1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 1999 UEFA Women's World Cup qualification was held between 21 August 1997 and 11 October 1998. The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The four runners-up were drawn into two home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying. Sweden, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Russia qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

CLASS A

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Sweden 186600185
 Ukraine 96303913
 Iceland 5612359
 Spain 26024510

30 August 1997
Iceland  1–3  Sweden

7 September 1997
Iceland  3–2  Ukraine

28 September 1997
Sweden  3–2  Ukraine

2 November 1997
Spain  1–2  Ukraine
Mateos  82' Zinchenko  40', 45'

3 May 1998
Spain  1–2  Sweden

24 May 1998
Sweden  3–1  Spain

31 May 1998
Spain  0–0  Iceland

7 June 1998
Ukraine  2–1  Spain

14 June 1998
Iceland  1–1  Spain

8 August 1998
Ukraine  0–5  Sweden

26 August 1998
Sweden  2–0  Iceland

30 August 1998
Ukraine  1–0  Iceland

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Italy 166510114
 Finland 10631265
 France 8622297
  Switzerland 06006212

6 September 1997
Finland  1–0   Switzerland

4 October 1997
Switzerland   1–2  France

18 October 1997
France  2–2  Finland

1 November 1997
Switzerland   1–3  Italy

22 November 1997
Italy  0–0  France

11 April 1998
France  2–3  Italy

2 May 1998
France  3–0   Switzerland

5 May 1998
Italy  1–0  Finland

16 May 1998
Italy  2–0   Switzerland

23 May 1998
Finland  1–0  France

6 June 1998
Switzerland   0–1  Finland

27 June 1998
Finland  1–2  Italy

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Norway 136411135
 Germany 12640295
 Netherlands 76213510
 England 36105310

25 September 1997
Germany  3–0  England

1 October 1997
Norway  6–1  Netherlands
Pettersen  4', 9', 76'
Riise  33'
Medalen  79'
Lehn  86'
Report (Dutch) Roos  60'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 339
Referee: Zygmunt Ziober (Poland)

30 October 1997
England  1–0  Netherlands
Smith  60' Report (Dutch)
Upton Park, London
Attendance: 2,002
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

6 November 1997
Germany  1–0  Norway

13 December 1997
Netherlands  1–0  Germany
Noom  64' Report (Dutch)
Polman Stadion, Almelo
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

8 March 1998
England  0–1  Germany
England
Attendance: 4,917 NEW BRITISH RECORD

2 April 1998
Germany  2–1  Netherlands
Voss  80'
Koning  82' (o.g.)
Report (Dutch) Migchelsen  45'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, Herford
Attendance: 5,970
Referee: Kazimir Znaydinski (Belarus)

18 April 1998
Netherlands  0–0  Norway
Report (Dutch)
De Baandert, Sittard
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands)

14 May 1998
England  1–2  Norway

23 May 1998
Netherlands  2–1  England
Noom  1', 46' Report (Dutch) ???  2'
Sportpark Olympia, Waalwijk
Referee: Mammedov Khagani (Azerbaijan)

17 June 1998
Norway  3–2  Germany

15 August 1998
Norway  2–0  England

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Denmark 186600223
 Russia 126402159
 Portugal 66204415
 Belgium 06006519

21 August 1997
Denmark  3–1  Russia

27 September 1997
Belgium  1–2  Denmark

11 October 1997
Belgium  3–4  Russia

29 October 1997
Denmark  4–0  Portugal
Krogh  28', 87'
Flæng  48'
Anne Nielsen  78'
Report

8 November 1997
Portugal  0–2  Russia
Report Barbashina  12'
Kamarova  90'

28 February 1998
Portugal  2–0  Belgium
Carla Couto  8'
Paula Reis  68'
Report
Estádio Municipal de Cantanhede, Cantanhede
Referee: Tiziana Calamosca (Italy)

4 April 1998
Belgium  0–2  Portugal
Report Ana Rita  7'
Anabela  61'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

25 April 1998
Russia  2–0  Portugal
Barbashina  10'
Kamarova  24'
Report
Arsenal Stadium, Tula
Referee: Benedik Bolidan

16 May 1998
Portugal  0–7  Denmark
Report Christina B. Petersen  1'
Merete Pedersen  4', 62'
Monica  24' (o.g.)
Anne Nielsen  38'
Krogh  69'
Rasmussen  76'
Estádio-João-Paulo-II, Angra do Heroísmo (Azores)
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)

