The women's national team of Ukraine is preparing in Poland for World Cup 2023 qualification matches against Scotland and Hungary
The Ukrainian women's national team, under the leadership of Luis Cortes, is holding a training camp in Poland as part of their preparation for the 2023 World Cup qualifying matches.
Photo of Oksana Vasylyeva
The women's national team of Ukraine, under the leadership of Luis Cortes, is holding a training camp in Poland as part of their preparation for the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.
Photos by Oksana Vasylyova
The upcoming matches of the blue-and-yellow team in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Hungary, originally scheduled for April 8th and 12th respectively, were postponed to June 24th and 28th due to Russia's aggression and martial law in Ukraine. These games will take place at the "Stal" stadium (capacity: 11,547 spectators) in the Polish city of Rzeszów. The match against Scotland will start at 9:15 PM Kyiv time, while the game with Hungary is set for 8:00 PM.
The training camp in Rzeszów includes 26 football players.
Photos by Oksana Vasylyova
Squad of the Ukrainian women's national team
Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson (ETO, Hungary), Kateryna Boklach ("Górnik", Poland), Iryna Sanyina ("Kolos" Kovalevka).
Defenders: Lyubov Shmatko, Yana Dyrkach (both - "Fomges", 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 - "Fomges", Turkey), Tetiana Kitaieva (AEM, Spain), Natia Panticulaia, Veronika Andrukhiv (both - "Heniu", Romania), Iryna Kotyash ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Tamila Khymich ("Espanyol", Spain), Viktoriia Hiron ("Deporivo", Spain), Nikolina Kozlova ("Keges", Denmark), Yulia Khristiuk ("Old Dominion University/Eshville", USA).
Forwards: Nadia Kunina ("Lincheping", Sweden), Inna Hlushchenko ("Slovakia", Czech Republic), Olha Ovdychuk ("Fomges", Turkey), Roxolana Kravchuk ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Yana Kalinina ("Olympia", Poland).
Photos by Oksana Vasylyova
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
Photos by Oksana Vasylyova
Table
|
Teams |
M |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
GD |
|
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 |
-45 |
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-off: 3-11 October 2022.
Intercontinental play-offs: 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 2023 Women's World Cup. European zone
Group stage
Europe has eleven direct spots at the 2023 World Cup, with one team advancing to 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 fight at the next stage.
Photos by Oksana Vasylyova
Play-offs
Nine teams that finish second in their groups will compete in a two-stage play-off.
The top three among the second-placed teams will have the opportunity to advance directly to the second stage of the UEFA play-offs. Six remaining participants will fight for three spots in one-legged matches at the first stage. Three winners from the first round and three teams that advanced directly to the second stage will compete in one-legged matches to determine the top three finishers in the UEFA play-offs.
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 playoff results) will earn automatic spots at the 2023 World Cup, while the third-place finisher will proceed to the intercontinental play-offs.
