Germany and France ensured their qualification to the Fifa Women’s Under 17 World Cup in India with semi final victories over France and Netherlands respectively. Alara Sehitler’s wonder strike on 40 minutes broke the deadlock against a resilliant French defence proving to be the match winner. In the second semi final Spain dominated Netherlands with Nina Pou’s double and a sublime move in the very final minute ending with Olaya Enrique slotting the ball cooly into the bottom corner with the last kick off the contest to cement Spain’s 3-0 victory.
Kiryat-Gat retain the title in Israel following their 3-0 victory over Netanya and closest rivals Emek Hefer 2-1 defeat at Ramat HaSharon with two rounds remaining
Vllaznia clinch the championship in Albania with a 12-0 victory as Megi Doci scored nine goals.
Result Vllaznia 12 Kinostudio 0 Doci x9 Zarko Lufo Borci
Olimpia Ljubljana celebrate winning the cup in Slovenia Birkirkara receive the championship trophy in Malta
Maksimum closed in on taking the title from defending champions Agarista-ss with a 1-0 victory. Two rounds remain as Maksimum will host Noroc on May 22 to clinch the title.
Priscila Silva scored a hattrick to keep Ljuboten on top of the table with four rounds remaining, they remain a point clear of Tiverja following a 7-0 victory over Despina.
Wu Haiyan’s 90th minute goal gives Wuhan a eighth consecutive victory to start the season. Goal highlights can be seen here https://fb.watch/cUdOBujXOh/
Simba Queens moved closer to clinching the title in Tanzania, with a 4-0 victory over second place Fountain Gate, They require two victories in the final four games to win the championship
Racing retained the championship in Luxembourg defeating Ell 3-1 and a place in next season’s UWCL champions league
Five rounds remain in the championship with Lokomotiv in pole position to end NSA 17 years dominance of the championship, following a Maria Baska 90th minute dramatic equaliser.
Wolfsburg blitzed relegated Jena 10-1 with a dominating performance as nine different players scored to regain the title from rivals Bayern. Eintracht produced a excellent performance with a stunning goal from Hanshaw to ruin Potsdam’s opportunity of clinching their place in next season’s UWCL. The final position will be taken in next weekend final round when Potsdam travel to Bayern and Eintracht host Werder. Sand kept faint hopes of survival with a 1-0 victory over Koln as Essen lost at Freiburg 3-0.
Wolfsburg celebrate regaining the title
Ajax stormed to a 7-0 victory to seal there return to the UWCL in the 2022-23 edition, Nikita Tromps brace leading the way in a dominant display.. Twente won Friday evening 3-1 at Den Haag to remain three points clear at the top of the table with two games remaining.
In the battle for third Atlético defeated Eibar 3-1 as Real Madrid where held 0-0 at Valencia. On the final day next weekend Atlético face Barcelona away requiring a point to gain the final uwcl position. Real Madrid host Villarreal requiring a win and a Atlético loss.
Juventus clinched a fifth successive championship defeating Sassuolo 3-1 as Roma romped to a 7-0 victory that saw them seal the second uwcl position. Lazio were relegated after a dramatic 4-4 draw with Hellas Verona.
Rangers ended Glasgow City’s 14 years reign in Scotland clinching the championship with a 0-0 draw against the Glasgow outfit.
Lyon closed in on the title with goals from Ada Hegerberg and Delphine Cascarino a draw in their next game against nearest rivals PSG will see them regain the title.
A Sam Kerr second half brace eased the nerves of Chelsea as they retained the title on the final day of the FAWSL season. Trailing 1-2 at the break to Manchester United, early strikes in the second half by Kerr and Reiten put the host on course, Kerr sealed the title with a spectacular 65th minute strike. Second placed Arsenal won 2-0 at West Ham while Manchester City ensured their uwcl place with a 3-0 victory at Reading
Olimpia Cluj dominance in Romania is in jeopardy after they were held 1-1 by Vasas. The FRF committee will decide on the justice if Henui will be awarded a 3-0 walkover victory in favour of Henui which would see them move to the top of the league championship officially, the match Fair Play Bucharest – Heniu Prundu Bârgăului was not played due to the lack of conditions for the match to be played by the host.
SL Benfica retained the title in Portugal in front of a league record 14 221 attendance defeating nearest and arch rivals Sporting 3-1. SL Benfica dominated from the outset Carole Costa struck in the third minute and Faria doubled the advantage in the 12th minute a low shot give Sporting keeper Doris Bacic no chance, Ana Vitória sealed the victory in the 75th minute to the delight of the home crowd.
USA won a third consecutive Concacaf Women’s Under 17 Championship defeating Mexico 2-1 in a tightly thought final. Earlier Canada beat Puerto Rico 3-0 to claim their spot in the Fifa Women’s Under 17 World Cup in India.
