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

UEFA Group G of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, and Lithuania. 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	Italy	10	9	0	1	40	2	+38	27	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	1–2	2–0	3–0	7–0	3–0
2	Switzerland	10	8	1	1	44	4	+40	25	Play-offs	0–1	—	2–0	5–0	4–1	15–0
3	Romania	10	6	1	3	21	11	+10	19		0–5	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	3–0
4	Croatia	10	3	1	6	6	18	−12	10		0–5	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	2	7	7	35	−28	5		0–5	0–7	1–7	0–1	—	4–0
6	Moldova	10	0	1	9	1	49	−48	1		0–8	0–6	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

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

17:30

Italy	3–0	Moldova
Girelli 16', 28' (pen.) Giacinti 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste

Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

17 September 2021

19:00

Switzerland	4–1	Lithuania
Lehmann 15' Sow 33' Bachmann 65' Fölmli 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Jonušaitė 50'

Stockhorn Arena, Thun

Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

17 September 2021

19:30

Romania	2–0	Croatia
Rus 12' Carp 32'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadionul Mogoșoaia, Mogoșoaia

Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)

21 September 2021

17:30

Croatia	0–5	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gama 17' Giacinti 31', 47' Girelli 50' Cernoia 90+1' (pen.)

Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac

Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

21 September 2021

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Moldova	0–6	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Crnogorčević 39' (pen.) Sow 41' Humm 42' Fölmli 44' Xhemaili 52' Lehmann 87'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

21 September 2021

19:30

Romania	3–0	Lithuania
Ciolacu 24' (pen.) Rus 36', 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadionul Mogoșoaia, Mogoșoaia

Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

22 October 2021

17:30

Italy	3–0	Croatia
Cernoia 2' Girelli 9' (pen.) Pirone 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro

Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

22 October 2021

19:00

Switzerland	2–0	Romania
Crnogorčević 48', 90' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Letzigrund, Zürich

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

26 October 2021

17:30 (18:30 EEST)

Lithuania	0–5	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Cernoia 13' Pirone 23' Giacinti 35' Gama 54' Caruso 83'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius

Referee: Jelena Medjedovic (Serbia)

26 October 2021

19:00

Switzerland	5–0	Croatia
Crnogorčević 8' Maritz 45+2' Bachmann 82', 90+1' (pen.) Rinast 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Letzigrund, Zürich

Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

26 November 2021

17:00

Croatia	0–0	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula

Referee: Nadezhda Gorinova (Russia)

26 November 2021

17:30

Italy	1–2	Switzerland
Bonansea 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sow 9' Crnogorčević 20'

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

26 November 2021

19:30 (20:30 EET)

Romania	3–0	Moldova
Bălăceanu 53' Ciolacu 70' Carp 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadionul Mogoșoaia, Mogoșoaia

Referee: Michaliną Diakow (Poland)

30 November 2021

17:00

Croatia	4–0	Moldova
Marković 6' Landeka 35' (pen.) Lubina 65' Jelenčić 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula

Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)

30 November 2021

17:30 (18:30 EET)

Lithuania	0–7	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sow 3', 31', 37' Kiwic 12' Crnogorčević 34' Xhemaili 40' Fölmli 61'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius

Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus)

30 November 2021

17:30 (18:30 EET)

Romania	0–5	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bonansea 22' Girelli 53', 61', 90+4' (pen.) Pirone 87'

Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari

Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

8 April 2022

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Moldova	0–1	Croatia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ljustina 31'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: María Martínez (Spain)

8 April 2022

18:45 (19:45 EEST)

Romania	1–1	Switzerland
Ficzay 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kiwic 77'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

8 April 2022

19:00

Italy	7–0	Lithuania
Caruso 2', 45+1' Bergamaschi 41', 89' Cernoia 61' Sabatino 86' Bonetti 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

12 April 2022

17:00

Croatia	0–1	Romania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Geréd 4'

Gradski stadion, Velika Gorica

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

12 April 2022

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Lithuania	4–0	Moldova
Liužinaitė 27' (pen.), 45+1' Sabatauskaitė 55' Lazdauskaitė 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

LFF Stadium, Vilnius

Referee: Neslihan Muratdağı (Turkey)

12 April 2022

17:45

Switzerland	0–1	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Girelli 83'

Stockhorn Arena, Thun

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

24 June 2022

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Moldova	0–4	Romania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ciolacu 7' Railean 67' (o.g.) Gődér 89' Vlădulescu 90+5'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

28 June 2022

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Moldova	1–1	Lithuania
Țabur 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lazdauskaitė 25'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

2 September 2022

17:30 (18:30 EEST)

Moldova	0–8	Italy
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Giugliano 26' Giacinti 32', 82' Caruso 38', 64', 78', 90+6' Bonfantini 59'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)

2 September 2022

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Lithuania	1–7	Romania
Lazdauskaitė 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ciolacu 2' Carp 3' Vătafu 21' Rus 23', 52' Ficzay 61' Marcu 64'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius

Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)

2 September 2022

19:00

Croatia	0–2	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bachmann 53' Calligaris 65'

Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac

Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

6 September 2022

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Lithuania	0–1	Croatia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lažeta 66' (pen.)

LFF Stadium, Vilnius

Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Turkey)

6 September 2022

18:30

Italy	2–0	Romania
Giacinti 29' Boattin 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara

Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

6 September 2022

18:30

Switzerland	15–0	Moldova
Calligaris 2', 62' Bachmann 23' Bühler 38' Sow 32', 42', 45' Reuteler 45+3', 45+4', 88' Xhemaili 53', 75', 81' Crnogorčević 57', 78' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne

Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)

Goalscorers

There were 119 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.

9 goals

Coumba Sow

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Eugenia Railean (against Romania)

Notes

^ 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

^ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "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

[Time_zone-4] 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.

[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.

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