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2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process determines 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.
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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 was taken directly from the quotas allocated to its confederation.
Qualified teams
Teams qualified
Team whose qualification process has yet to be decided
Team eliminated
Team withdrew or suspended
Did not enter
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Qualification process
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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 on 19 February 2025 and are scheduled to end in 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 finalised its qualifying process, thus the Russians 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 a lack of funding.[6]
Confederation qualification
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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 from 23 June – 5 July 2025, while Group A was postponed until 7–19 July due to the Iran–Israel war.[7][8]
- Final tournament: The final tournament is scheduled to take place from 1–21 March 2026. Twelve nations were 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.
Most recent stage (Women's Asian Cup qualifying)
Next stage (Women's Asian Cup)
First match(es) will be played: 1 March 2026.
Source: AFC
Source: AFC
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 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 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:[9]
- Qualifying stage: Thirty nations will be drawn into six groups of five teams each to play four matches during the international windows in November/December 2025, and February/March and April 2026 to determine the six teams advancing to join the top two teams in the FIFA Women's World 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.
Next stage (CONCACAF W Championship qualification)
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 Women's World Cup and two teams will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.[11]
OFC
The OFC will also hold its first stand-alone qualification tournament. The qualification format was announced on 8 August 2025:[12]
- The four lowest-ranked teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament in the Cook Islands on 28 November and 1 December 2025. The winner will advance to the second round.
- The first round winner will join the seven highest-ranked teams in the second round. In August 2025, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams to play a single-leg round-robin tournament in February and March 2026. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the third round.
- The four teams advancing from the second round will compete in a single-elimination tournament in April 2026. The winners will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runners-up will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Next stage (first round)
| Matchday 1 | Matchday 2 | |||||
| 28 November 2025 – Avarua | ||||||
 Tonga | ||||||
| 1 December 2025 – Avarua | ||||||
 American Samoa | ||||||
| Winner Match 1 | ||||||
| 28 November 2025 – Avarua | ||||||
| Winner Match 2 | ||||||
 Tahiti | ||||||
 Cook Islands | ||||||
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 Women's World Cup and the European representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.
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Inter-confederation play-offs
Ten teams will advance to a play-off tournament to determine the final three teams to qualify for the Women's World Cup: two teams each from the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, and one team each from the 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 the 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]
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Top goalscorers
There have been 351 goals scored in 84 matches, for an average of 4.18 goals per match (as of 19 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
Fatemeh Shaban
Maysa Jbarah
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
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