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

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.

Matches

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

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw. UEFA.com. 2 May 2021. 30 April 2021.
  2. Web site: UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021 . UEFA.com . 2 March 2021 . 2 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. UEFA. 2 March 2021.
  4. News: Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 3 March 2022 . 3 March 2022.
  5. Web site: NO GAMES AGAINST RUSSIA AND BELARUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . knvb.com.