The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process will determine the 31 teams joining hosts

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in the 2027 Women's World Cup. It is the tenth

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, the quadrennial international

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world championship tournament. The tournament is the first Women's World Cup to be hosted by a

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member association and the second to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, after the previous edition in

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Qualified teams

Qualification process

Summary of qualification

FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications either through continental championships or separate qualifying competitions. Hosts

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

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on 10 December 2024. 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 *

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(North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots *

(South America): 3 slots (including hosts

) * OFC (Oceania): 1 slot *

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(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 began 19 February 2025 and are scheduled to end in February 2027. * H: Hosts

Suspensions and withdrawals

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were suspended indefinitely on 28 February 2022 from participating in UEFA and FIFA competitions due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. The suspension was still in effect when UEFA finalized their qualifying process, thus they were excluded from European qualification. Congo withdrew prior to playing any matches, citing a lack of preparation.

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withdrew prior to playing any matches, citing delays in the disbursement process of the funds needed for match preparations and lack of funding.

Confederation qualification

FIFA retained the slot allocation from the previous edition.

automatically qualified as hosts, and they took one of the slots allocated to

AFC

As in 2023, the AFC Women's Asian Cup serves as the qualifying competition to determine the Asian representatives at 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 (

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and

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) and hosts

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for the final tournament. The sizes of each group are 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 Women's World Cup and the two Asian representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Current stage (Women's Asian Cup qualifying)

CAF

As in 2023, the Women's Africa Cup of Nations serves as the qualifying competition to determine the African representatives at 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 Women's World Cup and the two African representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Most recent stage (first round qualifying)

Next stage (second round qualifying)

CONCACAF

As in 2023, the CONCACAF W Championship serves as the qualifying competition to determine the North American, Central American, and Caribbean representatives at the Women's World Cup. The qualifying process is: *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 February/March and April 2026 to the determine the six teams advancing to join the top two teams in the CONCACAF Women's Ranking 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 for the 2027 Women's World Cup, and the four quarter-final losers will compete to determine the two CONCACAF representatives in the inter-confederation play-offs.

CONMEBOL

For the first time, CONMEBOL will host a stand-alone tournament for

qualification. Nine teams will compete in a

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playing four matches at home and four matches away;

qualified as hosts and will not participate in qualifying. Two teams will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and two teams will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

OFC

OFC will also hold their first stand-alone qualification tournament. The first two match days will be held in the Cook Islands during the international match window from 24 November to 2 December 2025. No other details have been published as of .

UEFA

As in 2023, UEFA will hold a stand-alone qualification tournament to determine the European representatives at 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 for the 2027 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 European nations qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the European representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Ten teams will advance to a play-off tournament to determine the final three teams to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup: two teams each from AFC, CAF,

and

, and one team each from OFC and

. Two rounds of matches will take place, with the teams from CONCACAF and UEFA receiving a bye based on the results of the 2023 play-offs and the higher-ranked team from CONMEBOL receiving a bye based on Brazil hosting the final tournament. The lower-ranked team from CONMEBOL and the teams from AFC, CAF and OFC will play a series of matches in November–December 2026 with the top two teams advancing to the second round. The second round will consist of three single-elimination matches in February 2027 with teams from the same confederation barred from facing each other. The winners of these matches will qualify for the final tournament.

Top goalscorers

Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations:

References

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