The seedings have been confirmed for the UEFA Women's EURO 2021 qualifying group stage draw at 13:30CET on 21 February in Nyon.The draw will involve all of the record 48 entrants excluding finals hosts England, with Cyprus appearing in their first senior female competition. Kosovo are also making their UEFA Women's EURO debut, while Azerbaijan enter for the first time since the 2009 edition. Draw procedure Nine groups will be formed: two with six teams, and seven with five. Each side is placed in one of five seeding pots (four of nine and one of 11) depending on the... UEFA.com -
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Women’s Ballon d’Or Winner Asked To ‘Twerk’ After Receiving Award
Ada Hegerberg could celebrate her historic feat for but a few seconds before someone tried to drag her back into the stone age. The Norwegian soccer star won the 2018 Women’s Ballon d’Or Award on Monday night in Paris, but her achievement was overshadowed by Martin Solveig, the French DJ who co-hosted the event, asking her to twerk seconds after announcing her as the winner. An uncomfortable Hegerberg brushed off Solveig’s question, but it clearly stunned onlookers. As Hegerberg was turning to walk away, Solveig asked her to dance to Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon,” instead, and she did so for a few seconds. Solvei... NESN.com
Women’s U17 EURO qualifying round report
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship elite round line-up is complete, with 26 teams progressing from the qualifying round to join top seeds Spain and Germany.In all, 44 of the 47 entrants competed in mini-tournaments, with holders Spain and Germany given byes to the elite round and hosts Bulgaria already in May's finals. The elite round draw is on 23 November.Through to elite round: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (bye), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Serbia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain ... UEFA.com - News
Women’s U17 EURO qualifying round latest
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round is in progress as the road to Bulgaria begins.In all, 44 of the 47 entrants are compeing in mini-tournaments to be completed by 28 October, with holders Spain and Germany given byes to the elite round and hosts Bulgaria already in May's finals.Through to elite round: Spain (holders, bye), Germany (bye), Poland, England, Iceland, Belgium, Portugal, France, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia (17 more tbc)
Women’s World Cup qualifiers, play-off contenders
Scotland, Norway, Germany and Sweden have joined hosts France, England, Italy and Spain in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup finals after the seven groups ended; Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland are in the play-offs.Qualifying group resultsFinal standingsThe seven group winners qualified to join France in the finals from 7 June–7 July 2019, with the draw in Paris on 8 December.The four runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third and fourth in their groups will advance to the play-offs, drawn ... UEFA.com - News
Women’s U19 EURO season guide
Less than a month after Spain retained the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, qualifying commences for the 2019 finals in Scotland.In all, 48 of the record 51 entrants begin in the qualifying round, which starts next Tuesday with Group 6 hosted by Liechtenstein – a country making their competitive women's football debut – and also involving 2018 semi-finalists Denmark, Greece and Serbia.The other 11 groups will be played between 1 and 9 October, with 26 teams to advance alongside the two sides given byes to the elite round, holders Spain and France. Seven nations will eventually qualify to join hosts Scotland in July's finals.< ... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO main round groups
Qualifying for the first UEFA Women's Futsal EURO with the preliminary round as Belarus, Finland and Sweden topped the groups to complete September's main round line-up.Last year UEFA announced the launch of its first women's futsal competition for national teams, to be held every two years with initially a four-team knockout final tournament. That will be held in mid-February 2019, to be hosted by one of the four eventual qualifiers.Qualifying began on 21 August with the preliminary round, where the ten lowest-ranked entrants compete for the three vacant places in September's main round. Northern Ireland, playing their first competitive futsal international for... UEFA.com - News