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

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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]

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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.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8620313+2820 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–0 1–1 3–0 12–0
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8602253+2218 Play-offs 0–2 4–0 6–0 5–0
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 83232510+1511 2–2 0–1 7–0 8–0
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8215726197 0–2 0–5 2–1 4–1
5Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 8017248461 0–8 0–4 0–6 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg4–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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Euroborg, Groningen
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg0–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg0–8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg4–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg0–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg5–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg1–1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg0–4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg0–5Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg12–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–1Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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G. Jónsdóttir Soccerball shade.svg36'

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg2–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Valiuk Soccerball shade.svg8', 19' Report (FIFA)
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Szewieczková Soccerball shade.svg29'

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg0–6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg6–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–0Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Notes

  1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. Postponed one day due to snow.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice. [4]
  4. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) initially announced that it would boycott the match against Belarus because of Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [6] On 6 May 2022, the KNVB announced in a statement that it still wanted to play the match against Belarus on 28 June 2022. [7]
  5. The match was originally scheduled for 30 November 2021, but was postponed until 6 September 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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