Qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 determined which 11 teams joined Finland, the hosts of the 2009 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

Preliminary round 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4. The 5 group winners qualified for the actual qualifying stage, together with 25 countries exempted from the preliminary round.

Group A1 in Turkey:

Group A2 in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Group A3 in Luxembourg:

Group A4 in Romania:

Group A5 in Macedonia:

Qualification round The two winners of the preliminary round will join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up will play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage will run from September 2011 to September 2012.

Seeding Israel, Northern Ireland, Romania, Slovakia and Wales will enter the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying draw on 13 December 2006, taking on the continent's strongest nations for a place in the 12-team finals in Finland. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot E (Holder)

Qualifying stage The six group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament. The six group runners-up and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the rest of the top four in their respective groups went into five two-legged play-offs.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Third-placed teams

Play-offs

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First legs

Second legs

Iceland won 4–1 on aggregate

Italy won 3–1 on aggregate

Aggregate score 4–4; Russia won on away goals rule

Netherlands won 4–0 on aggregate

Ukraine won 5–0 on aggregate

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Minutes played1 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir12867'2 Natalia Mokshanova11798'3 Merete Pedersen10702'4 Solveig Gulbrandsen9680' Kerstin Garefrekes9720'6 Victoria Svensson8349'7 Maiken Pape7615' Julie Fleeting7690' Manon Melis7692' Mateja Zver7802' Patrizia Panico7900'

External links Women's Euro 2009 – UEFA Official Page Tables & results at RSSSF.com