'

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Sweden	15	6	5	0	1	27	4	+23	Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Denmark	15	6	5	0	1	21	8	+13	Advanced to play-off
Switzerland	3	6	1	0	5	2	18	−16
Finland	3	6	1	0	5	4	24	−20

Match schedule & results

Switzerland	1–0	Finland
Di Fonzo 24'

Denmark	4–0	Switzerland
Bonde 5' (pen) Kjældgaard 20', 47' Madsen 90+3'

Sweden	8–1	Finland
Svensson 10', 45' Mostström 22' Andersson 25' (pen) Ljungberg 43' Bengtsson 72', 89' Sjöström 80'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Uusi-Luomalahti 19' (pen)

Sweden	4–1	Denmark
Bengtsson 5' Ljungberg 68' Andersson 71' Björn 75'	SvFF Report(in Swedish)	Pedersen 43'

Finland	0–6	Denmark
		Rydahl 7' Hansen 8' Pedersen 43', 89' Andersson 39' Bonde 85' (pen)

Switzerland	0–5	Sweden
	SvFF Report(in Swedish)	Ljungberg 28' Björn 60' Larsson 68', 90+2' Sjöström 79'

Switzerland	1–4	Denmark
Di Fonzo 43'		Andersen 12' Bonde 42', 79' Pedersen 56'

Finland	1–0	Switzerland
Mustonen 65'

Sweden	4–0	Switzerland
Svensson 2', 54' Ljungberg 42', 88'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Denmark	4–2	Finland
Jensen 22', 61' Jokmusen 82', 90'		Heikari 16' Kalmari 84'

Denmark	2–1	Sweden
Terp 75' Sørensen 88'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Andersson 60' (pen)

Finland	0–5	Sweden
	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Eriksson 20', 43' Ljungberg 46' Svensson 48', 78'

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Russia	11	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Iceland	9	6	2	3	1	8	9	−1	Advanced to play-off
Italy	7	6	2	1	3	7	7	0
Spain	6	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3

Match schedule & results

Iceland	1–1	Russia
Færseth 49'		Barbachina 8'

Iceland	2–1	Italy
Færseth 40', 52'		Helgadóttir 80' (o.g.)

Spain	6–1	Iceland
Del Río 4', 30' Jiménez 43', 59' Gimbert 86' (pen) Ferreira 87'		Ólafsdóttir 63'

Italy	1–3	Russia
Guarino 58'		Bosikova 31' Fomina 60'

Russia	2–0	Spain
Svetlitskaia 11' Bosikova

Italy	3–0	Spain

Spain	0–1	Italy

Spain	2–1	Russia
Jiménez 10' Del Río 33'		Saenko 62'

Russia	1–1	Iceland

Russia	2–1	Italy

Iceland	3–0	Spain

Italy	0–0	Iceland

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	18	6	6	0	0	30	1	+29	Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
England	8	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	Advanced to play-off
Netherlands	4	6	1	1	4	6	16	−10
Portugal	4	6	1	1	4	4	26	−22

Match schedule & results

Germany	3–1	England
M.Müller 3' Smisek 7', 11'		Yankey 49'

Germany	9–0	Portugal
Pohlers 2', 25', 57', 63', 84' Künzer 6' M. Müller 12', 26', 90'	Report

England	0–0	Netherlands
	Report (in Dutch)

Netherlands	0–3	Germany
	Report (in Dutch)	Wunderlich 9' Prinz 53' Mensink 62' (o.g.)

Portugal	1–1	England
Anabela 5'	Report	Walker 38'

Portugal	2–1	Netherlands
Sónia 80', 90'	Report	Muller 14'

England	3–0	Portugal
Williams 20' Smith 58', 60'	Report

Netherlands	1–4	England
Kiesel-Griffioen 55'	Report (in Dutch)	Chapman 16' Burke 24' Smith 73' Walker 89'

Germany	6–0	Netherlands
Wiegmann 4' (pen.), 32', 90' Prinz 41', 49', 84'	Report (in Dutch)

Portugal	0–8	Germany
	Report	Wunderlich 6', 59' Lingor 12', 56' Stegemann 40' Mónica 50' (o.g.) Grings 62' Prinz 85'

Netherlands	4–1	Portugal
Smith 24' Ran 58' Noom 72' Burger 76'	Report	Bé 51'

England	0–1	Germany
		Gottschlich 41'

Germany qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

CLASS B

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Scotland	15	6	5	0	1	20	5
Belgium	15	6	5	0	1	13	9
Austria	4	6	1	1	4	7	15
Wales	1	6	0	1	5	2	13

Austria	1–2	Scotland
Stallinger 21'		James 51' Gilmour 74'

Wales	0–2	Austria
		Stallinger 68' Schalkhammer-Hufnagl 80'

Scotland	5–1	Wales
Fleeting 10', 34', 68', 75' James 47'		Ludlow 8'

Belgium	3–1	Austria
Carnol 55' Verelst 62' Vautmans 87'		Spieler 59'

Wales	0–2	Belgium
		Verelst 12' Ebhodaghe 84'

Belgium	3–2	Scotland
Carnol 29', 33', 88'		Brown 88' Kerr 90'

Belgium	1–0	Wales
Jones 28' (o.g.)

