The eight lowest teams entered the tournament in the preliminary round were drawn into two groups of four.

All seven group winners advanced directly to the final tournament, while the four runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth, and fifth in their groups advanced to play-off matches on 25/26 and 29/30 October and 22/23 and 26/27 November 2014 for the remaining berth.

Germany Sweden France England Norway Italy Denmark Iceland Finland Russia Netherlands Spain Scotland Ukraine Switzerland Poland Czech Republic Austria Belgium Republic of Ireland Belarus Hungary Serbia Romania Portugal Wales Slovakia Northern Ireland Slovenia Greece Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Israel Estonia Kazakhstan Croatia Macedonia Malta Faroe Islands Albania Montenegro We report in bold the teams which actually qualified to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:[1]

As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table.