The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process will determine the 31 teams joining hosts Brazil in the 2027 Women's World Cup. It is the tenth FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament. The tournament is the first Women's World Cup to be hosted by a CONMEBOL member association and the second to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, after the previous edition in 2023.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2025 – 2027 |
| Teams | TBC (from 6 confederations) |
← 2023 2031 → | |
Qualified teams
edit| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
Last appearance |
Consecutive streak |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
Hosts | 17 May 2024 | 10th | 2023 | 10 | Runners-up (2007) |
Qualification process
editSummary of qualification
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FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications either through continental championships or separate qualifying competitions. Hosts Brazil qualified automatically for the tournament, and all eligible remaining FIFA member associations could enter qualification if they chose to do so.
The allocation of slots below was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 December 2024.[1] The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.
- AFC (Asia): 6 slots
- CAF (Africa): 4 slots
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots (including hosts Brazil)
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 11 slots
- Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots
A ten-team play-off tournament will decide the final three spots at the Women's World Cup. The play-off slot allocation is as follows:
- AFC (Asia): 2 slots
- CAF (Africa): 2 slots
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 2 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 1 slot
Qualifying matches are scheduled to start in February 2025 and end in February 2027.
| Confederation | Tournament | Available slots | Available play-off slots | Nations started | Nations eliminated | Nations qualified | Qualification start | Qualification end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup | 6 | 2 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | June 2025 | March 2026 |
| CAF | 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations | 4 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | February 2025 | 2026 |
| CONCACAF | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | 4 | 2 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | October 2025 | November 2026 |
| CONMEBOL | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) | 2+H | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0+H | 2025 | 2026 |
| OFC | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (OFC) | 1 | 1 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 2025 | 2026 |
| UEFA | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) | 11 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | February 2025 | November 2026 |
| Play-offs | Inter-confederation play-offs | 3 | — | (10) | 0 | 0 | November 2026 | February 2027 |
| Total | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | 31+H | 10 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0+H | 2025 | February 2027 |
- H: Hosts
Suspensions
editRussia were suspended indefinitely on 28 February 2022 from participating in UEFA and FIFA competitions due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] The suspension was still in effect when UEFA finalized their qualifying process, thus they were excluded from European qualification.[4]
Confederation qualification
editFIFA retained the slot allocation from the previous edition. Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, and they took one of the slots allocated to CONMEBOL.
AFC
editAs in 2023, the AFC Women's Asian Cup serves as the qualifying competition to determine the Asian representatives for the Women's World Cup. The qualifying process is:
- Qualifying stage: Nations will compete 23 June – 5 July 2025 in eight groups to determine the eight nations joining the three top-ranked teams from the 2022 edition (China, South Korea and Japan) and hosts Australia for the final tournament. The sizes of each group will be based on the number of nations entering qualification.
- Final tournament: The final tournament is scheduled to take place 1–21 March 2026. Twelve nations will be drawn into groups of four teams each to play single round-robin matches. The group winners and runners-up and the two best-ranked third-place teams will advance to the knockout phase to determine the six nations qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the two Asian representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.
CAF
editAs in 2023, the Women's Africa Cup of Nations serves as the qualifying competition to determine the African representatives in the Women's World Cup. The qualifying process is:
- Qualifying stage: Qualification for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations will take place over two rounds during the international windows of 17–26 February 2025 and 20–28 October 2025. Eleven nations will advance to join hosts Morocco in the final tournament.
- Final tournament: Dates for the final tournament have not been finalized. Twelve nations will be drawn into three groups of four teams each to play single round-robin matches. The group winners and runners-up and the two best-ranked third-place teams will advance to the knockout phase to determine the four nations qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the two African representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.
Current stage (first round qualifying)
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CONCACAF
editAs in 2023, the CONCACAF W Championship serves as the qualifying competition to determine the North American, Central American, and Caribbean representatives in the Women's World Cup. The qualifying process is:[5]
- Qualifying stage: Nations will be drawn into six groups of no more than five teams each to play four matches during the international windows in October and November/December 2025 and April 2026 to the determine the six teams advancing to join the top two teams in the CONCACAF Women's Ranking[6] for the final tournament.
- Final tournament: Eight nations will compete in a single-elimination knockout tournament in November 2026. The four quarter-final winners will qualify directly to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the four quarter-final losers will compete to determine the two CONCACAF representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.
UEFA
editAs in 2023, UEFA held a stand-alone qualification tournament to determine the European representatives in the Women's World Cup. The qualifying process is:
- League phase: Fifty-three nations will be divided into three leagues based on the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking. Each league will consist of groups of three or four teams to play a league format from February to June 2026. Four teams will qualify directly to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and 32 will advance to the play-off phase.
- Play-off phase: Thirty-two teams will play two rounds of home-and-away elimination matches to determine the final seven nations qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the European representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 dates confirmed". FIFA. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions" (Press release). FIFA. 28 February 2022.
- ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup" (ZIP). UEFA Circular Letter. No. 53/2024. UEFA. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Concacaf announces 2025 to 2029 women's national team competitions". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's National Team". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 January 2025.