Austria	2–4	Belgium
Szankovich 45' Fuhrmann 55'		Dermul 14' Verelst 28' Maes 45' Ebhodaghe 85'

Scotland	4–0	Belgium
McWhinnie 20' Fleeting 42', 53' Cook 44'

Scotland	5–0	Austria
Fleeting 11', 19', 51' Cook 33' Hamill 89'

Wales	0–2	Scotland
		James 54' Fleeting 81'

Austria	1–1	Wales
Spieler 45'		Foster 45'

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
FR Yugoslavia	18	6	6	0	0	23	3
Republic of Ireland	12	6	4	0	2	18	7
Greece	3	6	1	0	5	7	19
Moldova	3	6	1	0	5	3	22

FR Yugoslavia	5–0	Republic of Ireland
Stojanović 2', 53', 57' Stefanović 76' Stojiljković 88' (pen.)	Report

Moldova	0–4	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Hughes 21' Thorpe 30', 79' O'Toole 57'

Moldova	1–2	FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia	6–1	Greece

Republic of Ireland	5–0	Greece
Scanlan 25' O'Toole 54', 73' Thorpe 56' Kierans 86'	Report

Greece	1–2	Moldova

Greece	1–3	Republic of Ireland
Lazarou 89' (pen.)	Report	Hughes 16' O'Toole 46', 65'

Republic of Ireland	6–0	Moldova
O'Toole 11', 38' (pen.) Hughes 21' Thorpe 60' Saurin 67' Tracy 78'	Report

Greece	1–3	FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia	6–0	Moldova

Moldova	0–3	Greece

Republic of Ireland	0–1	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Smiljković 76'

Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Poland	24	8	8	0	0	25	1
Croatia	13	8	4	1	3	16	11
Israel	13	8	4	1	3	12	14
Romania	8	8	2	2	4	18	13
Estonia	0	8	0	0	8	4	36

Estonia	2–5	Israel
Mletsin 87' Morkovkina 89'		Jan 28', 35', 38', 51' Shenar 32'

Estonia	0–5	Poland
		Leonowicz 1', 77' Gibek 9' Drozdowska 58' Otrębska 75'

Croatia	4–0	Israel
Jakšić 27', 89' Kozić 38' Kovač 47'

Croatia	2–2	Romania
Bešker 49' Jakšić 57'		Spanu 12' Anton 65'

Romania	6–1	Estonia
Spanu 16', 70' Anton 44', 56' Striblea 45' Laslo 61'		Kori 90'

Croatia	3–0	Estonia

Poland	2–0	Croatia

Israel	1–0	Romania
Jan 9'

Israel	0–2	Poland

Poland	5–0	Estonia

Estonia	0–3	Croatia

Romania	0–1	Poland

Poland	4–0	Israel

Poland	3–1	Romania

Croatia	0–3	Poland

Romania	1–1	Israel

Romania	2–3	Croatia

Israel	3–0	Estonia
Didich 48' (pen.) Jan 71' Shenar 90'

Israel	2–1	Croatia
Ozeri 5' Didich 88'		Kovač 2'

Estonia	1–6	Romania

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	8	8	0	0	33	5	24
Slovakia	8	5	0	3	25	11	15
Belarus	8	5	0	3	27	16	15
Turkey	8	1	0	7	10	27	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	0	7	10	46	3

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–7	Slovakia
Saracevic  60' Vugdalic 67' Pehic 72' Fetic 82'	/ SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Beregszasziova 08',19',24',76' Lukácsová 25',52' Budošová 45+2' Čillíková  36'

Belarus	5–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hungary	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belarus	3–2	Slovakia
Vyshadka 13' Kuzniatsova 20' Kuzniatsova  39' Shpak 64' Ryzhevich 80'	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Gajdošová 40' Lukácsová 81'

Belarus	4–0	Turkey

Slovakia	0–2	Hungary
	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Szabó  09' Ilona Szabó 54' Bilicsné  61' Dombai-Nagy  70' Sebestyén  77' Sebestyén 89'

Turkey	0–3	Slovakia
Cinbiz 28'	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Budošová 42' Lukácsová 75' 86'

Hungary	2–0	Belarus

Turkey	5–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Turkey	1–4	Hungary

Turkey	1–5	Belarus

Slovakia	3–0	Turkey
Lukácsová 06' Ižová 18' Budošová 26'	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Cinbiz  33' Bakir  39'

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–11	Hungary

Slovakia	3–1	Belarus
Trnková 13' Trnková 45' Silvia Gajdošová 61' Králiková 62' Girašeková 64' Ižová 67' Girašeková 87'	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Ryzhova  54' Shpak  60' Lis 68'

Belarus	2–4	Hungary

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Turkey

Hungary	3–1	Slovakia
Dombai-Nagy 18' Szabó 51' Bökk 70'	SFZ Report (in Slovak)	Matysová 65' Látal 88'

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–7	Belarus

Hungary	4–1	Turkey

Slovakia	6–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina

World Cup Qualifying Play-off

Semi-finals

France	2–0	Denmark
Pichon 32' Bompastor 36'

Denmark	1–1	France
Hansen 9'		Lecouflé 89'

France won 3-1 on aggregate.

Iceland	2–2	England
Færseth 42' Hendriksdóttir 56'		Walker 44', 88'

England	1–0	Iceland
Barr 87'

England won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

England	0–1	France
		Pichon 75'

France	1–0	England
Diacre 54'

France won 2-0 on aggregate and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Status Playoffs

Matches cancelled as UEFA decided to extend Class A to 21 teams, meaning Scotland, FR Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary are promoted automatically. Belgium were additionally promoted, apparently as best runners-up, due to England receiving a bye to the 2005 European championship, which they will host.

Scotland	cancelled	Czech Republic

Czech Republic	cancelled	Scotland

FR Yugoslavia	cancelled	Finland

Finland	cancelled	FR Yugoslavia

Poland	cancelled	Portugal

Portugal	cancelled	Poland

Hungary	cancelled	Spain

Spain	cancelled	Hungary

External links

• 2003 Women's World Cup Preliminaries at FIFA.com
• Results at RSSSF

• 2001 in women's association football
• 2002 in women's association football
• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
• 2001–02 in European football
• 2002–03 in European football
• FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)