This page provides coverage of Women’s World Cup Qualification Europe fixtures and scores from Friday, 9th October, featuring a detailed look at the match between Slovakia and Ukraine alongside scores from other European qualification games.
In the highlighted fixture, Ukraine defeated Slovakia 3-1 on the day, securing a 4-1 victory on aggregate. The match officials were referee Ivana Projkovska, assistant referees Elena Soklevska-Ilievski and Ceri Louise Williams, and fourth official Zoe Stavrou. Both teams lined up in a 4-1-4-1 formation. Slovakia was managed by Peter Kopún and started with A. Tóth in goal; defenders D. Lemešová, K. Košíková, D. Bartovičová, and L. Retkesová; defensive midfielder Ľ. Maťavková; midfielders D. Gondová, captain M. Mikolajová, P. Hmírová, and K. Fabová; and striker M. Šurnovská. Slovakia’s substitutes included M. Ferencová, M. Geletová, A. Horváthová, N. Matušicová, T. Morávková, Z. Nárožná, V. Opalková, L. Rumančíková, S. Semanová, B. Vargová, J. Vojteková, and L. Žemberyová.
Ukraine was managed by Iya Andrushchak, starting with K. Boklach as goalkeeper; defenders M. Shainiuk, K. Korsun, Y. Kotyk, and A. Petryk; defensive midfielder L. Zaborovets; midfielders V. Hiryn, captain Y. Kalinina, T. Khimych, and V. Andrukhiv; and striker T. Boychuk. Ukraine’s substitutes were Y. Derkach, I. Hlushchenko, Y. Khrystiuk, S. Kohut, R. Kravchuk, N. Kunina, L. Olkhova, V. Ostapiv, K. Samson, L. Shmatko, and A. Voronina. During the match, yellow cards were shown to A. Petryk (22′), K. Kosíková (50′), and M. Shainiuk (60′). Substitutions for Slovakia saw T. Morávková replace D. Gondová (58′), A. Horváthová replace L. Retkesová (73′), L. Žemberyová replace P. Hmírová (73′), S. Semanová replace M. Šurnovská (82′), and B. Vargová replace K. Kosíková (83′). For Ukraine, changes included A. Voronina replacing A. Petryk (46′), Y. Khrystiuk replacing Y. Kalinina (67′), V. Ostapiv replacing V. Andrukhiv (67′), R. Kravchuk replacing T. Boychuk (68′), and Y. Derkach replacing M. Shainiuk (82ְ’). Goals in the second half included a strike by Veronika Andrukhiv assisted by Yana Kalinina, followed by a right-footed goal from Tanya Boychuk that sealed Ukraine’s 3-1 win.
In addition to the Slovakia-Ukraine match, the page lists several other European qualification results from the same date: the Republic of Ireland beat Kazakhstan 8-0 (12-0 on aggregate); Switzerland defeated Israel 7-3 (9-3 on aggregate); Finland overcame Serbia 3-1 (6-2 on aggregate); Wales edged Albania 1-0 (4-0 on aggregate); Austria beat Kosovo 2-1 (6-1 on aggregate); Ukraine beat Slovakia 3-1 (4-1 on aggregate); Slovenia drew 3-3 with Turkey, winning 5-3 on aggregate; Sweden defeated Lithuania 5-0 (15-0 on aggregate); Italy beat Belarus 2-0 (3-1 on aggregate); England defeated Greece 3-1 (8-1 on aggregate); Iceland beat Croatia 4-0 (9-0 on aggregate); Scotland defeated the Czech Republic 2-0 (5-2 on aggregate); Norway beat Romania 2-0 (8-0 on aggregate); the Netherlands defeated Hungary 8-0 (11-0 on aggregate); Portugal beat Northern Ireland 4-0 (7-1 on aggregate); and Poland won 3-3 on aggregate despite a 1-0 loss to Belgium on the day.
