2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA League A

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2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA League A
Tournament details
Dates26 February – 9 June 2026
Teams16
Women's Nations League
2025
2027
Women's World Cup qualifying
2031

League A of the Women's European Qualifiers will determine four of the European teams to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and twelve of the teams to advance to the play-off phase. [1]

Contents

Format

The sixteen highest-ranked teams in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking will be drawn into four groups of four teams each. Each group will be contested in a league format where each team plays each other team at home and away. Group winners will qualify directly to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and all other teams will advance to the play-off phase.

Schedule

The match schedule is expected to be as follows: [2]

RoundDates
Matchdays 1 & 226 February – 7 March 2026
Matchdays 3 & 49–18 April 2026
Matchdays 5 & 63–9 June 2026

Group A1

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationA1AA1BA1CA1D
1A1A00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup TBD TBD TBD
2A1B00000000Advance to play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3A1C00000000 TBD TBD TBD
4A1D00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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Group A2

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationA2AA2BA2CA2D
1A2A00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup TBD TBD TBD
2A2B00000000Advance to play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3A2C00000000 TBD TBD TBD
4A2D00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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v

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Group A3

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationA3AA3BA3CA3D
1A3A00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup TBD TBD TBD
2A3B00000000Advance to play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3A3C00000000 TBD TBD TBD
4A3D00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v

v
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v
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v
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v
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Group A4

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationA4AA4BA4CA4D
1A4A00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup TBD TBD TBD
2A4B00000000Advance to play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3A4C00000000 TBD TBD TBD
4A4D00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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Overall standings

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 A1 A1A00000000
2 A2 A2A00000000
3 A3 A3A00000000
4 A4 A4A00000000
5 A1 A1B00000000
6 A2 A2B00000000
7 A3 A3B00000000
8 A4 A4B00000000
9 A1 A1C00000000
10 A2 A2C00000000
11 A3 A3C00000000
12 A4 A4C00000000
13 A1 A1D00000000
14 A2 A2D00000000
15 A3 A3D00000000
16 A4 A4D00000000
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

References

  1. "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. "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.