23 May 1998
Russia  5–1  Belgium

22 August 1998
Russia  1–2  Denmark

29 August 1998
Denmark  4–0  Belgium

CLASS B

Group 5

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Scotland 146420383
 Czech Republic 146420372
 Estonia 36105631
 Lithuania 36105348

16 August 1997
Lithuania  3–2  Estonia


3 September 1997
Estonia  1–7  Scotland

7 September 1997
Lithuania  0–5  Scotland

7 October 1997
Estonia  0–8  Czech Republic

10 October 1997
Lithuania  0–12  Czech Republic


3 May 1998
Scotland  7–0  Estonia



30 May 1998
Scotland  17–0  Lithuania

27 June 1998
Estonia  3–0  Lithuania

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Poland 166510154
 Republic of Ireland 10631284
 Belarus 5612389
 Wales 26024721

10 September 1997
Belarus  0–1  Poland

21 September 1997
Belarus  0–1  Republic of Ireland
Report Power  55'
Belarus
Referee: Galina Doneva (Bulgaria)

8 October 1997
Poland  2–2  Wales

12 October 1997
Belarus  4–1  Wales

2 November 1997
Republic of Ireland  0–1  Poland
Report Szondermajer  44'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Niklas á Liðarenda (Faroe Islands)

7 December 1997
Wales  0–3  Republic of Ireland
Report O'Shea  2'
McNally  28', 90'
Wales
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

8 March 1998
Republic of Ireland  4–0  Wales
Reilly  29'
Kierans  57'
Saurin  68', 90'
Report
Republic of Ireland
Referee: Maria Patrascu (Romania)

1 May 1998
Wales  1–5  Poland

24 May 1998
Wales  3–3  Belarus

6 June 1998
Poland  3–0  Republic of Ireland
Nieczypor  10', 57'
Szondermajer  30'
Report
Poland
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

17 June 1998
Poland  3–1  Belarus

27 June 1998
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Belarus
Report
Republic of Ireland
Referee: Andrei Iacovlev

Group 7

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Yugoslavia 186600244
 Bulgaria 762131112
 Turkey 56123615
 Greece 46114818
 Georgia 0000000

10 September 1997
Yugoslavia  11–0
Annulled
 Georgia

25 September 1997
Georgia  0–1
Annulled
 Turkey

28 September 1997
Greece  1–5  Bulgaria

30 October 1997
Turkey  0–5  Yugoslavia

2 November 1997
Greece  2–3  Yugoslavia

23 November 1997
Bulgaria  1–2  Turkey

5 December 1997
Yugoslavia  2–0  Bulgaria

17 December 1997
Turkey  1–1  Greece

8 March 1998
Greece  3–2  Turkey

12 April 1998
Bulgaria  3–0  Greece

20 May 1998
Yugoslavia  4–0  Turkey

6 June 1998
Bulgaria  1–6  Yugoslavia

20 June 1998
Yugoslavia  4–1  Greece

20 June 1998
Turkey  1–1  Bulgaria

Group 8

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Romania 188530306
 Slovakia 178521335
 Hungary 168512329
 Israel 38107631
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38107555

13 September 1997
Romania  1–1  Slovakia



22 October 1997
Slovakia  4–0  Hungary

2 November 1997
Israel  0–7  Romania

12 December 1997
Romania  3–1  Hungary

1 April 1998
Israel  0–4  Slovakia


26 April 1998
Slovakia  1–1  Romania



13 May 1998
Slovakia  5–0  Israel

17 May 1998
Hungary  5–0  Israel


3 June 1998
Hungary  3–0  Slovakia

27 June 1998
Hungary  2–2  Romania

15 August 1998
Israel  0–2  Hungary


26 August 1998
Romania  4–0  Israel

Playoff A

12 September 1998
Russia  2–1  Finland

11 October 1998
Finland  1–2  Russia

17 September 1998
Germany  5–0  Ukraine

11 October 1998
Ukraine  1–1  Germany

Playoff B

12 September 1998
Poland  0–1   Switzerland

10 October 1998
Switzerland   4–0  Poland

13 September 1998
Yugoslavia  3–0  Belgium

10 October 1998
Belgium  1–1  Yugoslavia

13 September 1998
Romania  1–4  England

11 October 1998
England  2–1  Romania

13 September 1998
Scotland  0–3  Spain
Jiménez  29'
Mateos  66'
Monforte  75'

11 October 1998
Spain  4–1  Scotland
Gimbert  ?'
Monforte  ?'
Cabezón  ?'
Marco  ?'
Fleeting  ?'

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