Women's Euro 2025 qualifiers

Discussion in 'Women's International' started by BIHfan, Sep 9, 2022.

  1. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    Such an idiocy, there should be a way for teams who played each other in League B to avoid facing each other again in the play-offs. We could literally have a Serbia-Slovakia, Portugal-Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia-Wales again in the play-offs.
     
  2. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
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  3. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    I assume it will be streamed live? Hopefully.
     
  4. Lohmann

    Lohmann Member+

    Arminia Bielefeld
    Germany
    Feb 24, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
  5. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
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    Nat'l Team:
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  6. Lohmann

    Lohmann Member+

    Arminia Bielefeld
    Germany
    Feb 24, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Portugal, Scotland, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Norway, Sweden
     
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  7. JanBalk

    JanBalk Member+

    Jun 9, 2004
    And except for Scotland, they should all be rather easy.
    But Scotland-Finland will be tight and history has taught me to never discount Finns in tight situations, and since the last match should be in Finland in early December I think Finland have the best chance (51% chance or so).
     
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  8. GreenAndWhiteArmy

    GreenAndWhiteArmy New Member

    Oct 3, 2011
    Nat'l Team:
    Northern Ireland
    Can anyone advise me what stadium/location the Croatia v NI qualifier on 23 October will be staged in, or when or where it will become known? (I appreciate it's far in advance, but I tried consulting the Croatia FA website and it's hopelessly out-of-date)
     
  9. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    I speak the language, I can let you know when they announce it but I probably won't be before mid-September or so. The women's team plays all over Croatia so the game could be held anywhere including in smaller towns like Sibenik, Varazdin or Velika Gorica.
     
  10. GreenAndWhiteArmy

    GreenAndWhiteArmy New Member

    Oct 3, 2011
    Nat'l Team:
    Northern Ireland
    Thank you for that. I don't expect the venue to be announced too far in advance either. I'm asking because I hope to be able to attend, but there aren't too many flight options from the UK to some of the possible locations and the later you book, the more expensive airfares become.

    Ironically for Nations League Mens games, UEFA requires the home Association to select the venue 120 days in advance. In part this must be to facilitate travelling fans from the visiting team.

    Whereas with this Womens' game being a Play-Off, the match date is only 96 days after the draw and besides, I doubt the travelling fanbase will make double figures!

    Oh well.
     
  11. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    Venues are announced super late sometimes. I went to see Bosnia-Herzegovina play in the Czech Republic last year (I was the only traveling fan) and the venue was announced 13 days before the game. Ideally, if the Croatian FA are smart, they will pick Opus Arena in Osijek for the Northern Ireland game. It's a brand new stadium and when Croatia played there for the first time against Norway earlier this year about 3100 people showed up which was a record attendance for a women's football game. Overall, it's hard to guess where they are likely to play. Their last 2 home games were in Karlovac, before that in Zapresic, before that in Osijek (the Norway game) and last year all their home games were in different towns (Velika Gorica, Sibenik, Varazdin) so it's anyone's guess at this point.
     
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  12. GreenAndWhiteArmy

    GreenAndWhiteArmy New Member

    Oct 3, 2011
    Nat'l Team:
    Northern Ireland
    Thank you for that.

    Agree Osijek looks good, but being where it is, it's not easy to get to from abroad - the local airport is small and doesn't have frequent connections. I'm hoping that the game will be in Zagreb, or in some of the venues near by in the region, with the venue announced reasonably soon
     
  13. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    Yeah getting to Osijek is a bit of a nightmare and the local "airport" is a joke. The nearest airport is 290 kilometres away in Zagreb or 180 kilometres away in Belgrade and it's not exactly a region that's booming with public transit. Even Tuzla (which has a decent airport) is at least 170 kilometres away.
     
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  14. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    The venue has been announced for the Croatia-Northern Ireland, it will be played at the Gradski Stadion Varteks in Varazdin.
     
