UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying

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The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 was held between 17 September 1995 and 29 September 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'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

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

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


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

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

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

Norway 0–0 Germany
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
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'
Sarlin 65'
64'
Attendance: 623
Referee: Jüri Saar (Estonia)

Slovakia 0–4 Norway
NFF Report (in Norwegian) A. Nymark Andersen 24'
Knudsen 25'
Pettersen 48'
Jørgensen 73'
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
Víglundsdóttir 6'
Ólafsdóttir 20'
Helgadóttir 41'
Report (in French)
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
Pichon 28', 84'
Óttarsdóttir 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
van Waarden 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'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

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

Russia 0–1 Netherlands
KNVB Report (in Dutch)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Korbmacher 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)
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)

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

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

England 5–0 Croatia
HNS Report

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'
Camerail 76'
Burke 89'
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'
Ciardi 50'
Fiorini 82'
FPF Report (in Portuguese)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Paula Freitas 57'
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Croatia 0–2 England
HNS Report
Attendance: 1,617

Croatia 0–0 Italy
HNS Report
FIGC Report (in Italian)

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

Portugal 1–0 Croatia
Alfredina 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
Lovén
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
Enache 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
Attendance: 1,584


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)
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 McNally 39'
O'Toole 84'
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

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

Belgium 2–0 Faroe Islands
Vautmans 21'
Migom 27'
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
Referee: Vencel Tóth (Hungary)

Scotland 7–1 Faroe Islands
Hamill 26' 72'
Gunn 27' 47'
McWhinnie 38'
Brown 64'
Grant 85'
[1] S. Joensen 39'

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

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

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

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

Scotland 0–3 Belgium
KBVB Report (in Dutch) Saelens 9', 21'
Migom 64'

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

Wales 5–1 Scotland

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

Scotland 2–4 Republic of Ireland
MacDonald 81'
Finnie-henderson 83'
FAI Report O'Shea 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'
Migom 9', 49'
Van Herle 39', 82'
Saelens 75'
KBVB Report (in Dutch) Hutton 50'
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Belgium 5–1 Republic of Ireland
Migom 50'
Maes 67'
Van Herle 82'
Vanslembrouck 87'
Maus 90'
FAI Report
KBVB Report (in Dutch)
O'Neill 66'
Referee: Florence Dorigny (France)

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


Scotland 3–2 Wales

Faroe Islands 0–1 Wales
[3] Jones 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)
Attendance: 1,100

Czech Republic 11–0 Estonia
Chlumecká 7', 11', 29', 43', 63', 72'
Jedličková 19', 41'
Valková 33'
Dudová 58'
Třísková 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)
Attendance: 30
Referee: Bogdan Benedik (Slovakia)

Poland 3–0 Belarus

Belarus 2–0 Poland

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

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


Czech Republic 5–2 Belarus
Dudová 11', 26', 48', 57'
Zuzaníková 76'
FAČR Report (in Czech) Ryzhevich 38'
Shevtsova 86'

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

Czech Republic 6–2 Poland
Jedličková 1', 68'
Zuzaníková 5'
Chlumecká 12', 54', 59'
FAČR Report (in Czech) Silwonczyk 49', 77'

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
 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 Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia 0–5 Switzerland

Switzerland 3–0 Austria

Austria 1–0 Greece

Greece 0–3 Yugoslavia

Greece 2–0 Switzerland

Greece 0–0 Austria

Switzerland 3–1 Greece

Austria 4–3 Switzerland

Yugoslavia 3–0 Greece

Yugoslavia 5–1 Austria

Switzerland 1–1 Yugoslavia

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

Hungary 6–0 Turkey
TFF Report

Turkey 0–4 Bulgaria
TFF Report
Referee: Haim Lipkovitch

Hungary 1–1 Ukraine

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

Bulgaria 3–2 Hungary

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

Ukraine 2–1 Bulgaria

Ukraine 2–0 Hungary

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

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

Hungary 1–2 Bulgaria

Ukraine advanced for the playoff A-B.


PLAYOFF A

First leg

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

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

Spain 2–1 England

Iceland 0–3 Germany
KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)
DFB Report (in German)
Voss 24', 66'
Jones 86'

Second leg

France 3–0 Finland
Roujas 25'
Diacre 31'
Woock 54'
Report (in French)
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)

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

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
Saelens 52'
Maus 82'
Roden 86'
KBVB Report (in Dutch) Skodlerova 5'

Switzerland 3–2 Croatia
HNS Report

Czech Republic 1–2 Netherlands
Fedorková 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

Second leg

Slovakia 1–2 Belgium
Gaziova 23' KBVB Report (in Dutch) Maes 81'
Roden 84'

Belgium won 5–2 on aggregate.


Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
Timisela 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

Ukraine won 5–3 on aggregate.

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