UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Moldova (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Qualifying group stage — 0–1 2–0 —
2  Latvia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 — — 1–1 —
3  Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — — — 2–0
4  Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 0–3 4–3 — —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Luxembourg 4–3 Latvia
Bidermane 44' (o.g.)
Birkel 60'
Thompson 69', 90+5'		 Report Voitāne 17'
Fedotova 57'
Vāciete 72'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Moldova 2–0 Lithuania
Chiper 68'
Porojniuc 85'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)
Lithuania 2–0 Luxembourg
Vanagaitė 16'
Imanalijeva 86'		 Report
Attendance: 41
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Moldova 0–1 Latvia
Report Vāciete 26'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)
Luxembourg 0–3 Moldova
Report Chiper 13', 86'
Andone 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)
Latvia 1–1 Lithuania
Vāciete 70' Report Imanalijeva 38'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Georgia 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[lower-alpha 1] Qualifying group stage — 2–0 1–2 —
2  Faroe Islands 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6[lower-alpha 1] — — — 8–0
3  Malta (H) 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] — 2–4 — —
4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 3 20 −17 0 0–7 — 3–5 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts, +1 GD; Faroe Islands: 3 pts, 0 GD; Malta: 3 pts, −1 GD).
Georgia 2–0 Faroe Islands
Matveeva 22'
Chichinadze 89'		 Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)
Andorra 3–5 Malta
López 3'
Gonçalves 57'
Fernández 90+3'		 Report Cuschieri 5', 21'
Theuma 24', 51'
Carabott 45+2'
Attendance: 210
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
Faroe Islands 8–0 Andorra
Andreasen 20' (pen.), 45+1', 83' (pen.), 90+2'
H. Sevdal 49', 62'
F. Danielsen 69'
Arge 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
Georgia 1–2 Malta
Chichinadze 55' (pen.) Report Carabott 47'
Theuma 90'
Attendance: 210
Malta 2–4 Faroe Islands
Carabott 39'
M. Borg 49'		 Report Andreasen 13'
Simonsen 15'
H. Sevdal 53', 90'
Attendance: 340
Andorra 0–7 Georgia
Report Matveeva 3', 6'
Chichinadze 25'
Tchkonia 26', 69' (pen.), 83', 85'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 preliminary draw". UEFA.com. 19 January 2015.
  2. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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