The Germany women’s national team will have to face Iceland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the Faroe Islands en route to the 2019 World Cup in France. The World Cup qualifying draw was made by former Germany international Nadine Keßler at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
“World Cup qualification is mandatory for us and we want to go through dropping as few points as possible. We’ve definitely landed in a comfortable group,” analysed the national team’s manager Steffi Jones, who went on to say: “We want to integrate young players in 2018. But our focus is on the upcoming summer, first and foremost, but it’s good to start planning ahead for the time we’ll have after it’s done.”
Eight spots open via qualification
The seven winners of their respective groups will earn a place in the competition in France, along with tournament hosts, who have already automatically qualified. The top four runners-up that acquired the best record against the other three teams in their group then face off against each other in a playoff to determine which country takes the last European berth for the 2019 World Cup.
The qualification period starts on September 11th 2017, and will conclude on September 4th 2018. The draw for the playoffs will then take place immediately thereafter, and will feature two rounds, each with two legs. The semi-final will take place between 1st and 9th October 2018, before the final is played sometime between 5th and 13th November 2018. The draw for the World Cup group stage in France will then take place at the end of the 2018.
World Cup qualification groups
Group 1: England, Russia, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
Group 2: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, Albania
Group 3: Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland
Group 4: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia
The Germany women’s national team will have to face Iceland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the Faroe Islands en route to the 2019 World Cup in France. The World Cup qualifying draw was made by former Germany international Nadine Keßler at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
“World Cup qualification is mandatory for us and we want to go through dropping as few points as possible. We’ve definitely landed in a comfortable group,” analysed the national team’s manager Steffi Jones, who went on to say: “We want to integrate young players in 2018. But our focus is on the upcoming summer, first and foremost, but it’s good to start planning ahead for the time we’ll have after it’s done.”
Eight spots open via qualification
The seven winners of their respective groups will earn a place in the competition in France, along with tournament hosts, who have already automatically qualified. The top four runners-up that acquired the best record against the other three teams in their group then face off against each other in a playoff to determine which country takes the last European berth for the 2019 World Cup.
The qualification period starts on September 11th 2017, and will conclude on September 4th 2018. The draw for the playoffs will then take place immediately thereafter, and will feature two rounds, each with two legs. The semi-final will take place between 1st and 9th October 2018, before the final is played sometime between 5th and 13th November 2018. The draw for the World Cup group stage in France will then take place at the end of the 2018.
World Cup qualification groups
Group 1: England, Russia, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
Group 2: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, Albania
Group 3: Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland
Group 4: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia
Group 5: Germany, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Faroe Islands
Group 6: Italy, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, Moldova
Group 7: Spain, Austria, Finland, Serbia, Israel
