2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
Dates	February – December 2026
Teams	51 (from 1 confederation)
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See also: 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

The European qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup to determine the UEFA teams that will qualify directly to the final tournament and to the inter-confederation play-offs will take place from February to December 2026.

Format

On 24 September 2024, UEFA approved the regulations and tentative match schedule for qualification, which will occur over two phases:

• League phase: The teams entering qualification will be divided into three leagues based on the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking.(Regulations Article 21):
  • League A will consist of the teams ranked 1–16 to be drawn into four groups of four teams each.
  • League B will consist of the teams ranked 17–32 to be drawn into four groups of four teams each.
  • League C will consist of the remaining teams to be drawn into three groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams each; the number and sizes of groups may change based upon the number of teams entering qualification.

All groups will play a league format, playing all other teams at home and away (Regulations Article 22). The League A group winners will qualify directly to the Women's World Cup, and two rounds of playoffs will determine the remaining direct qualification slots and the inter-confederation play-offs representatives.(Regulations Article 27.01).

• Playoff phase: Teams will be drawn into paths to play two rounds of home-and-away knockout matches, with winners of each path qualifying for the Women's World Cup. Further details will be determined after FIFA confirms the slot allocation for each confederation.(Regulations Article 27.02–27.04).

Tiebreakers

During the league phase, teams will be ranked according to standings points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If teams are tied in standings points, tiebreaking criteria will be applied (Regulations Article 23):

1. higher number of standings points obtained in matches among the tied teams
2. greater goal difference obtained in matches among the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams
4. if teams remain tied, then criteria a–c are reapplied only to those teams that remain tied

If teams still remain tied, then the following criteria are applied only to those teams that remain tied:

5. greater goal difference in all league phase matches
6. greater number of goals scored in all league phase matches
7. greater number of away goals scored in all league phase matches
8. greater number of wins in all league phase matches
9. greater number of away wins in all league phase matches
10. lower total of disciplinary points obtained by players and team officials in all league phase matches
    1. Yellow card: 1 point
    2. Second yellow card/indirect red card: 3 points
    3. Direct red card: 3 points
11. higher position in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League final rankings

Schedule

The anticipated draw and match schedule is below.

Stage	Round	Dates
League phase	Draw	4 November 2025 (TBC)
	Matchdays 1 & 2	26 February – 7 March 2026
	Matchdays 3 & 4	9–18 April 2026
	Matchdays 5 & 6	3–9 June 2026
Play-offs	Draw	22 June 2026 (TBC)
	Round 1	7–13 October 2026
	Round 2 Draw	16 October 2026 (TBC, if needed)
	Round 2	26 November – 5 December 2026

Entrants

Fifty-three nations are eligible to submit entries to compete in qualification. San Marino does not field a national women's team, and Russia were suspended indefinitely on 28 February 2022 from participating in UEFA and FIFA competitions due to their country's invasion of Ukraine and were excluded by UEFA from the list of participants.

League phase

Teams will play home-and-away matches against each other team in their group

Draws

The league phase draws will take place 4 November 2025, with the draw procedures yet to be announced.

The UEFA Executive Committee has voted to prohibit certain teams from facing off due to geopolitical conflicts, and other nations have draw conditions based on travel distance or extreme winter weather. Any applicable restrictions will be announced with the draw procedures and draw pot allocations.

League A

Group winners will qualify for the final tournament in Brazil.

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		A1A	A1B	A1C	A1D
1	A1A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	A1A v A1B	A1A v A1C	A1A v A1D
2	A1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A1B v A1A	—	A1B v A1C	A1B v A1D
3	A1C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A1C v A1A	A1C v A1B	—	A1C v A1D
4	A1D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A1D v A1A	A1D v A1B	A1D v A1C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		A2A	A2B	A2C	A2D
1	A2A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	A2A v A2B	A2A v A2C	A2A v A2D
2	A2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A2B v A2A	—	A2B v A2C	A2B v A2D
3	A2C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A2C v A2A	A2C v A2B	—	A2C v A2D
4	A2D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A2D v A2A	A2D v A2B	A2D v A2C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		A3A	A3B	A3C	A3D
1	A3A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	A3A v A3B	A3A v A3C	A3A v A3D
2	A3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A3B v A3A	—	A3B v A3C	A3B v A3D
3	A3C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A3C v A3A	A3C v A3B	—	A3C v A3D
4	A3D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A3D v A3A	A3D v A3B	A3D v A3C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		A4A	A4B	A4C	A4D
1	A4A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	A4A v A4B	A4A v A4C	A4A v A4D
2	A4B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A4B v A4A	—	A4B v A4C	A4B v A4D
3	A4C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A4C v A4A	A4C v A4B	—	A4C v A4D
4	A4D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A4D v A4A	A4D v A4B	A4D v A4C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

