Football

Group Stage

European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 1999

Groups 1 to 4 (Class A) qualify 6 teams for the 1999 World Cup;
groups 5 to 8 (Class B) winners play off against 
worst teams of groups 1-4 to 
determine qualifying status for next European Championship.

Class A

Group 1
1.SWEDEN       6  6  0  0 18- 5 18
2.Ukraine      6  3  0  3  9-13  9 
3.Iceland      6  1  2  3  5- 9  5
4.Spain        6  0  2  4  5-10  2

Ukraine to play off against runners-up of Group 3

Group 2
1.ITALY        6  5  1  0 11- 4 16
2.Finland      6  3  1  2  6- 5 10
3.France       6  2  2  2  9- 7  8
4.Switzerland  6  0  0  6  2-12  0 

Finland to play off against runners-up of Group 4

Group 3
1.NORWAY       6  4  1  1 13- 5 13
2.Germany      6  4  0  2  9- 5 12
3.Netherlands  6  2  1  3  5-10  7
4.England      6  1  0  5  3-10  3
     
Germany to play off against runners-up of Group 1

Group 4
1.DENMARK      6  6  0  0 22- 3 18
2.Russia       6  4  0  2 15- 9 12
3.Portugal     6  2  0  4  4-15  6
4.Belgium      6  0  0  6  5-19  0

World Cup Qualifying Playoffs

17- 9-1998 Germany      5-0 Ukraine         [in Fulda]
11-10-1998 Ukraine      1-1 Germany         [in Kyiv]

12- 9-1998 Russia       2-1 Finland         [in Moskva]
11-10-1998 Finland      1-2 Russia          [in Helsinki]

Sweden, Italy, Norway, Denmark, 
Germany and Russia qualified for 1999 World Cup.

Status Playoffs (dates of first legs uncertain)

12- 9-1998 Romania      1-4 England
11-10-1998 England      2-1 Romania

12- 9-1998 Scotland     0-3 Spain
11-10-1998 Spain        4-1 Scotland

12- 9-1998 Yugoslavia   0-0 Belgium
11-10-1998 Belgium      1-1 Yugoslavia

12- 9-1998 Poland       0-1 Switzerland
11-10-1998 Switzerland  4-0 Poland

Yugoslavia promoted, Belgium relegated.

Class B

Group 5
1.SCOTLAND     6  4  2  0 38- 3 14
2.Czech Rep.   6  4  2  0 37- 2 14
3.Estonia      6  1  0  5  6-31  3
4.Lithuania    6  1  0  5  3-48  3
 

Group 6
1.POLAND       6  5  1  0 15- 4 16
2.Ireland      6  3  1  2  8- 4 10
3.Belarus      6  1  2  3  8- 9  5
4.Wales        6  0  2  4  7-21  2


Group 7
1.YUGOSLAVIA   6  6  0  0 24- 4 18
2.Bulgaria     6  2  1  3 11-12  7
3.Turkey       6  1  2  3  6-15  5
4.Greece       6  1  1  4  8-18  4

Group 8
1.ROMANIA      8  5  3  0 30- 7 18
2.Slovakia     8  5  2  1 33- 5 17
3.Hungary      8  5  1  2 32- 9 16
4.Israel       8  1  0  7  7-31  3
5.Bosnia-Her.  8  1  0  7  5-55  3