Inac Kobe finally sealed the inaugural WE League title in Japan as they won 3-0 at Nojima, Tanaka scoring a double to spark the celebrations
Alex Morgan struck a quadruple as San Diego swept aside Gotham 4-0. Houston defeated Kansas City 2-0, A Angelina own goal give Louisville a share of the point with OL Reign while Orlando stunned Angel City with a 1-0 road victory courtesy of a early goal from Leroux.
America where eliminated from the Liguilla as Pachuca stunned the host 2-1 for a 4-2 aggregate victory. Tigres defeated Atlas 2-1 courtesy of a Mia Fishel double as they strode to a 9-1 aggregate win.
Lokomotiva enter the game three points clear of 17 time Champions NSA in the second match of the Bulgarian women’s championship play offs. Lokomotiva won the regular season game. 3-1 on April 3rd. A further five rounds will remain in the play off series to determine the eventual champions, though anything other than a loss will put the Stara Zagora club in pole position to end NSA dominance of the championship.
Agarista-ss and Maksimum meet neck and neck on 30 pts in the Moldova Womens championship with Agarista-ss ahead slightly on goal difference 42-4 to Maksimum 33-7. The league game in November ended in a 0-0 draw while Agarista-ss took the Cup Quarter Final tie 2-1.
Olimpia Cluj face Vasas in the seventh round of the play off phase in Romania holding a 1pt advantage over second place Henui who has a away game against Fair play on the 8th. Olimpia Cluj currently has 45pts to Henius 44 with four games remaining.
In Croatia Split face Osijek in the third match of the championship play off round. Split hold the advantage in the season so far winning 4-0 and a 2-2 draw as they forced their way back from 2-0. Osijek enter the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Dinamo last weekend. In the championship round Split has 6pts Osijek 3 Dinamo 3 Rijeka 0. The two will also meet again in the final match round on May 29.
In England Chelsea enter the final day of the season with a one point advantage over Arsenal. Chelsea host Manchester United who also require a victory and a Manchester City loss at Reading to snatch the third spot. Arsenal travel to West Ham knowing a victory and a Chelsea draw or loss will see them crowned champions.
Rangers can clinch the championship in Scotland with a win or draw against Glasgow City who themselves have already clinched their own place in next seasons champions league
Wolfsburg travel to Jena Sunday in posítion to regain their title from Bayern, a victory will see them clinch the Frauen Bundesliga for the seventh time. Turbine Potsdam can clinch third position with a win over Eintracht in Saturdays crunch game that will be live on RBB, it would be their first appearance in the competition since competing in the 2014 final against Lyon when they lost 4-2.
SL Benfica host Sporting on Sunday in a bid to clinch the title for a second consecutive season. The match will be played at Estádio de Luz and live on Canal 11 Portugal. SL Benfica hold a six points advantage over second place Sporting with three rounds remaining.
In Switzerland the Championship play offs begin with the Quarter finals first leg. On Saturday May 7 Young Boys host Zurich at 15h30, eighth placed Aurau hosts regular season winners Servette at 16hr, Luzern v Grasshopper at 18hr whilst on Sunday at 16hr St Gallen entertain Basel. The games are streamed on https://www.football.ch/axa-womens-super-league/awsl-play.aspx, whilst St Gallen v Basel will be televised on SRF Zwei
In Spain the battle for third continues Sunday as Atlético play at home against Eibar while Real Madrid travel to Valencia both games start at 12pm CET. Both teams are tied on 56pts with equal head to head in games against each other Atletico hold the advantage on goal difference. However Atletico’s final game will be away to Barcelona while Real Madrid will play Vilareal on May 15.
Damallsvenskan continues Friday with Linköpings travelling to BK Häcken on Friday evening looking to continue their impressive start to the season in which they sit in third place on 13pts a point clear of fourth placed Häcken. match will be televised
In the USA North Carolina will host Washington Spirit in the NWSL Challenge Cup Final on Saturday at 1pm Eastern Time 19hr Cet. The championship match will air live on The CBS Television Network. Additionally, fans can stream the game domestically on Paramount+ and internationally on Twitch. Canadian viewers can stream the match in French on Radio-Canada. Meanwhile in NWSL regular season action San Diego host Gotham at 10pm ET on May 7, Kansas City v Houston May 8 5pm ET, OL Reign v Louisville May 8 6pm ET, LA v Orlando May 8, at 8pm ET.
In Japan Inac travel to Nojima requiring a point or second placed Urawa dropping points at Mynavi to be crowned champions. Inac enter the round holding a 9 pt advantage with just three games remaining.
Other streams so far available for the upcoming weekend
In Poland leaders UK SMS Lodz visit Slask Wroclaw in a game that will be televised on TVP Sport on Sunday at 11.45 am SMS Lodz (43)hold a 3pts advantage over second placed Czarni (40) who entertain Rekord on Saturday at 13hr , and third place Gornik Leczna (40) who host Medyk Konin on Saturday at 12hr CET.
The draw has been made for the Fifa Women’s Under 20 World Cup to be held in Costa Rica with very intriguing groups.
