2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA play-offs were a series of two-legged ties determining qualification for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. They involved the eight group winners from the first stage of European qualification.

Format

The play-offs consisted of two sections.

The first section was the direct qualification to the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finals. The eight group winners were paired for four two-legged ties – the winner of each tie qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.

The second section was the repechage qualification to the UEFA-CONCACAF play-off. The four losers from the direct qualifiers were paired for two two-legged ties, with the two winners playing off over two legs for the right to play against the third-placed CONCACAF nation for a place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Qualification and seeding

The eight UEFA qualification group winners qualified for the play-offs. The play-off draw seeding according to results in this qualifying competition and those for UEFA Women's EURO 2009.^[1]

Legend
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Group	Team	Seeding coefficient
8	Sweden	2.875
1	France	2.833
2	Norway	2.750
5	England	2.625
3	Denmark	2.563
7	Italy	2.500
4	Ukraine	2.250
6	Switzerland	2.000

Direct qualification

The four winners qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. The draw was held on 30 August 2010. Ties were held on 11–12 September and 15–16 September.^[2]

Matches

11 September 2010

20:45 UTC+2

France	0–0	Italy
	Report

Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon

Attendance: 9,154

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

15 September 2010

15:00 UTC+2

Italy	2–3	France
Panico 34' Domenichetti 90+3'	Report	Bussaglia 54' Thiney 58' Bompastor 90+2'

Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

France won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Italy advanced to the repechage qualification.

12 September 2010

19:00 UTC+1

England	2–0	Switzerland
Williams 44' K. Smith 45+2'	Report

Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury

Attendance: 4,119

Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

16 September 2010

19:00 UTC+2

Switzerland	2–3	England
Bachmann 41' Zumbühl 65'	Report	K. Smith 32' Eniola Aluko 34' Williams 50' (pen.)

Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romania)

England won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Switzerland advanced to the repechage qualification.

11 September 2010

18:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	0–1	Norway
	Report	Mjelde 32'

Stadion Yuri Gagarin, Chernihiv

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

15 September 2010

18:00 UTC+2

Norway	2–0	Ukraine
Pedersen 6' Gulbrandsen 86'	Report

Nadderud stadion, Bærum

Attendance: 1,104

Referee: Alexandra Ihringova (England)

Norway won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ukraine advanced to the repechage qualification.

11 September 2010

16:00 UTC+2

Sweden	2–1	Denmark
Forsberg 12' Schelin 61'	Report	Paaske-Sørensen 64'

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 1,567

Referee: Christina Westrum Pedersen (Norway)

16 September 2010

18:30 UTC+2

Denmark	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
J. Rasmussen 41' Paaske-Sørensen 43'	Report	Rohlin 73', 94'

Vejle Stadion, Vejle

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Denmark advanced to the repechage qualification.

Repechage qualification

The four losing teams from the qualification play-offs played-off for the right to play against the third-placed CONCACAF nation for a place in the World Cup finals.

The first round of repechage ties was played on 2 and 6 October and the second round on 23 and 27 October.