2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

UEFA Group I of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: France, Wales, Slovenia, Greece, Kazakhstan, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021,^[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.^[2]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs first round if they are one of the other six runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	10	0	0	54	4	+50	30	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	2–0	1–0	5–1	11–0	6–0
2	Wales	10	6	2	2	22	5	+17	20	Play-offs		1–2	—	0–0	5–0	4–0	6–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18			2–3	1–1	—	0–0	6–0	2–0
4	Greece	10	4	1	5	12	28	−16	13			0–10	0–1	1–4	—	3–0	3–2
5	Estonia	10	2	0	8	7	43	−36	6			0–9	0–1	0–4	1–3	—	4–2
6	Kazakhstan	10	0	0	10	4	34	−30	0			0–5	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Greece	0–10	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Majri   14' Geyoro   15', 40' Katoto   18', 25', 53' Palama   30' (o.g.) Diani   38' Asseyi   65' Renard   90+2' (pen.)

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Estonia	0–4	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Prašnikar   21', 48' Golob   31' Agrež   54'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)

20:15 (19:15 BST)

Wales	6–0	Kazakhstan
K. Green   17', 71' Harding   30' Rowe   54' Evans   90+1' Holland   90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

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21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Estonia	0–1	Wales
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Harding   5'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Greece	3–2	Kazakhstan
Spyridonidou   7', 72' Aitymova   45+2' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bortnikova   19' Kirgizbaeva   81'

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

21:00

Slovenia	2–3	France
Prašnikar   20' Zver   88' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Katoto   28', 60' Majri   90+4' (pen.)

Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

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22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)

13:00 (17:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–1	Greece
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pouliou   85'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Referee: Marina Krupskaya (Russia)

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)

20:15

Slovenia	1–1	Wales
Rogan   69'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	K. Green   71'

Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)

21:10

France	11–0	Estonia
Geyoro   5' Katoto   15' Périsset   25' (pen.) Cascarino   29' Toletti   45' Orav   52' (o.g.) Diani   53' Tounkara   65', 72' Saar   79' (o.g.) Dali   90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil

Referee: Abigail Marriott (England)

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26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

16:00 (21:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–5	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Katoto   9', 23' Dali   17' Malard   38', 54'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

20:00 (21:00 EEST)

Greece	1–4	Slovenia
Chatzinikolaou   10' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Zver   8', 59' Prašnikar   18', 86'

AEL FC Arena, Larissa

Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)

20:15 (19:15 BST)

Wales	4–0	Estonia
James   27' Ward   48' Harding   54' Ingle   90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Marta Frias Acedo (Spain)

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26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)

18:00

Slovenia	6–0	Estonia
Prašnikar   9', 38' Korošec   33' Kolbl   73' Raadik   79' (o.g.) Kuštrin   89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)

20:15 (19:15 GMT)

Wales	5–0	Greece
Ingle   7' K. Green   17' Holland   26', 56' Harding   64'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)

26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)

21:10

France	6–0	Kazakhstan
Asseyi   5' Cascarino   9' Katoto   24' Périsset   37' Gauvin   72' (pen.) Dali   74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

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30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

18:00

Slovenia	0–0	Greece
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Referee: Maria Sole Caputi (Italy)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

21:10

France	2–0	Wales
Diani   45+2' Bacha   90'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp

Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

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8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)

14:00 (18:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Prašnikar   6' Erman   26'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-sek (Poland)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Estonia	1–3	Greece
Himanen   63'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kongouli   14', 21' Sarri   76'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)

20:45 (19:45 BST)

Wales	1–2	France
Ingle   71'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Renard   31' Katoto   57'

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

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12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–3	Wales
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	K. Green   30' Harding   42' Fishlock   65'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Greece	3–0	Estonia
Sarri   19' Kongouli   48' Pouliou   74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)

21:10

France	1–0	Slovenia
Cascarino   47'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

MMArena, Le Mans

Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

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28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Estonia	4–2	Kazakhstan
Saar   61', 88' Himanen   71' Tammik   90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Turlybekova   37' Bortnikova   52'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

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2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Estonia	0–9	France
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Cascarino   6' Dali   17' (pen.) Sarr   24', 29', 45', 47' Matéo   59' (pen.), 67' Geyoro   83'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)

18:00

Slovenia	2–0	Kazakhstan
Makovec   33' Zver   67'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Kranj Sports Centre, Kranj

Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Greece	0–1	Wales
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Jones   34'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

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6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Estonia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Demidova   8' (o.g.) Saar   17'

Shakhter Stadium, Karaganda

Referee: Liudmyla Telbukh (Ukraine)

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)

20:45

France	5–1	Greece
Geyoro   9' Diani   18', 45+9' Malard   45' Baltimore   59'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Koggouli   20'

Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)

20:45 (19:45 BST)

Wales	0–0	Slovenia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

10 goals

•   Marie-Antoinette Katoto

8 goals

•   Lara Prašnikar

5 goals

•   Kadidiatou Diani
•   Grace Geyoro
•   Kayleigh Green
•   Natasha Harding

4 goals

•   Delphine Cascarino
•   Kenza Dali
•   Ouleymata Sarr
•   Sophia Koggouli
•   Mateja Zver

3 goals

•   Getter Saar
•   Melvine Malard
•   Ceri Holland
•   Sophie Ingle

2 goals

•   Kairi Himanen
•   Viviane Asseyi
•   Amel Majri
•   Clara Matéo
•   Ève Périsset
•   Wendie Renard
•   Aïssatou Tounkara
•   Grigoria Pouliou
•   Veatriki Sarri
•   Anastasia Spyridonidou
•   Svetlana Bortnikova

1 goal

•   Lisette Tammik
•   Selma Bacha
•   Sandy Baltimore
•   Valérie Gauvin
•   Sandie Toletti
•   Despoina Chatzinikolaou
•   Begaim Kirgizbaeva
•   Asselkhan Turlybekova
•   Sara Agrež
•   Kristina Erman
•   Lana Golob
•   Špela Kolbl
•   Kaja Korošec
•   Zala Kuštrin
•   Sara Makovec
•   Manja Rogan
•   Gemma Evans
•   Jessica Fishlock
•   Angharad James
•   Carrie Jones
•   Rachel Rowe
•   Helen Ward

1 own goal

•   Maria Orav (against France)
•   Pille Raadik (against Slovenia)
•   Heleri Saar (against France)
•   Maria Palama (against France)
•   Aigerim Aitymova (against Greece)
•   Mariya Demidova (against Estonia)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

References

1. "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
2. "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.

External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA.com