UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying

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The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 was held between September 17, 1995 & September 29, 1996. The first-placed of the group stage qualified directly. The second-placed and the third-placed teams played in two playoff matches for four other berths.

CLASS A[]

Group 1[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Norway 16 6 5 1 0 33 1
 Germany 13 6 4 1 1 15 3
 Finland 4 6 1 1 4 2 19
 Slovakia 1 6 0 1 5 1 28
Norway 17–0 Slovakia
Medalen 5', 44', 57'
Aarønes 16', 59', 68', 80', 88'
Pettersen 26', 33', 35', 42', 60', 67'
Sandaune 40'
Riise 84'
Haugen 85'
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Regina Konink-Belksma (Netherlands)

Finland 0–3 Germany
DFB Report (in German) Wiegmann 15', 84'
Mohr 66'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Slovakia 0–0 Finland
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: (Poland)

Slovakia 0–3 Germany
DFB Report (in German) Prinz 16'
Mohr 54'
Neid 79'
Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

Germany 2–0 Slovakia
Wiegmann 69'
Fitschen 87'
DFB Report (in German)

Germany 1–3 Norway
Brocker 9' NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Haugen 15', 31'
Medalen 51'
Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena
Attendance: 1,500

Germany 6–0 Finland
Smisek 10'
Mohr 30', 44'
P. Wunderlich 45'
Minnert 56'
Austermühl 68'
DFB Report (in German)
, Gifhorn
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Tiziana Calamosca (Italy)

Finland 0–2 Norway
NFF Report (in Norwegian) Riise 6'
Pettersen 55'
, Espoo
Attendance: 250
Referee: Gitte Lyngø Nielsen (Denmark)

Norway 0–0 Germany
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Hermann van Dijk

Norway 7–0 Finland
Sandaune 10'
Medalen 38', 81', 85'
Riise 62'
Pettersen 69'
Haugen 71'
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Attendance: 1,415
Referee: R.J. Ellingham (Wales)

Finland 2–1 Slovakia
Heikari 23'
65'
64'
Finland
Attendance: 623
Referee: Jüri Saar (Estonia)

Slovakia 0–4 Norway
NFF Report (in Norwegian) A. Nymark Andersen 24'
Knudsen 25'
Pettersen 48'
Jørgensen 73'
, Levice
Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Milan Mitrovic

Norway qualified for the final tournament.


Germany and Finland advanced for the playoff A.


Slovakia advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 2[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Russia 11 6 3 2 1 10 3
 France 9 6 2 3 1 9 6
 Iceland 7 6 2 1 3 8 14
 Netherlands 5 6 1 2 3 4 8
Iceland 1–4 Russia
Ólafsdóttir 44' KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Khalimdarova 3'
Barbashina 27'
Svetlitskaya 60'
Bosikova 77'

Iceland 3–3 France
6'
Ólafsdóttir 20'
Helgadóttir 41'
Report (in French)
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
Pichon 28', 84'
90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

Iceland 2–0 Netherlands
Helgadóttir 51'
Ólafsdóttir 85'
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)

Russia 0–0 France
Report (in French)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

Netherlands 1–1 Russia
87' KNVB Report (in Dutch)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Bosikova 47'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tiziana Calamosca (Italy)

France 1–1 Netherlands
Pichon 44' Report (in French)
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
Migchelsen 75'
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Netherlands 1–2 France
7' Report (in French)
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
4'
82'
, Sassenheim
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Russia 0–1 Netherlands
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
RFS Report (in Russian)
49'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A. Radescu (Romania)

France 0–1 Russia
Report (in French)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Grigorieva 34'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

France 3–0 Iceland
Pichon 26', 59'
Sykora 54'
Report (in French)
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
Stade Jean Bouin, Angers
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Netherlands 0–2 Iceland
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
Jónsdóttir 9'
Helgadóttir 85'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Russia 4–0 Iceland
Egorova 2', 70'
Svetlitskaya 72'
Bosikova 84'
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Attendance: 200

Russia qualified for the final tournament.


France and Iceland advanced for the playoff A.


