🇪🇺 The story so far as just three Euro 2022 spots remain | OneFootball

A record 47 team competed in the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro group stage qualifiers to fight for 15 available spots.

With less than 500 days to go until the opening match at Old Trafford, here is who has qualified so far.

Prior to the final group stage round, nine teams had already booked their place at next summer’s tournament.

Hosts England were joined by current title holders the Netherlands as well as Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Heading into the last round of group stage qualifiers, four more spots were up for grabs.

Spain were the first to join the others, recording a 13-0 win over Azerbaijan on 18 February and a 3-0 victory over Poland five days later.

The action-packed matches in Group E between Portugal, Scotland, Finland and Cyprus led to another team claiming a berth.

Finland qualified after a 93rd-minute winner from all-time top scorer Linda Sällström saw them beat Portugal 1-0. They return to competition for the first time since 2013.

The Portuguese did go on to earn their own spot in the play-offs after beating Scotland 2-0.

As a result, Scotland did not qualify and are currently the highest-ranked country (21st in the world) European country to miss out on next year’s tournament.

Austria, who made it to the 2017 semi-finals in their first-ever tournament appearance, qualified as well.

Italy also joined the bunch after closing out the group stage action with a thumping 12-0 victory over Israel on 24 February.

Both of these teams move on after obtaining two of the three available group runners up positions.

With 12 spots taken, just three berths remain.

Six teams enter the play-offs to decide who grabs the final tickets to England.

Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine will all participate.

Ties will be decided after the draw on 5 March with the matches taking place from 7 to 13 of April.