In the UEFA qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 16 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup finals. The winner of the Qualifying Playoffs between the Runners-up of each four group will also qualify.
CLASS A
Group 1
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD 16 6 5 1 0 21 3 +18Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 12 6 4 0 2 11 9 +2Advanced to play-off 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 0 6 0 0 6 6 23 −17
Match schedule & results
Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD 15 6 5 0 1 27 4 +23Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 15 6 5 0 1 21 8 +13Advanced to play-off 3 6 1 0 5 2 18 −16 3 6 1 0 5 4 24 −20
Match schedule & results
Group 3 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 9 6 2 3 1 8 9 −1Advanced to play-off 7 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 6 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3
Match schedule & results
Group 4 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD 18 6 6 0 0 30 1 +29Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 8 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3Advanced to play-off 4 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 4 6 1 1 4 4 26 −22
Match schedule & results
Germany qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
CLASS B
Group 5 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA1565012051565011394611471516015213
Group 6 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA1866002331264021873610571936105322
Group 7 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA2488002511384131611138413121488224181308008436
Group 8 TeamPldWDLGFGAPts88003352485032511158503271615810710273810710463
World Cup Qualifying Play-off
Semi-finals
France won 3-1 on aggregate.
England won 3-2 on aggregate.
Final
France won 2-0 on aggregate and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Status Playoffs
Matches cancelled as UEFA decided to extend Class A to 21 teams, meaning Scotland, FR Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary are promoted automatically. Belgium were additionally promoted, apparently as best runners-up, due to England receiving a bye to the 2005 European championship, which they will host.
External links 2003 Women's World Cup Preliminaries at FIFA.com Results at RSSSF