Netherlands advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 3[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Italy 14 6 4 2 0 16 3
 England 13 6 4 1 1 17 3
 Portugal 6 6 2 0 4 4 14
 Croatia 1 6 0 1 5 0 17
Italy 7–0 Croatia
Tesse 1'
Fiorini 22'
Morace 28', 46', 90'
Guarino 50', 78'
HNS Report
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Referee: Drmandyev (Bulgaria)

England 1–1 Italy
Coultard 33' FIGC Report (in Italian) Morace 44'
Roker Park, Sunderland
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Croatia 0–2 Portugal
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
HNS Report
72'
Paula Cristina 82'
, Zagreb
Referee: Florence Guyot (France)

England 5–0 Croatia
HNS Report
The Valley, London

Portugal 0–2 Italy
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Morace 11'
Carta 37'
Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo (Spain)

Portugal 0–5 England
FPF Report (in Portuguese) Powell 25'
Farley 33'
Coultard 48'
76'
Burke 89'
, Benavente
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

Italy 2–1 England
Carta 50'
Morace 59'
FIGC Report (in Italian) Smith 43'
Referee: Florence Guyot (France)

Italy 4–1 Portugal
Panico 5'
Tavalazzi 22'
50'
Fiorini 82'
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
57'
, Mestre
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Croatia 0–2 England
HNS Report
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 1,617

Croatia 0–0 Italy
HNS Report
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

England 3–0 Portugal
Davis 9', 54'
Smith 38'
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
Griffin Park, Brentford
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Portugal 1–0 Croatia
89' FPF Report (in Portuguese)
HNS Report
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Italy qualified for the final tournament.


England and Portugal advanced for the playoff A.


Croatia advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 4[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Sweden 16 6 5 1 0 26 2
 Denmark 12 6 4 0 2 14 5
 Spain 5 6 1 2 3 8 15
 Romania 1 6 0 1 5 4 30
Denmark 1–2 Sweden
L. Madsen 69' DBU Report (in Danish)
SvFF report (in Swedish)
Wahlgren 42'
Sundhage 86'
Attendance: 660
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

Denmark 8–0 Romania
L. Madsen 1', 85'
B. Christensen 4', 22', 74'
Flæng 16'
Krogh 65', 79'
DBU Report (in Danish)
Attendance: 520
Referee: Bernard Saules (France)

Sweden 8–0 Romania
Lönnqvist

Pohjanen
Wahlgren
Kalte
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Attendance: 2,637

Spain 0–1 Denmark
DBU Report (in Danish) L. Madsen 53'
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

Spain 5–1 Romania

Denmark 2–0 Spain
L. Madsen 47'
Brink 52'
DBU Report (in Danish)
Attendance: 710
Referee: Michael Ross (Netherlands)

Romania 2–2 Spain

Romania 1–2 Denmark
32' DBU Report (in Danish) L. Madsen 6'
Petersen 50'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Josef Krula (Czech Republic)

Sweden 1–1 Spain
Sundhage SvFF Report (in Swedish) Prieto
Gutavallen, Visby
Attendance: 1,584

Spain 0–8 Sweden
SvFF Report (in Swedish) Ljungberg
Pohjanen
Swedberg
Å. Jakobsson
Videkull
Sundhage
, Gandia
Attendance: 319

Romania 0–5 Sweden
SvFF Report (in Swedish) Swedberg
Wahlgren
Nessvold
Videkull
Attendance: 346

Sweden 2–0 Denmark
M. Andersson
Videkull
DBU Report (in Danish)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Guðmundur Maríasson (Iceland)

Sweden qualified for the final tournament.


Denmark and Spain advanced for the playoff A.


Romania advanced for the playoff A-B.


