The women's national team of Ukraine will play against Scotland and Hungary in the World Cup 2023 qualifiers due to decisions by the Ukrainian Football Association and the Polish Football Federation. The matches will take place in Poland.

The upcoming matches for the blue-and-yellow team, against Scotland and Hungary, were originally scheduled for April 8th and 12th respectively. However, due to Russian aggression and martial law in Ukraine, these games have been rescheduled for June 24th and 28th. They will be held in the Polish city of Rzeszów at the "Stal" stadium (capacity: 11,547 spectators). The start times of the matches are now confirmed. The game against Scotland will begin at 9:15 PM local time, while the match with Hungary is set for 8:00 PM.

2023 World Cup 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

Standing table

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.

Qualifying tournament for the Women's World Cup 2023. European zone

Group stage

Europe has 11 direct spots to the 2023 World Cup, and one team will participate in 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 World Cup 2023. The second-placed teams in each group will continue their competition at the next stage.

Play-offs

Nine teams that finish second in their groups will participate in a two-stage play-off tournament.

The top three among these second-placed teams will qualify directly for the second stage of the UEFA play-offs. Six remaining participants 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 final three qualifiers.

The top two UEFA play-off winners with the highest ranking (criteria applied to group stage results plus the second-round play-offs) will earn automatic spots at the World Cup 2023, while the third qualifier will proceed to the intercontinental play-offs.