The qualification process for the

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saw 67 teams from the six

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confederations compete for the 16 places in the tournament's finals. The places were divided as follows: *Africa – represented by the CAF: 2 berths *Asia – AFC: 3 *Europe –

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: 6 *North America, Central American and the

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–

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...

: 2.5 (

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qualified automatically as hosts) *Oceania – OFC: 1 *South America –

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

: 1.5 Dates : August 16, 1997 - December 19, 1998

Qualified teams

Qualification groups

Africa (CAF)

::''Qualified:'' – The two African teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the 1998 CAF Women's Championship,

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Asia (AFC)

::''Qualified:'' – – The three Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists and the third-placed of the

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Europe (UEFA)

::''Qualified:'' – – – – – The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup. The four runners-up were drawn into two home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying.

North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

::''Qualified:'' – – The 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winner

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qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999. The runner-up

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qualified in two playoff-matches against the second-placed team of

–

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. The

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qualified as hosts.

Oceania (OFC)

::''Qualified:'' The

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determined the OFC's one qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 – the winner

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South America (CONMEBOL)

::''Qualified:'' The third edition of the

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(Women's South American Championship) in 1998 determined the

's qualifier.

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

won the tournament.

CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off

The runners-up of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF qualification tournaments played for one berth.

References

External links

Tables & results
at RSSSF.com {{FIFA Women's World Cup

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