CLASS B[]

Group 5[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Belgium 22 8 7 1 0 28 2
 Republic of Ireland 18 8 6 0 2 20 10
 Scotland 9 8 3 0 5 17 23
 Wales 7 8 2 1 5 9 15
 Faroe Islands 3 8 1 0 7 3 27
Faroe Islands 0–2 Republic of Ireland
FAI Report 39'
O'Toole 84'
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Wales 0–3 Republic of Ireland
FAI Report 12'
61'
86'
Referee: Gudmundur Stefán Maríasson (Iceland)

Belgium 2–0 Faroe Islands
21'
27'
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
Koning Boudewijnstadion, Brussels
Referee: Vencel Tóth (Hungary)

Scotland 7–1 Faroe Islands
Hamill 26' 72'
27' 47'
38'
64'
Grant 85'
[1] 39'
Dumfries

Wales 0–1 Faroe Islands
[2] 35'
Bangor

Republic of Ireland 3–1 Faroe Islands
26', 42'
89'
FAI Report 39'
Referee: Jørn West Larsen (Denmark)

Republic of Ireland 2–0 Scotland
54', 83' FAI Report
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Belgium 2–0 Wales
22', 41' KBVB Report (in Dutch)
Koning Boudewijnstadion, Brussels
Referee: Renatus Temmink (Netherlands)

Scotland 0–3 Belgium
KBVB Report (in Dutch) 9', 21'
64'
St Mirren Park, Paisley
Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

Republic of Ireland 5–1 Wales
O'Toole 6', 29'
41'
44'
57'
FAI Report 70'
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Wales 5–1 Scotland
Wales

Republic of Ireland 0–1 Belgium
FAI Report
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
89'
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Scotland 2–4 Republic of Ireland
MacDonald 81'
83'
FAI Report 21'
O'Toole 33', 47', 53'
Referee: Bente Folsing (Denmark)

Wales 0–0 Belgium
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
Referee: Charles Schaak (Luxembourg)

Belgium 6–1 Scotland
Maes 1'
9', 49'
39', 82'
75'
KBVB Report (in Dutch) 50'
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Belgium 5–1 Republic of Ireland
50'
Maes 67'
82'
87'
90'
FAI Report
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
66'
Referee: Florence Dorigny (France)

Faroe Islands 0–9 Belgium
KBVB Report (in Dutch) 25', 61', 68', 86'
42'
66', 78'
Maes 75'
90'

Faroe Islands 0–3 Scotland

Scotland 3–2 Wales
Scotland

Faroe Islands 0–1 Wales
[3] 31'

Belgium advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 6[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Czech Republic 18 6 6 0 0 31 4
 Poland 9 6 3 0 3 22 9
 Belarus 9 6 3 0 3 12 9
 Estonia 0 6 0 0 6 0 43
Poland 9–0 Estonia
EJL Report (in Estonian)
, Gorlice
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

Czech Republic 11–0 Estonia
Chlumecká 7', 11', 29', 43', 63', 72'
19', 41'
33'
Dudová 58'
81'
FAČR Report (in Czech)
EJL Report (in Estonian)
Attendance: 570

Belarus 0–1 Czech Republic
FAČR Report (in Czech) Chlumecká 33'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Estonia 0–8 Poland
EJL Report (in Estonian)
, Tallinn
Attendance: 30
Referee: Bogdan Benedik (Slovakia)

Poland 3–0 Belarus
Poland

Belarus 2–0 Poland

Estonia 0–7 Czech Republic
FAČR Report (in Czech)
EJL Report (in Estonian)
Chlumecká 14', 41', 49'
26'
56'
69'
74'
, Tallinn
Attendance: 80
Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark)

Estonia 0–4 Belarus
EJL Report (in Estonian) Belkevich 11'
27'
Kozeyeva 33'
Prikhodko 84'
, Tallinn
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sergejs Braga (Latvia)

Poland 0–1 Czech Republic
FAČR Report (in Czech) 28' (pen.)

Czech Republic 5–2 Belarus
Dudová 11', 26', 48', 57'
76'
FAČR Report (in Czech) 38'
86'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Ukraine)

Belarus 4–0 Estonia
11'
21'
35'
Gorevaya 77'
EJL Report (in Estonian)
Spartak Stadium, Bobruisk
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Iouri Tchebotarev (Russia)

Czech Republic 6–2 Poland
1', 68'
5'
Chlumecká 12', 54', 59'
FAČR Report (in Czech) 49', 77'
Attendance: 350
Referee: (Hungary)

Czech Republic advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 7[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Switzerland 10 6 3 1 2 15 8
 FR Yugoslavia 10 6 3 1 2 13 9
 Austria 10 6 3 1 2 8 12
 Greece 4 6 1 1 4 3 10
Austria 2–1 FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia 0–5  Switzerland
Yugoslavia

Switzerland  3–0 Austria
Switzerland

Austria 1–0 Greece

Greece 0–3 FR Yugoslavia
Greece

Greece 2–0  Switzerland
Greece

Greece 0–0 Austria
Greece

Switzerland  3–1 Greece
Switzerland

Austria 4–3  Switzerland

FR Yugoslavia 3–0 Greece
Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia 5–1 Austria
Yugoslavia

Switzerland  1–1 FR Yugoslavia
Switzerland

Switzerland advanced for the playoff A-B.


