The composition of the Ukrainian women's national team for the 2023 World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Hungary has been determined.
Head coach of the Ukraine national women's team, Luis Cortes, has announced the list of players called up for a training camp to prepare for and participate in the 2023 World Cup qualification matches.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
National women's team coach Luis Cortes has announced the list of players, called up for a training camp to prepare and participate in the qualification matches for the 2023 World Cup.
The upcoming matches for Ukraine against Scotland and Hungary, originally scheduled for April 8th and 12th respectively, were postponed due to Russian aggression and martial law in Ukraine. They will now take place on June 24th and 28th. The games will be held at the "Stal" stadium in Rzeszów, Poland (capacity: 11,547 spectators). The match against Scotland will start at 9:15 PM Kyiv time, while the game with Hungary is set for 8:00 PM.
The head coach Luis Cortes has called up 26 players for a training camp that will also take place in Rzeszów, according to the Ukrainian Football Association.
Ukraine women's national team squad
Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson (ETO, Hungary), Kateryna Boklach ("Górnik", Poland), Iryna Sanina ("Kolos" Kovalivka).
Defenders: Lubov Shmatko, Yana Derkach (both — "Fomget", Turkey), Anna Petrik ("Breidablik", Iceland), Olha Basanska ("Hayasa", Armenia), Kateryna Korsun (ETO, Hungary), Iryna Podolska (MTK, Hungary), Daria Kravets ("Fiorentina", Italy), Tetiana Romanenko ("Reims", France).
Midfielders: Yulia Shevchuk, Daria Apanshenko (both — "Fomget", Turkey), Tetiana Kitaieva (AEM, Spain), Natia Pantulaya, Veronika Andrukhiv (both — "Heniu", Romania), Iryna Kotyash ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Tamila Khimich ("Espanyol", Spain), Viktoriia Gyrin ("Deporivo", Spain), Nastya Kozlova ("Keghe", Denmark), Yulia Khristuk ("Old Dominion University/Eshville", USA).
Forwards: Nadia Kunina ("Lincheping", Sweden), Inna Hlushchenko ("Slavco", Czech Republic), Olha Ovdychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Roxolana Kravchuk ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Yana Kalinina ("Olympia", Poland).
2023 World Cup qualification among women's teams. Qualifying tournament
European zone. Group B
16.09.2021. Faroe Islands — Spain — 0:10
17.09.2021. Hungary — Scotland — 0:2
21.09.2021. Scotland — Faroe Islands — 7:1
21.09.2021. Hungary — Spain — 0:7
21.10.2021. Ukraine — Faroe Islands — 4:0
22.10.2021. Scotland — Hungary — 2:1
26.10.2021. Ukraine — Spain — 0:6
26.10.2021. Faroe Islands — Hungary — 1:7
25.11.2021. Spain — Faroe Islands — 12:0
26.11.2021 Scotland — Ukraine — 1:1
30.11.2021. Hungary — Ukraine — 4:2
30.11.2021. Spain — Scotland — 8:0
08.04.2022. Hungary — Faroe Islands — 7:0
12.04.2022. Scotland — Spain — 0:2
Table of standings
|
Teams |
M |
W |
D |
L |
G |
Pts |
|
1. Spain |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
45—0 |
18 |
|
2. Scotland |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
12—13 |
10 |
|
3. Hungary |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
19—14 |
9 |
|
4. Ukraine |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7—11 |
4 |
|
5. Faroe Islands |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2—47 |
0 |
24.06.2022. Ukraine — Scotland
28.06.2022. Ukraine — Hungary
02.09.2022. Faroe Islands — Ukraine
02.09.2022. Spain — Hungary
06.09.2022. Spain — Ukraine
06.09.2022. Faroe Islands — Scotland
Play-offs: 3—11 October 2022.
Intercontinental play-off: 7—15 November 2022, 13—25 February 2023, 3—11 April 2023.
Final tournament (Australia, New Zealand): 10 July — 20 August 2023.
Qualification for the 2023 Women's World Cup. European zone
Group stage
Europe has eleven direct slots to the 2023 World Cup, with another team advancing through the intercontinental play-offs.
Group A: Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Slovakia, Georgia.
Group B: Spain, Scotland, Ukraine, Hungary, Faroe Islands.
Group C: Netherlands, Iceland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Cyprus.
Group D: England, Austria, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Latvia, Luxembourg.
Group E: Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, Montenegro.
Group F: Norway, Belgium, Poland, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia.
Group G: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, Lithuania.
Group H: Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria.
Group I: France, Wales, Slovenia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Estonia.
The nine group winners will advance directly to the 2023 World Cup. The second-placed teams in each group will continue their competition at the next stage.
Play-offs
Nine teams that finished second in their groups will compete in a two-stage play-off tournament.
The top three finishers among the second-placed teams will qualify directly for the second stage of the play-offs. The remaining six teams will compete for three spots in one-legged matches at the first stage. Three winners from the first round and three teams that qualified directly to the second stage will battle it out in two-legged ties to determine the top three finishers.
The two play-off winners with the highest ranking (criteria applied to group stage results plus second-round play-offs) will earn automatic spots at the 2023 World Cup, while the third-place team will proceed to the intercontinental play-offs.
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