The long process to decide the sixteen participants at Germany 2011 will begin on TUE 17 MAR 2009, when the 41 teams who entered the UEFA qualifiers are drawn into eight groups. Germany, who qualify automatically as hosts, will be joined by 4½ other European sides that have been divided into five pots according to performances in the qualifiers for the 2007 Women’s World Cup and Women’s Euro 2009. The group phase will be played from SEP 2009 to AUG 2010. The group winners advance to the playoffs, where four will qualify directly and a fifth will face the third placed team in CONCACAF. The draw occurs at 12:30 UTC at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
» Pot A: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, France, Russia, Ukraine, Italy
» Pot B: Finland, Iceland, Spain, Czech Rep, Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland Rep, Poland
» Pot C: Switzerland, Austria, Serbia, Belarus, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Hungary
» Pot D: Slovenia, Slovakia, Israel, Wales, Romania, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Bulgaria
» Pot E: Croatia, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Malta, Macedonia FYR, Georgia