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  15. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Play-offs Round 1 this week

    First legs: Friday 25 October CET times

    Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Serbia (14:00)
    Azerbaijan vs Portugal (14:00)
    Albania vs Norway (16:00)
    Montenegro vs Finland (16:30)
    Türkiye vs Ukraine (17:00)
    Slovakia vs Wales (17:30)
    Romania vs Poland (18:00)
    Greece vs Belgium (18:00)
    Georgia vs Republic of Ireland (18:00)
    Slovenia vs Austria (18:00)
    Hungary vs Scotland (18:15)
    Croatia vs Northern Ireland (19:00)
    Luxembourg vs Sweden (19:30)
    Belarus vs Czechia (20:30)

    Second legs: Tuesday 29 October

    Czechia vs Belarus (15:00)
    Ukraine vs Türkiye (17:00)
    Finland vs Montenegro (17:30)
    Poland vs Romania (18:00)
    Austria vs Slovenia (18:00)
    Sweden vs Luxembourg (19:00)
    Norway vs Albania (19:00)
    Serbia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (19:00)
    Northern Ireland vs Croatia (20:00)
    Belgium vs Greece (20:15)
    Wales vs Slovakia (20:15)
    Republic of Ireland vs Georgia (20:30)
    Scotland vs Hungary (20:35)
    Portugal vs Azerbaijan (20:45)
     
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  16. Lohmann

    Lohmann Member+

    Arminia Bielefeld
    Germany
    Feb 24, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Albania vs Norway
     
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  17. Lohmann

    Lohmann Member+

    Arminia Bielefeld
    Germany
    Feb 24, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Azerbaijan vs Portugal


    Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Serbia
     
  18. Lohmann

    Lohmann Member+

    Arminia Bielefeld
    Germany
    Feb 24, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Georgia vs Republic of Ireland


    Greece vs Belgium
     
  19. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Games between League A and C

    Slovenia 0-3 Austria
    Greece 0-0 Belgium
    Belarus 1-8 Czechia
    Montenegro 0-1 Finland
    Albania 0-5 Norway
    Romania 1-2 Poland
    Georgia 0-6 Republic of Ireland
    Luxembourg 0-4 Sweden

    Finland and Poland only winning by a single goal surprising me and Belgium unable to beat Greece is an upset.

    Games between League B teams

    Azerbaijan 1-4 Portugal
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-2 Serbia
    Croatia 1-1 Northern Ireland
    Hungary 0-1 Scotland
    Slovakia 2-1 Wales
    Türkiye 1-1 Ukraine


    All the British teams struggling while the local press was hyping them up...
     
  20. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
    #321 Lechus7, Oct 26, 2024 at 7:14 AM
    Last edited: Oct 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM
    Romania 1 - 2 Poland
    Balecanu 18' --- Padilla-Bidas 72', Pajor 89'(p.)
    RC: Ficzay 88' (ROU)
    (att: 3 076)

    Polish defenders gifted first goal to the hosts which in turn forced them to play against bunker defense and counter for the remainder on the match. Outside of the goal Romania created barely one good chance throught the game... which end up in PK saved by Kinga Szemik. Poland had couple of half-chances but the finish simply wasn't there... still in later parts of the game Romanians couldn't keep up with the tempo and conceded 2 goals.
     
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  21. BIHfan

    BIHfan Member+

    Borussia Dortmund
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Oct 13, 2020
    To me, Northern Ireland needing a 92th minute own goal by Croatia to get a draw was the most shocking.
     
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  22. Bauser

    Bauser Member+

    Dec 23, 2000
    Norway
    Club:
    Fredrikstad FK
    How has Milena Kokosz performed for Poland? She was Åsane's first ever national team player when she was selected for Poland earlier this year. She has had a strong season in Toppserien playing for a poor team. I saw Kokosz was brought straight into the Polish starting XI after her first call-up.
     
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  23. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
    Considering she has barely 2 caps in NT she had a very decent game. Coach Patalon is certainly impressed with her performance in Norway, enough to give her starting XI and 60mins in an important play-off match. In think Kokosz will be good alternate/rotation to Frankfurt's Tania Pawollek who yesterday had her first minutes on the pitch since she torn ACL in January.
     
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  24. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
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