1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 1999 UEFA Women's World Cup qualification was held between 21 August 1997 and 11 October 1998. The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The four runners-up were drawn into two home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying. Sweden, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Russia qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

CLASS A

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Sweden 186600185
 Ukraine 96303913
 Iceland 5612359
 Spain 26024510

30 August 1997
Iceland  13  Sweden

7 September 1997
Iceland  32  Ukraine

28 September 1997
Sweden  32  Ukraine

2 November 1997
Spain  12  Ukraine
Mateos  82' Zinchenko  40', 45'

3 May 1998
Spain  12  Sweden

24 May 1998
Sweden  31  Spain

31 May 1998
Spain  00  Iceland

7 June 1998
Ukraine  21  Spain

14 June 1998
Iceland  11  Spain

8 August 1998
Ukraine  05  Sweden

26 August 1998
Sweden  20  Iceland

30 August 1998
Ukraine  10  Iceland

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Italy 166510114
 Finland 10631265
 France 8622297
  Switzerland 06006212

6 September 1997
Finland  10   Switzerland

4 October 1997
Switzerland   12  France

18 October 1997
France  22  Finland

1 November 1997
Switzerland   13  Italy

22 November 1997
Italy  00  France

11 April 1998
France  23  Italy

2 May 1998
France  30   Switzerland

5 May 1998
Italy  10  Finland

16 May 1998
Italy  20   Switzerland

23 May 1998
Finland  10  France

6 June 1998
Switzerland   01  Finland

27 June 1998
Finland  12  Italy

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Norway 136411135
 Germany 12640295
 Netherlands 76213510
 England 36105310

25 September 1997
Germany  30  England

1 October 1997
Norway  61  Netherlands
Pettersen  4', 9', 76'
Riise  33'
Medalen  79'
Lehn  86'
Report (Dutch) Roos  60'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 339
Referee: Zygmunt Ziober (Poland)

30 October 1997
England  10  Netherlands
Smith  60' Report (Dutch)
Upton Park, London
Attendance: 2,002
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

6 November 1997
Germany  10  Norway

13 December 1997
Netherlands  10  Germany
Noom  64' Report (Dutch)
Polman Stadion, Almelo
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

8 March 1998
England  01  Germany
England
Attendance: 4,917 NEW BRITISH RECORD

2 April 1998
Germany  21  Netherlands
Voss  80'
Koning  82' (o.g.)
Report (Dutch) Migchelsen  45'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, Herford
Attendance: 5,970
Referee: Kazimir Znaydinski (Belarus)

18 April 1998
Netherlands  00  Norway
Report (Dutch)
De Baandert, Sittard
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands)

14 May 1998
England  12  Norway

23 May 1998
Netherlands  21  England
Noom  1', 46' Report (Dutch) ???  2'
Sportpark Olympia, Waalwijk
Referee: Mammedov Khagani (Azerbaijan)

17 June 1998
Norway  32  Germany

15 August 1998
Norway  20  England

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Denmark 186600223
 Russia 126402159
 Portugal 66204415
 Belgium 06006519

21 August 1997
Denmark  31  Russia

27 September 1997
Belgium  12  Denmark

11 October 1997
Belgium  34  Russia

29 October 1997
Denmark  40  Portugal
Krogh  28', 87'
Flæng  48'
Anne Nielsen  78'
Report

8 November 1997
Portugal  02  Russia
Report Barbashina  12'
Kamarova  90'

28 February 1998
Portugal  20  Belgium
Carla Couto  8'
Paula Reis  68'
Report
Estádio Municipal de Cantanhede, Cantanhede
Referee: Tiziana Calamosca (Italy)

4 April 1998
Belgium  02  Portugal
Report Ana Rita  7'
Anabela  61'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

25 April 1998
Russia  20  Portugal
Barbashina  10'
Kamarova  24'
Report
Arsenal Stadium, Tula
Referee: Benedik Bolidan

16 May 1998
Portugal  07  Denmark
Report Christina B. Petersen  1'
Merete Pedersen  4', 62'
Monica  24' (o.g.)
Anne Nielsen  38'
Krogh  69'
Rasmussen  76'
Estádio-João-Paulo-II, Angra do Heroísmo (Azores)
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)

