UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualification

The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 was held between 17 September 1995 and 29 September 1996. The first-placed of the group stage qualified directly. The second-placed and the third-placed teams played in two playoff matches for four other berths.

CLASS A

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Norway	16	6	5	1	0	33	1
Germany	13	6	4	1	1	15	3
Finland	4	6	1	1	4	2	19
Slovakia	1	6	0	1	5	1	28

19 September 1995

Norway	17–0	Slovakia
Medalen 5', 44', 57' Aarønes 16', 59', 68', 80', 88' Pettersen 26', 33', 35', 42', 60', 67' Sandaune 40' Riise 84' Haugen 85'	NFF Report (in Norwegian)

Ulefoss idrettspark, Ulefoss

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Regina Konink-Belksma (Netherlands)

20 September 1995

Finland	0–3	Germany
	DFB Report (in German)	Wiegmann 15', 84' Mohr 66'

Ratina Stadium, Tampere

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

11 October 1995

Slovakia	0–0	Finland

Mestský štadión Bardejov, Slovakia

Attendance: 2,400

Referee: Granat (Poland)

25 October 1995

Slovakia	0–3	Germany
	DFB Report (in German)	Prinz 16' Mohr 54' Neid 79'

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

11 April 1996

Germany	2–0	Slovakia
Wiegmann 69' Fitschen 87'	DFB Report (in German)

Sportpark Unterhaching, Unterhaching

2 May 1996

Germany	1–3	Norway
Brocker 9'	NFF Report (in Norwegian) DFB Report (in German)	Haugen 15', 31' Medalen 51'

Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

5 May 1996

Germany	6–0	Finland
Smisek 10' Mohr 30', 44' P. Wunderlich 45' Minnert 56' Austermühl 68'	DFB Report (in German)

GWG-Stadion, Gifhorn

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Tiziana Calamosca (Italy)

25 May 1996

Finland	0–2	Norway
	NFF Report (in Norwegian)	Riise 6' Pettersen 55'

Leppävaaran Stadion, Espoo

Attendance: 250

Referee: Gitte Lyngø Nielsen (Denmark)

6 June 1996

Norway	0–0	Germany
	NFF Report (in Norwegian) DFB Report (in German)

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 2,779

Referee: Hermann van Dijk

6 July 1996

Norway	7–0	Finland
Sandaune 10' Medalen 38', 81', 85' Riise 62' Pettersen 69' Haugen 71'	NFF Report (in Norwegian)

Sofiemyr Stadion, Kolbotn

Attendance: 1,415

Referee: R.J. Ellingham (Wales)

14 August 1996

Finland	2–1	Slovakia
Heikari 23' Sarlin 65'		64'

Finland

Attendance: 623

Referee: Jüri Saar (Estonia)

31 August 1996

Slovakia	0–4	Norway
	NFF Report (in Norwegian)	A. Nymark Andersen 24' Knudsen 25' Pettersen 48' Jørgensen 73'

Levice Stadion, Levice

Attendance: 1,270

Referee: Milan Mitrovic

Norway qualified for the final tournament.

Germany and Finland advanced for the playoff A.

Slovakia advanced for the playoff A-B.

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Russia	11	6	3	2	1	10	3
France	9	6	2	3	1	9	6
Iceland	7	6	2	1	3	8	14
Netherlands	5	6	1	2	3	4	8

17 September 1995

16:00

Iceland	1–4	Russia
Ólafsdóttir 44'	KSÍ Report (in Icelandic) RFS Report (in Russian)	Khalimdarova 3' Barbashina 27' Svetlitskaya 60' Bosikova 77'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 127

30 September 1995

16:00

Iceland	3–3	France
Víglundsdóttir 6' Ólafsdóttir 20' Helgadóttir 41'	Report (in French) KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)	Pichon 28', 84' Óttarsdóttir 90' (o.g.)

Akranesvöllur, Akranes

Attendance: 200

Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

7 October 1995

Iceland	2–0	Netherlands
Helgadóttir 51' Ólafsdóttir 85'	KNVB Report (in Dutch) KSÍ Report (in Icelandic)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 200

14 October 1995