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Dates | 19 February 2025 – February 2027 |
Teams | 179 (from 6 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 84 |
Goals scored | 351 (4.18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (9 goals each) |
← 2023 2031 → All statistics correct as of 19 July 2025. |
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.
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.
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Total times qualified | Last time qualified | Current consecutive appearances | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Hosts | 17 May 2024 | 10th | 2023 | 10 | Runners-up (2007) |
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.
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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 | |
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AFC | 6 | 2 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 23 June 2025 | 1 March 2026 | 19 March 2026 | |
CAF | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 19 February 2025 | October 2025 | March 2026 | |
CONCACAF | 4 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | November 2025 | November 2025 | November 2026 | |
CONMEBOL | 2+1 (host) | 2 | 9+1 (host) | 0 | 9 | 0+1 | 24 October 2025 | 24 October 2025 | 9 June 2026 | |
OFC | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 28 November 2025 | 28 November 2025 | 14 April 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 | 179+1 (host) | 40 | 139 | 0+1 | 19 February 2025 | October 2025 | February 2027 |
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]
FIFA retained the slot allocation from the previous edition. Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, and they took one of the slots allocated to CONMEBOL.
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:
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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:
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Angola ![]() | 3–3 (5–4 p) | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Malawi ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Botswana ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Tanzania ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Uganda ![]() | 2–2 (4–5 p) | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Eswatini ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 0–1 |
Burundi ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Djibouti ![]() | 0–10 | ![]() | 0–5 | 0–5 |
South Sudan ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() | 0–5 | 0–3 |
Rwanda ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 2–2 |
Kenya ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Niger ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Benin ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Guinea ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Gabon ![]() | 1–10 | ![]() | 0–6 | 1–4 |
Chad ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Angola ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
DR Congo ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Tanzania ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Namibia ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Burkina Faso ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Algeria ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Egypt ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Kenya ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Benin ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Cape Verde ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 | |
Senegal ![]() | ![]() | Oct '25 | Oct '25 |
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]
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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]
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4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
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9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
The OFC will also hold its first stand-alone qualification tournament. The qualification format was announced on 8 August 2025: [12]
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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:
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]
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.
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Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations: