2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 19 February 2025 – February 2027 |
| Teams | Maximum of 183 (from 6 confederations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 78 |
| Goals scored | 327 (4.19 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sabitra Bhandari Kim Kyong-yong (9 goals each) |
← 2023 2031 →
All statistics correct as of 10 July 2025. | |
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.
Qualification began on 19 February 2025 with two matches of the CAF zone played that day. The first goal of the qualification series was scored by Algerian player Laura Taleb Muller against South Sudan.
Slot allocation
The allocation of slots for the final tournament 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.
Qualified teams
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Total times qualified |
Last time qualified |
Current consecutive appearances |
Previous best performance |
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| Brazil | Hosts | 17 May 2024 | 10th | 2023 | 10 | Runners-up (2007) |
Qualification process
Summary of qualification
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.
Qualifying matches began 19 February 2025 and are scheduled to end in February 2027.
| Confederation | Direct slots | Play-off slots | Teams started | Teams eliminated | Teams can still qualify | Teams qualified | Qualifying start date | Qualifying next match date | Qualifying end date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | 6 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 23 June 2025 | 13 July 2025 | 19 March 2026 | |
| CAF | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 19 February 2025 | October 2025 | March 2026 | |
| CONCACAF | 4 | 2 | Max of 35 | 0 | Max of 35 | 0 | October 2025 | October 2025 | November 2026 | |
| CONMEBOL | 2+1 (host) | 2 | 9+1 (host) | 0 | 9 | 0+1 | 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| OFC | 1 | 1 | Max of 11 | 0 | Max of 11 | 0 | November 2025 | November 2025 | 2026 | |
| UEFA | 11 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | February 2026 | February 2026 | November 2026 | |
| Play-offs | 3 | — | (10) | 0 | (10) | 0 | November 2026 | November 2026 | February 2027 | |
| Total | 31+1 (host) | 10 | Max of 183+1 (host) | 36 | Max of 147 | 0+1 | 19 February 2025 | 13 July 2025 | February 2027 | |
Suspensions and withdrawals
Russia 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]
Congo withdrew prior to playing any matches, citing a lack of preparation.[5]
Chad withdrew prior to playing any matches, citing delays in the disbursement process of the funds needed for match preparations and lack of funding.[6]
Confederation qualification
FIFA retained the slot allocation from the previous edition. Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, and they took one of the slots allocated to CONMEBOL.
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 were drawn into eight groups of four or five teams 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. Groups B–H competed 23 June – 5 July 2025, while Group A was postponed until 7–19 July 2025 due to the Iran–Israel war.[7][8]
- 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)
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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)
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Angola | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Zimbabwe | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Malawi | w/o | Congo | — | — |
| Botswana | 0–2 | DR Congo | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Tanzania | 4–2 | Equatorial Guinea | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Uganda | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Ethiopia | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Eswatini | 0–4 | Namibia | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Burundi | 1–5 | Burkina Faso | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Djibouti | 0–10 | Togo | 0–5 | 0–5 |
| South Sudan | 0–8 | Algeria | 0–5 | 0–3 |
| Rwanda | 2–3 | Egypt | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Kenya | 1–0 | Tunisia | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Niger | 1–4 | Gambia | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Benin | 5–2 | Sierra Leone | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Guinea | 3–6 | Cape Verde | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Gabon | 1–10 | Mali | 0–6 | 1–4 |
| Chad | w/o | Senegal | — | — |
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:[9]
- 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[10] 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 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification. Nine teams will compete in a round-robin tournament playing four matches at home and four matches away; Brazil 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.[11]
Upcoming stage
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Qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Advance to the inter-confederation play-offs
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| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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| 1 | Argentina | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Chile | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Colombia | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Peru | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 |
Source:
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.[12] No other details have been published as of July 2025.
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, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL and one team each from OFC and UEFA. 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.[1]
Top goalscorers
There have been 327 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match (as of 10 July 2025). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
9 goals
6 goals
- Myong Yu-jong
- Nilufar Kudratova
5 goals
- Ritu Porna Chakma
- Pyari Xaxa
- Win Win
- Karnjanathat Phomsri
- Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva
4 goals
Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations:
- AFC Women's Asian Cup
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations
See also
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Kegengo, Dennis (4 February 2025). "WAFCON Qualifiers: Malawi through to next round after Congo confirm exit". Pan-Africa Football.
- ^ "Football: The FTFA announces the withdrawal of the Sao women's team from the qualifiers for the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations". toumaiwebmedias.com (in French). 16 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026: Stage set for #WAC2026 Qualifiers kick-off". Asian Football Confederation. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ Kwek, Kimberly (19 June 2025). "Lionesses' Asian Cup qualifiers in Jordan postponed amid escalating Middle East tensions". straitstimes.com. The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "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. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Conmebol adds Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying tournament to calendar". Inside World Football. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 Oceania Qualifiers – Match Day 1 & 2". OFC. Retrieved 27 June 2025.