Women’s World Cup qualifying: Oct update

In a second set of FIFA Women’s World Cup subordinate organisation theatre games, a Netherlands followed adult their UEFA Women’s EURO success by violence Norway in thespian style, Iceland astounded Germany and a likes of Belgium and Italy confirmed ideal starts.

• Qualifying schedule: all a matches
• The 7 groups
• Matches will be played home and divided until 4 Sep 2018.
• The seven organisation winners will validate to join France in a finals from June–July 2019.
• The four runners-up with a best annals opposite a sides first, third and fourth in their groups will allege to a play-offs, consisting of dual rounds of two-legged knockout ties in Oct and Nov 2018 to confirm Europe’s final qualifier.

Group 1
Wales reason a lead as they combined to their Sep win in Kazakhstan with a 0-0 pull in Russia, who also mislaid 6-0 to England final month. Bosnia and Herzegovina assimilated England on 3 points from one diversion by winning 2-0 in Kazakhstan. Russia are not in movement in Nov when both England and Wales play Kazakhstan and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group 2
Scotland, underneath new manager Shelley Kerr, got their debate started by winning 2-1 in Belarus and violence Albania 5-0 to join Switzerland on 6 points from dual games, 3 transparent of Poland. The Swiss horde Belarus and Albania in Nov before their 5 Apr assembly with Scotland.

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Group 3
All eyes were on Groningen where newly-crowned European champions the Netherlands took on Norway (who had picked adult dual Sep wins) in a repeat of a opening diversion of UEFA Women’s EURO 2017. Like that diversion it finished in a 1-0 Dutch feat though Sari outpost Veenendaal indispensable to save a Maren Mjelde chastisement before Vivianne Miedema’s added-time winner. The Republic of Ireland matched their 2-0 Sep win in Northern Ireland with an matching outcome in Slovakia. Both Slovakia and a Republic of Ireland face a Netherlands in November.

Group 4
After their cancelled diversion final Friday, both Denmark and Sweden returned to movement on Tuesday with wins, 4-0 in Croatia and 5-0 opposite Hungary respectively to pierce on to 6 points each. Ukraine, hold 1-1 by Croatia in September, revisit Hungary in a usually Nov game.

Group 5
Iceland produced a outcome of a groups so distant on Friday with a 3-2 win in Germany that ended their hosts’ prolonged dominant run in qualifying. That was followed on Tuesday by Iceland sketch 1-1 in a Czech Republic and Germany thrashing a Faroe Islands 11-0. Germany are dual points forward of Iceland (who have a diversion in hand) and a Czechs, who also won 4-0 in Slovenia.

Group 6
Aline Zeler became a initial Belgium footballer to strech 100 caps as they kick Romania 3-2 and won 1-0 in Portugal to pierce on to 9 points from 3 matches. That is turn with Italy, who overcame Romania 3-0. Italy can make it 4 wins when they revisit Portugal in Nov before both teams play Belgium in April.

Group 7
Finland started life underneath former Scotland manager Anna Signeul by violence Serbia 1-0 while Spain non-stop their debate with a 6-0 win in Israel. That authorised Finland and Spain to join Austria in carrying won their one fixtures so far. Among a Nov games are Austria’s outing to a side they kick on penalties in a UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 quarter-finals, Spain.

The hosts
Having begun their preparations in Sep underneath new manager Corinne Diacre by defeating Chile 1-0 and Spain 3-1, France picked adult dual some-more home wins. It took a last-minute Viviane Asseyi idea to see off England 1-0 in Valenciennes before she struck twice, along with dual any from new captain Amandine Henry and Eugénie Le Sommer, in an 8-0 win opposite Ghana in Rennes. In total, good over 50,000 fans have watched a 4 friendlies so far.