In Group A host Costa Rica will face Australia who qualified after North Korea withdrew from the tournament. Current 2018 Fifa Women’s Under 17 Champions Spain and Conmebol champion Brasil complete the group. Spain where semi finalists in the 2019 uefa women’s under 19 championships losing to France 3-1 aet. Brasil Qualify as current Conmebol Women’s under 20 champions recently contested in Chile.
Group B consist of Germany, Colombia, New Zealand and Mexico.
Germany qualified based on the last played Uefa tournament, Colombia where runners up in the recently played Conmebol Women’s under 20 championship, New Zealand where OFCs choice as its tournament was cancelled and Mexico where recent runners up in the Concacaf Women’s Under 20 Championship.
Group C paired France, Nigeria, Canada and South Korea. While Group D saw Japan Netherlands Ghana and USA grouped together.
France as other European countries in the tournament where chosen based on the last played Uefa women’s under 19 championships in 2019. France won the tournament defeating Germany 2-1 in the final. Nigeria qualified defeating Senegal in the final qualifying round. South Korea finished third in the AFC Women’s Under 19 championships in 2019 defeating fourth placed Australia 9-1.
Japan where the AFC Women’s Under 19 championship winners in 2019 defeating North Korea in the final 2-1, they also beat Australia 7-0 in the semi final. Netherlands were semi finalists in the Uefa Women’s Under 19 tournament in 2019 losing to Germany 3-1. Ghana ensured their qualification defeating Ethiopia 5-1 on aggregate and the USA enter the tournament as defending Concacaf Women’s Under 20 champions defeating Mexico 2-0 in the final played on March 12.
The tournament will commence on August 10th with the final on August 28th.
Lady Doves trounced She Corporate 5-0 with Fazila Ikwaput scoring a hattrick as co leaders Kampala produced a second half comeback to force a 2-2 draw in a exciting encounter with the UCU Lady Cardinals. The tie moves Kampala to the top of the table on goal difference
Doris Boaduwaa’s brace eased the South Champions Hasaacas to a 3-0 victory at the Berry Ladies.
Wolfsburg dominated proceedings at Essen as they fired home 5 goals to move within a victory of regaining the Frauen Bundesliga title
Six second half goals relegated Birmingham City from the FAWSL, Georgia Stanway’s strike in the 57th minute opened the floodgates as Birmingham collapsed to a 0-6 defeat. The victory moves Manchester City into pole position to obtain the final UWCL spot for the 2022-23 season requiring a point in the final game as they ran up the goal difference. Arsenal ensured the title will go to the final game as they defeated North London rivals 3-0 at the Emirates. Beth Meads early goal eased the tension and Caitlin Foord struck a second half double.
Puerto Rico stuns previously unbeaten El Salvador with a exceptional performance to advance to the semi final.
Mexico crushed Dominica Republic 10-0 while USA 🇺🇸 eased to a 4-0 victory over Jamaica.
Canada proved too strong for Costa Rica as three second half goals settled the match.
The Final 4 is set Mexico v Puerto Rico Canada v USA
Two losers play off for Concacaf’s third spot at the Fifa Women’s Under 17 World Cup in India.
Washington Spirit outlasted OL Reign in a dramatic penalty shoot out after a goalless 90 minutes to earn their place in Saturdays NWSL Challenge Cup Final. Debinha and Ordonez scored first half goals for North Carolina as they defeated Kansas City 2-1 in the second semi final, a late goal by Hamilton give the host hope but the Courage held out to ensure they will host the final.
Portugal replace Rússia at the Uefa Women’s Championships in England
Uefa updated their status on the partition of Russia in upcoming and ongoing competitions. Rússia has been replaced in the Women’s European championships by Portugal and eliminated from World Cup Qualifying. Their bid for future competitions was also declared invalid
All the decisions
Russia will not participate in group C of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 final tournament scheduled between 6 and 31 July in England and will be replaced by Portugal, the opponent Russia defeated in the play-offs.
European Qualification to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
Russia did not play their two matches scheduled in April in Group E (comprising Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Malta and Azerbaijan) due to their suspension. Russia will not participate in any of the subsequent matches in this competition and all their results until now are considered as null and void. Consequently, Group E will continue as a group of five teams.
The decision means Denmark has qualified for the Fifa Women’s World Cup while Bosnia move into second place in the group and play off position.
2022/23 UEFA club competitions
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Women’s Champions League and UEFA Youth League
Russia will have no affiliated clubs participating in UEFA club competitions in the 2022/23 season. Consequently, the respective access lists of the men’s and women’s club competitions have been rebalanced in accordance with the principles set out in the relevant competition regulations. Furthermore, Russia will be assigned a number of coefficient points equivalent to the lowest number they have earned in any of the last five seasons, i.e. 4.333 points for the men’s association club coefficient and 1.750 for the women’s association club coefficient for the purpose of points calculation for the 2022/23 season.
UEFA Women’s Championships League access list updated
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