2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

The UEFA play-offs of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition involved the runners-up from all nine groups in the group stage.

The play-offs consisted of two rounds of single-leg ties. The two best play-off winners, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while the third winner, Portugal, advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.^[1][2]

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because some groups had six teams and others had five, matches against the sixth place team in each group are discounted. As a result, eight matches played by each team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	23	4	+19	19	Play-offs round 2
2	C	Iceland	8	6	0	2	25	3	+22	18
3	A	Republic of Ireland	8	5	2	1	26	4	+22	17
4	D	Austria	8	5	1	2	34	6	+28	16	Play-offs round 1
5	F	Belgium	8	5	1	2	30	7	+23	16
6	B	Scotland	8	5	1	2	22	13	+9	16
7	H	Portugal	8	5	1	2	18	9	+9	16
8	I	Wales	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14
9	E	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	2	3	9	17	−8	11

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Draw

The draw took place on 9 September 2022 at 13:30 CEST.^[3][4] The nine teams were drawn into six ties without any seeding, with the first team drawn in each tie to be the home team of the single-leg matches.

• Round 1: The worst six runners-up will enter in round 1 and were drawn into three ties.
• Round 2: The best three runners-up will enter in round 2 and, together with the three winners of round 1, were drawn into three ties.

Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

6 October 2022 – Vizela

Portugal

2

11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira

Belgium

1

Portugal (a.e.t.)

4

Iceland

1

6 October 2022 – Glasgow

Scotland (a.e.t.)

1

11 October 2022 – Glasgow

Austria

0

Scotland

0

Republic of Ireland

1

6 October 2022 – Cardiff

Wales (a.e.t.)

1

11 October 2022 – Zürich

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

Switzerland (a.e.t.)

2

Wales

1

Round 1

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 6 October 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Scotland	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Wales	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal	2–1	Belgium

Matches

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

20:35 (19:35 BST)

Scotland	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Harrison 92'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 10,182^[5]

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

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6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

20:15 (19:15 BST)

Wales	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fishlock 105+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 15,200^[6]

Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

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6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

19:00 (18:00 WEST)

Portugal	2–1	Belgium
Di. Silva 29' F. Pinto 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Wullaert 40' (pen.)

Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela

Attendance: 2,645^[7]

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Round 2

Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 11 October 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portugal	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Iceland
Scotland	0–1	Republic of Ireland
Switzerland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wales

Matches

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

19:00 (18:00 WEST)

Portugal	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Iceland
C. Costa 55' (pen.) Di. Silva 92' T. Pinto 108' Nazareth 120+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Viggósdóttir 59'

Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira

Attendance: 5,595^[8]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

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11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

21:00 (20:00 BST)

Scotland	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Barrett 72'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 10,708^[9]

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

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11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

19:00

Switzerland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wales
Bachmann 45' Humm 120+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Roberts 19'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 7,803^[10]

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Ranking of play-off winners

To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play-offs were combined. As some groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted; also, as not all teams played in both play-off rounds, results in round 1 of play-offs were not counted either. As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two higher-placed winners qualified for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.^[1][2]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	9	7	1	1	25	5	+20	22	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Republic of Ireland	9	6	2	1	27	4	+23	20
3	Portugal	9	6	1	2	22	10	+12	19	Inter-confederation play-offs

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group and in play-offs round 2, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

2 goals

• Diana Silva

1 goal

• Tessa Wullaert
• Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir
• Carole Costa
• Francisca Nazareth
• Fátima Pinto
• Tatiana Pinto
• Amber Barrett
• Abi Harrison
• Ramona Bachmann
• Fabienne Humm
• Jess Fishlock
• Rhiannon Roberts