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
Dates3 March 2026 (2026-03-03) – 9 June 2026 (2026-06-09)
Teams16
Women's Nations League
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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 for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and all other teams will advance to the play-off phase. In addition, all fourth-place teams will be relegated to League B for the following 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League. [1] [2]

Schedule

The match schedule will be as follows: [2]

MatchdayDate
Matchday 13 March 2026
Matchday 27 March 2026
Matchday 314 April 2026
Matchday 418 April 2026
Matchday 55 June 2026
Matchday 69 June 2026

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League A according to the 2025 Women's Nations League overall phase rankings and were seeded into four pots of four teams. The draw for the league phase will take place on 4 November 2025 at 13:00 CET. [2]

Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4
Pot 2
TeamRank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5
Flag of England.svg  England 6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [a] 9
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [a] 10
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland [a] 11
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 12
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 13
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 14
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland [a] 16
  1. 1 2 3 4 Austria, Denmark, Iceland, and Republic of Ireland participated in the League A vs League B promotion/relegation matches in October 2025 to determine each team's league allocation.

Groups

The fixture list will be confirmed by UEFA following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A1

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Serbia.svg
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000Advance to play-offs TBD — TBD TBD
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000 TBD TBD — TBD
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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v
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v
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v
v
v
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Group A2

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation Flag of France.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Ireland.svg
1Flag of France.svg  France 00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00000000Advance to play-offs TBD — TBD TBD
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000 TBD TBD — TBD
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
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v
v

Group A3

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation Flag of Spain.svg Flag of England.svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup — 5 Jun 3 Mar 18 Apr
2Flag of England.svg  England 00000000Advance to play-offs 14 Apr — 7 Mar 9 Jun
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 00000000 9 Jun 18 Apr — 14 Apr
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B 7 Mar 3 Mar 5 Jun —
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain

Group A4

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup — 5 Jun 14 Apr 3 Mar
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000Advance to play-offs 7 Mar — 9 Jun 14 Apr
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000 18 Apr 3 Mar — 5 Jun
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B 9 Jun 18 Apr 7 Mar —
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria

Overall standings

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 A1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000
2 A2 Flag of France.svg  France 00000000
3 A3 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000
4 A4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000
5 A1 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000
6 A2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00000000
7 A3 Flag of England.svg  England 00000000
8 A4 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000
9 A1 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000
10 A2 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000
11 A3 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 00000000
12 A4 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000
13 A1 Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 00000000
14 A2 Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 00000000
15 A3 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 00000000
16 A4 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 29 March 2026 (matchdays 1–2), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches thereafter (matchdays 3–6).
  2. 1 2 3 Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "Women's European Qualifiers for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup: League stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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