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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

UEFA Group C of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of five teams: Netherlands, Iceland, Czech Republic, Belarus, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[2]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs second round if they are one of the three best runners-up among all nine groups (counting results against the fifth-placed team).[3]

Due to the Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[4] The Dutch Football Association has announced that the representative teams of the Netherlands will not play against national teams of Russia and Belarus until further notice.[5] However on 6 May 2022, they announced the Netherlands would play the match against Belarus behind closed doors on 28 June 2022.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Iceland Czech Republic Belarus Cyprus
1  Netherlands 8 6 2 0 31 3 +28 20 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup — 1–0 1–1 3–0 12–0
2  Iceland 8 6 0 2 25 3 +22 18 Play-offs 0–2 — 4–0 6–0 5–0
3  Czech Republic 8 3 2 3 25 10 +15 11 2–2 0–1 — 7–0 8–0
4  Belarus 8 2 1 5 7 26 −19 7 0–2 0–5 2–1 — 4–1
5  Cyprus 8 0 1 7 2 48 −46 1 0–8 0–4 0–6 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Belarus 4–1 Cyprus
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Report (UEFA)
Netherlands 1–1 Czech Republic
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,600
Iceland 0–2 Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Cyprus 0–8 Netherlands
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Referee: Triinu Laos (Estonia)
Netherlands 12–0 Cyprus
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Report (UEFA)
Belarus 2–1 Czech Republic
Valiuk 8', 19' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Szewieczková 29'
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Netherlands 3–0 Belarus
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 0
Iceland 6–0 Belarus
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Report (UEFA)
Czech Republic 7–0 Belarus
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Report (UEFA)
Netherlands 1–0 Iceland
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Report (UEFA)

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ^ Postponed one day due to snow.
  3. ^ a b c d Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[4]
  4. ^ The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) initially announced that it would boycott the match against Belarus because of Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 6 May 2022, the KNVB announced in a statement that it still wanted to play the match against Belarus on 28 June 2022.[7]
  5. ^ The match was originally scheduled for 30 November 2021, but was postponed until 6 September 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. ^ Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter the Czech Republic by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.

References

  1. ^ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ "NO GAMES AGAINST RUSSIA AND BELARUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE". knvb.com.
  6. ^ "KNVB: Tot nader order geen wedstrijden tegen Rusland en Belarus". OnsOranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Statement KNVB over WK-kwalificatiewedstrijd OranjeLeeuwinnen". KNVB Media (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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