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Ireland to play Northern Ireland in Women's World Cup qualifiers

The Republic of Ireland have been grouped with Northern Ireland in the 2019 Women’s World Cup qualif...
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1:35 PM - 25 Apr 2017



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Ireland to play Northern Ireland in Women's World Cup qualifiers

TodayFM
TodayFM

1:35 PM - 25 Apr 2017



The Republic of Ireland have been grouped with Northern Ireland in the 2019 Women’s World Cup qualification draw.

Both have been placed in Pool 3, along with the Netherlands, Norway and Slovakia.

It will be new Republic of Ireland manager Colin Bell’s first campaign in charge.

His side are currently ranked 21st in the world.

Norway are 11th, the Netherlands are 12th and Slovakia are 41st. 

Ireland beat the Slovaks 1-nil in a friendly in Tallaght earlier this month.

They will have warm up games against Iceland and Scotland in the summer, before the campaign to qualify for the finals in France kicks off in September.  



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