Group 8[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Ukraine 16 6 5 1 0 12 2
 Bulgaria 12 6 4 0 2 13 6
 Hungary 7 6 2 1 3 12 9
 Turkey 0 6 0 0 6 1 21
 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 0–1 Ukraine
Bulgaria

Hungary 6–0 Turkey
TFF Report

Turkey 0–4 Bulgaria
TFF Report
Referee: Haim Lipkovitch

Hungary 1–1 Ukraine
Hungary

Ukraine 3–0 Turkey
TFF Report
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Bulgaria 3–2 Hungary
Bulgaria

Turkey 1–2 Hungary
Bulut 73' TFF Report ??
 ??
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Ukraine 2–1 Bulgaria
Ukraine

Ukraine 2–0 Hungary
Ukraine

Bulgaria 3–0 Turkey
TFF Report
Bulgaria
Referee: Serguei Anokhin (Russia)

Turkey 0–3 Ukraine
TFF Report
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

Hungary 1–2 Bulgaria
Hungary

Ukraine advanced for the playoff A-B.


PLAYOFF A[]

First leg[]

Finland 0–2 France
Report (in French) Pichon 32', 68'
, Vantaa
Attendance: 276
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Portugal 1–7 Denmark
87' FPF Report (in Portuguese)
DBU Report (in Danish)
Petersen 9'
L. Madsen 13'
Flæng 24', 69'
Krogh 45'
Nørregaard 77'
Brink 90'
, Alcanena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gertrud Gebhard-Regus (Germany)

Spain 2–1 England
Montilla

Iceland 0–3 Germany
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
DFB Report (in German)
Voss 24', 66'
Jones 86'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vibeke Karlsen (Norway)

Second leg[]

France 3–0 Finland
Roujas 25'
Diacre 31'
Woock 54'
Report (in French)
, Avranches
Attendance: 1,354
Referee: Galina Doneva (Bulgaria)

France won 5–0 on aggregate.


Denmark 5–0 Portugal
Brink 2', 8'
Nørregaard 30'
Eggers Nielsen 64' (pen.)
B. Christensen 66'
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
DBU Report (in Danish)
Attendance: 307
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Denmark won 12–1 on aggregate.


Germany 4–0 Iceland
Mohr 14'
Hingst 46', 65'
Stegemann 62'
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
DFB Report (in German)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Florence Dorigny (France)

Germany won 7–0 on aggregate.


England 1–1 Spain
England

Spain won 3–2 on aggregate.


France, Denmark, Germany and Spain qualified for the final tournament.


PLAYOFF A-B[]

First leg[]

Belgium 3–1 Slovakia
52'
82'
86'
KBVB Report (in Dutch) 5'
, Aalst
Referee: Lale Orta (Turkey)

Switzerland  3–2 Croatia
HNS Report
, Marly

Czech Republic 1–2 Netherlands
36' KNVB Report (in Dutch)
FAČR Report (in Czech)
Kiesel-Griffioen 40'
Wiegman 46'
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Florence Dorigno (France)

Ukraine 1–2 Romania
Ukraine

Second leg[]

Slovakia 1–2 Belgium
23' KBVB Report (in Dutch) Maes 81'
84'
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

Belgium won 5–2 on aggregate.


Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
13' KNVB Report (in Dutch)
FAČR Report (in Czech)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Netherlands won 3–1 on aggregate.


Croatia 0–3  Switzerland
HNS Report
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

Switzerland won 6–2 on aggregate.


Romania 1–4 Ukraine
Romania

Ukraine won 5–3 on aggregate.

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