Scotland must strive to reach their first major championship finals the hard way after slipping into the Women's World Cup 2015 play-offs after suffering a 2-0 defeat in Sweden.

The Scots needed at least a 3-1 win in Gothenburg to overhaul Sweden and top Group Four, but Therese Sjogran and Lotta Schelin denied skipper Gemma Fay's side automatic progress.

Now Scotland face two rounds of play-off battles in October and November to claim the final European qualifying place for Canada 2015.

Coach Anna Signeul's side blitzed the Faroe Isles 9-0 on Saturday, but were unable to force any kind of repeat against the Swedes, who progress automatically to next year's World Cup.

England hammered Montenegro 10-0 in Petrovac to top Group Six and round off a perfect qualification campaign.

Eniola Aluko claimed a hat-trick, while Karen Carney scored twice before missing a penalty.

Toni Duggan bagged a brace, with Lucia Bronze, Alex Greenwood and Josanne Potter completed the scoring.

Montenegro had Irena Bjelica sent off five minutes from time.

Ukraine denied Wales any chance of squeezing into the play-offs with a 1-0 victory in Lviv to secure second place in Group Six as Tetyana Romanenko stole the spoils in injury time.

Germany topped Group One with a 2-0 home victory over the Republic of Ireland to complete a flawless campaign, while Spain wrapped up Group Two with a 1-0 win in the Czech Republic.

Switzerland thrashed Malta 5-0 in Hamrun to ease to the top of Group Three, and not even a 2-0 home loss to Holland could stop Norway securing first place in Group Five, while France saw off Finland 3-1 in Calais to secure automatic progression from Group Seven.