# 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

The UEFA play-offs of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition involved the runners-up from all nine groups in the group stage.
The play-offs consisted of two rounds of single-leg ties. The two best play-off winners, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while the third winner, Portugal, advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

## Ranking of second-placed teams

Because some groups had six teams and others had five, matches against the sixth place team in each group are discounted. As a result, eight matches played by each team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | G | Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 19 | Play-offs round 2 |
| 2 | C | Iceland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Play-offs round 2 |
| 3 | A | Republic of Ireland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 17 | Play-offs round 2 |
| 4 | D | Austria | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 16 | Play-offs round 1 |
| 5 | F | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 16 | Play-offs round 1 |
| 6 | B | Scotland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 16 | Play-offs round 1 |
| 7 | H | Portugal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 16 | Play-offs round 1 |
| 8 | I | Wales | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Play-offs round 1 |
| 9 | E | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 11 | Play-offs round 1 |

## Draw

The draw took place on 9 September 2022 at 13:30 CEST. The nine teams were drawn into six ties without any seeding, with the first team drawn in each tie to be the home team of the single-leg matches.
* Round 1: The worst six runners-up will enter in round 1 and were drawn into three ties.
* Round 2: The best three runners-up will enter in round 2 and, together with the three winners of round 1, were drawn into three ties.

## Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 6 October 2022 – Vizela | 6 October 2022 – Vizela | | |
| Portugal | 2 | | |
| Portugal | 2 | 11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira | 11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira |
| Belgium | 1 | 11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira | 11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira |
| Belgium | 1 | Portugal (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | Iceland | 1 |
| 6 October 2022 – Glasgow | 6 October 2022 – Glasgow | | |
| Scotland (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| Scotland (a.e.t.) | 1 | 11 October 2022 – Glasgow | 11 October 2022 – Glasgow |
| Austria | 0 | 11 October 2022 – Glasgow | 11 October 2022 – Glasgow |
| Austria | 0 | Scotland | 0 |
| | | Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| 6 October 2022 – Cardiff | 6 October 2022 – Cardiff | | |
| Wales (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| Wales (a.e.t.) | 1 | 11 October 2022 – Zürich | 11 October 2022 – Zürich |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 11 October 2022 – Zürich | 11 October 2022 – Zürich |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | Switzerland (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| | | Wales | 1 |

## Round 1

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 6 October 2022.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Scotland | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Austria |
| Wales | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Belgium |

### Matches
## Round 2
### Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 11 October 2022.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Portugal | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | Iceland |
| Scotland | 0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
| Switzerland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Wales |

### Matches
## Ranking of play-off winners

To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play-offs were combined. As some groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted; also, as not all teams played in both play-off rounds, results in round 1 of play-offs were not counted either. As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two higher-placed winners qualified for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 22 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 20 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Portugal | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 19 | Inter-confederation play-offs |

## Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.
2 goals
* Diana Silva
1 goal
* Tessa Wullaert
* Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir
* Carole Costa
* Francisca Nazareth
* Fátima Pinto
* Tatiana Pinto
* Amber Barrett
* Abi Harrison
* Ramona Bachmann
* Fabienne Humm
* Jess Fishlock
* Rhiannon Roberts