23 May 1998
Russia  51  Belgium

22 August 1998
Russia  12  Denmark

29 August 1998
Denmark  40  Belgium

CLASS B

Group 5

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Scotland 146420383
 Czech Republic 146420372
 Estonia 36105631
 Lithuania 36105348

16 August 1997
Lithuania  32  Estonia


3 September 1997
Estonia  17  Scotland

7 September 1997
Lithuania  05  Scotland

7 October 1997
Estonia  08  Czech Republic

10 October 1997
Lithuania  012  Czech Republic


3 May 1998
Scotland  70  Estonia



30 May 1998
Scotland  170  Lithuania

27 June 1998
Estonia  30  Lithuania

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Poland 166510154
 Republic of Ireland 10631284
 Belarus 5612389
 Wales 26024721

10 September 1997
Belarus  01  Poland

21 September 1997
Belarus  01  Republic of Ireland
Report Power  55'
Belarus
Referee: Galina Doneva (Bulgaria)

8 October 1997
Poland  22  Wales

12 October 1997
Belarus  41  Wales

2 November 1997
Republic of Ireland  01  Poland
Report Szondermajer  44'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Niklas á Liðarenda (Faroe Islands)

7 December 1997
Wales  03  Republic of Ireland
Report O'Shea  2'
McNally  28', 90'
Wales
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

8 March 1998
Republic of Ireland  40  Wales
Reilly  29'
Kierans  57'
Saurin  68', 90'
Report
Republic of Ireland
Referee: Maria Patrascu (Romania)

1 May 1998
Wales  15  Poland

24 May 1998
Wales  33  Belarus

6 June 1998
Poland  30  Republic of Ireland
Nieczypor  10', 57'
Szondermajer  30'
Report
Poland
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

17 June 1998
Poland  31  Belarus

27 June 1998
Republic of Ireland  00  Belarus
Report
Republic of Ireland
Referee: Andrei Iacovlev

Group 7

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Yugoslavia 186600244
 Bulgaria 762131112
 Turkey 56123615
 Greece 46114818
 Georgia 0000000

10 September 1997
Yugoslavia  110
Annulled
 Georgia

25 September 1997
Georgia  01
Annulled
 Turkey

28 September 1997
Greece  15  Bulgaria

30 October 1997
Turkey  05  Yugoslavia

2 November 1997
Greece  23  Yugoslavia

23 November 1997
Bulgaria  12  Turkey

5 December 1997
Yugoslavia  20  Bulgaria

17 December 1997
Turkey  11  Greece

8 March 1998
Greece  32  Turkey

12 April 1998
Bulgaria  30  Greece

20 May 1998
Yugoslavia  40  Turkey

6 June 1998
Bulgaria  16  Yugoslavia

20 June 1998
Yugoslavia  41  Greece

20 June 1998
Turkey  11  Bulgaria

Group 8

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Romania 188530306
 Slovakia 178521335
 Hungary 168512329
 Israel 38107631
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38107555

13 September 1997
Romania  11  Slovakia



22 October 1997
Slovakia  40  Hungary

2 November 1997
Israel  07  Romania

12 December 1997
Romania  31  Hungary

1 April 1998
Israel  04  Slovakia


26 April 1998
Slovakia  11  Romania



13 May 1998
Slovakia  50  Israel

17 May 1998
Hungary  50  Israel


3 June 1998
Hungary  30  Slovakia

27 June 1998
Hungary  22  Romania

15 August 1998
Israel  02  Hungary


26 August 1998
Romania  40  Israel

Playoff A

12 September 1998
Russia  2–1  Finland

11 October 1998
Finland  1–2  Russia

17 September 1998
Germany  5–0  Ukraine

11 October 1998
Ukraine  1–1  Germany

Playoff B

12 September 1998
Poland  0–1   Switzerland

10 October 1998
Switzerland   4–0  Poland

13 September 1998
Yugoslavia  3–0  Belgium

10 October 1998
Belgium  1–1  Yugoslavia

13 September 1998
Romania  1–4  England

11 October 1998
England  2–1  Romania

13 September 1998
Scotland  0–3  Spain
Jiménez  29'
Mateos  66'
Monforte  75'

11 October 1998
Spain  4–1  Scotland
Gimbert  ?'
Monforte  ?'
Cabezón  ?'
Marco  ?'
Fleeting  ?'

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