League B

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		B1A	B1B	B1C	B1D
1	B1A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	B1A v B1B	B1A v B1C	B1A v B1D
2	B1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B1B v B1A	—	B1B v B1C	B1B v B1D
3	B1C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B1C v B1A	B1C v B1B	—	B1C v B1D
4	B1D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B1D v B1A	B1D v B1B	B1D v B1C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		B2A	B2B	B2C	B2D
1	B2A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	B2A v B2B	B2A v B2C	B2A v B2D
2	B2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B2B v B2A	—	B2B v B2C	B2B v B2D
3	B2C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B2C v B2A	B2C v B2B	—	B2C v B2D
4	B2D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B2D v B2A	B2D v B2B	B2D v B2C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		B3A	B3B	B3C	B3D
1	B3A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	B3A v B3B	B3A v B3C	B3A v B3D
2	B3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B3B v B3A	—	B3B v B3C	B3B v B3D
3	B3C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B3C v B3A	B3C v B3B	—	B3C v B3D
4	B3D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B3D v B3A	B3D v B3B	B3D v B3C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		B4A	B4B	B4C	B4D
1	B4A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	B4A v B4B	B4A v B4C	B4A v B4D
2	B4B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B4B v B4A	—	B4B v B4C	B4B v B4D
3	B4C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B4C v B4A	B4C v B4B	—	B4C v B4D
4	B4D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			B4D v B4A	B4D v B4B	B4D v B4C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

League C

Group C1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C1A	C1B	C1C	C1D
1	C1A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C1A v C1B	C1A v C1C	C1A v C1D
2	C1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C1B v C1A	—	C1B v C1C	C1B v C1D
3	C1C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C1C v C1A	C1C v C1B	—	C1C v C1D
4	C1D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C1D v C1A	C1D v C1B	C1D v C1C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group C2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C2A	C2B	C2C	C2D
1	C2A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C2A v C2B	C2A v C2C	C2A v C2D
2	C2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C2B v C2A	—	C2B v C2C	C2B v C2D
3	C2C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C2C v C2A	C2C v C2B	—	C2C v C2D
4	C2D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C2D v C2A	C2D v C2B	C2D v C2C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group C3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C3A	C3B	C3C	C3D
1	C3A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C3A v C3B	C3A v C3C	C3A v C3D
2	C3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C3B v C3A	—	C3B v C3C	C3B v C3D
3	C3C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C3C v C3A	C3C v C3B	—	C3C v C3D
4	C3D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C3D v C3A	C3D v C3B	C3D v C3C	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group C4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C4A	C4B	C4C
1	C4A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C4A v C4B	C4A v C4C
2	C4B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C4B v C4A	—	C4B v C4C
3	C4C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C4C v C4A	C4C v C4B	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group C5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C5A	C5B	C5C
1	C5A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C5A v C5B	C5A v C5C
2	C5B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C5B v C5A	—	C5B v C5C
3	C5C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C5C v C5A	C5C v C5B	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Group C6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		C6A	C6B	C6C
1	C6A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		—	C6A v C6B	C6A v C6C
2	C6B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C6B v C6A	—	C6B v C6C
3	C6C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			C6C v C6A	C6C v C6B	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA

Play-off round

Draws

The draws for both play-off rounds will take place 22 June 2026, with draw procedures to be announced after FIFA finalizes the slot allocation for the final tournament. If teams prohibited from facing each other could meet in the second round, the play-off round 2 draw will take place 16 October 2026.