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

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2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA League C
Tournament details
Dates26 February – 9 June 2026
Teams21
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League C of the Women's European Qualifiers will determine eight of the teams to advance to the play-off phase. [1]

Contents

Format

The teams ranked 33–53 in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking will be drawn into three groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams each. Each group will be contested in a league format where each team plays each other team at home and away. Group winners and the two highest-ranked runners-up 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 C1

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC1AC1BC1CC1D
1C1A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD TBD
2C1B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD TBD
3C1C00000000 TBD TBD — TBD
4C1D00000000 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v

Group C2

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC2AC2BC2CC2D
1C2A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD TBD
2C2B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD TBD
3C2C00000000 TBD TBD — TBD
4C2D00000000 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v


Group C3

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC3AC3BC3CC3D
1C3A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD TBD
2C3B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD TBD
3C3C00000000 TBD TBD — TBD
4C3D00000000 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v

Group C4

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC4AC4BC4C
1C4A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2C4B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3C4C00000000 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v
v
v
v
v

Group C5

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC5AC5BC5C
1C5A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2C5B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3C5C00000000 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v
v
v
v
v

Group C6

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualificationC6AC6BC6C
1C6A00000000Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2C6B00000000Possibly advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3C6C00000000 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

v
v
v
v
v
v

Ranking of runners-up

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 C1 C1B00000000Advance to play-offs
2 C2 C2B00000000
3 C3 C3B00000000
4 C4 C4B00000000
5 C5 C5B00000000
6 C6 C6B00000000
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Overall standings

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
33 C1 C1A00000000
34 C2 C2A00000000
35 C3 C3A00000000
36 C4 C4A00000000
37 C5 C5A00000000
38 C6 C6A00000000
39 C1 C1B00000000
40 C2 C2B00000000
41 C3 C3B00000000
42 C4 C4B00000000
43 C5 C5B00000000
44 C6 C6B00000000
45 C1 C1C00000000
46 C2 C2C00000000
47 C3 C3C00000000
48 C4 C4C00000000
49 C5 C5C00000000
50 C6 C6C00000000
51 C1 C1D00000000
52 C2 C2D00000000
53 C3 C3D00000000
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Note: Due to differing group sizes in League C, matches against fourth-place teams are discounted when calculating the final rankings of the group winners, runners-up, and third-place teams.

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.
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