UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round explained

The preliminary round of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition involved the eight lowest-ranked teams among the 46 qualifying entrants: Andorra, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Moldova. The draw for the preliminary round, where the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, was held on 19 January 2015.^[1]

Each group was played in single round-robin format at the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.^[2]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Goalscorers

5 goals

• Rannvá Andreasen

4 goals

• Heidi Sevdal
• Khatia Tchkonia

3 goals

• Lela Chichinadze
• Tatiana Matveeva
• Liene Vāciete
• Ylenia Carabott
• Dorianne Theuma
• Claudia Chiper

2 goals

• Rasa Imanalijeva
• Amy Thompson
• Rachel Cuschieri

1 goal

• Marina Fernández
• Bibiana Gonçalves
• Alba López
• Lív Arge
• Fríðrún Danielsen
• Milja Simonsen
• Renāte Fedotova
• Sandra Voitāne
• Sonata Vanagaitė
• Jessica Birkel
• Martina Borg
• Ludmila Andone
• Elena Porojniuc

1 own goal

• Ieva Bidermane (playing against Luxembourg)

External links

• UEFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: UEFA Women's EURO 2017 preliminary draw. UEFA.com. 19 January 2015.
2. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women’s Championship, 2015–17. UEFA.com. PDF.