CS-2023. The women's national team of Ukraine awaits a match against Spain's team in Madrid
The women's national team of Ukraine will play their last match in the World Cup 2023 qualification on an away game against Spain on Tuesday, September 6. The match with the Pyrenees [team] will take place in Madrid at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas — the Center of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (kickoff at 10:00 PM Kyiv time).
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The Ukrainian women's national team will play their last World Cup 2023 qualifier match away against Spain on Tuesday, September 6. The game with the Pyrenees team will take place in Madrid at Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas — the headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (kick-off: 10 PM Kyiv time).
After their away victory over the Faroe Islands team (3:0), the blue-and-yellow team set off for Madrid. Under Luis Cortés' guidance, they have already trained in the outskirts of Spain's capital at the Las Rozas national teams base.
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“It's been a while since I last played, around half a year without seeing the team. Thank you to the coaches and girls for their trust. The Faroes are a good team. We were lacking some luck, realization, cool-headedness. There is room for improvement — Spain awaits us next. Our plan is always the same: to win,”— said goalkeeper of Ukraine's national team Daria Bondarchuk after the match against the Faroe Islands.
“It was not easy to switch to artificial turf, it was tough in the first 15 minutes. I'm happy that I scored two goals which turned out to be decisive ones. I think Ukraine's national team is well-prepared and will approach the game against Spain with a fighting spirit,”— noted our team's forward Nadia Kunitsyna.
“It's always nice to win, no matter who the opponent is. The Faroes played defensive football, seven or eight players in defense, it was hard for us to break through them. Of course, we could have scored more. Our young players need to adapt to the team and adjust to our style of play. Everything comes with experience,”— said defender of blue-and-yellow Lubov Shmatko.
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Ukrainian Women's National Team Roster
Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson, Daria Bondarchuk (both — "Zhitlobud-2" Kharkiv), Iryna Sanyina ("Kolos" Kovalevka).
Defenders: Lubov Shmatko ("Fomget", Turkey), Anna Petrik ("Breidablik", Iceland), Olha Basanska ("Hayasa", Armenia), Kateryna Korsun, Iryna Podolska (both — "Zhitlobud-2" Kharkiv), Daria Kravets ("Como", Italy), Tetiana Romanenko ("Saint-Etienne", France).
Midfielders: Yulia Shevchuk, Daria Apanshenko (both — "Fomget", Turkey), Tetiana Kitayeva ("Skrza", Poland), Nati Panticulaia ("Zhitlobud-2" Kharkiv), Tamila Kimych (ETO, Hungary), Viktoriya Gyrin ("Ladomyr" Vladimir), Nikolina Kozlova ("Kegel", Denmark), Yana Malakhova ("Pradehon", Spain).
Forwards: Nadia Kunitsyna ("Austria", Austria), Inna Hlushchenko ("Reims", France), Olha Ovdiychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Roxolana Kravchuk, Yana Kalynina (both — "Zhitlobud-2" Kharkiv).
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Women's World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. European Zone Group B
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
24.06.2022. Ukraine — Scotland — 0:4
28.06.2022. Ukraine — Hungary — 2:0
02.09.2022. Faroe Islands — Ukraine — 0:3
02.09.2022. Spain — Hungary — 3:0
Standing Table
|
Teams |
M |
W |
D |
L |
G |
Pts |
|
1. Spain |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
48—0 |
21 |
|
2. Scotland |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16—13 |
13 |
|
3. Ukraine |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
12—15 |
10 |
|
4. Hungary |
8 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
19—19 |
9 |
|
5. Faroe Islands |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2—50 |
0 |
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.
Women's World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. European Zone
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Group Stage
Europe has 11 direct spots for the Women's World Cup 2023, another team will participate in the intercontinental play-offs.
The nine group winners will qualify directly to the World Cup. The second-placed teams from each group will continue their fight at the next stage.
Play-off
Nine teams that finish in second place in their groups will compete in a two-stage play-off tournament.
The top three among the second-placed teams will have an opportunity to qualify directly for the second round of the UEFA play-offs. Six remaining participants will fight for three spots at the first stage through one-legged matches. Three winners from the first round and three teams that qualified directly to the second stage, will battle in one-legged matches to determine the three UEFA playoff winners.
The two winners of the second stage of the UEFA play-offs with the highest ranking (criteria applied to group stage results plus second-round playoffs) will secure two automatic spots at the World Cup 2023, while the third winner will proceed to the intercontinental playoff.
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