FIFA retained the slot allocation from the
previous edition.
Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, and they took one of the slots allocated to
CONMEBOL.
AFC 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: • Qualifying stage: Nations were drawn into eight groups of four or five teams to determine the eight nations joining the three top-ranked teams from the
2022 edition (
China,
South Korea and
Japan) and hosts
Australia for the final tournament. Groups B–H competed from 23 June – 5 July 2025, while Group A was postponed until 7–19 July due to the
Twelve-Day War. • Final tournament: The final tournament took place from 1–21 March 2026. Twelve nations were drawn into groups of four teams each to play single
round-robin matches. The group winners and runners-up and the two best-ranked third-place teams advanced to the knockout phase. The four quarter-final winners qualified directly for the 2027 Women's World Cup, while the four quarter-final losers competed to determine the final two direct qualifiers, and the two Asian representatives in the
inter-confederation play-offs.
Final positions (Women's Asian Cup knockout stage) CAF 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: • Qualifying stage: Qualification for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations took place over two rounds during the international windows of 19–26 February 2025 and 22–28 October 2025. Eleven nations advanced to join hosts Morocco in the final tournament. After the conclusion of qualifying, CAF announced four teams defeated in the second round had advanced based on the
FIFA Women's World Ranking. • Final tournament: The final tournament will be held 26 July – 16 August 2026. • Qualifying stage: Twenty-nine nations were drawn into five groups of five teams each and one group of four teams to play matches during the
international windows in November/December 2025, and February/March and April 2026. The six group winners advanced to join the top two CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Ranking –
Canada and the
United States – for the final tournament. • Final tournament: Eight nations will compete in a single-elimination knockout tournament in November 2026. The four quarter-final winners will qualify directly for the 2027 Women's World Cup, and the four quarter-final losers will compete to determine the two CONCACAF representatives in the
inter-confederation play-offs.
Most recent stage (CONCACAF W Championship qualification) Next stage (CONCACAF W Championship) CONMEBOL 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. This tournament will be held from 24 October 2025 to 9 June 2026. Two teams will qualify for the Women's World Cup and two teams will advance to the
inter-confederation playoffs.
OFC The OFC will also hold its first stand-alone qualification tournament. The qualification format was announced on 8 August 2025: • The four lowest-ranked teams competed in a
single-elimination tournament in the Cook Islands on 28 November and 1 December 2025. The winner advanced to the second round. • The first round winner joined the seven highest-ranked teams in the second round. In August 2025, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams to play a single-leg
round-robin tournament between 27 February and 8 March 2026. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the third round. • The four teams advancing from the second round will compete in a single-elimination tournament between 12 and 15 April 2026. The winners will qualify for the
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runners-up will advance to the
inter-confederation play-offs.
Final positions (third round) UEFA 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: • League phase: Fifty-three nations were divided into three leagues based on the
2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking. Each league consists of groups of three or four teams playing a
league format from 3 March to 9 June 2026. Four teams will qualify directly for the 2027 Women's World Cup and 32 will advance to the play-off phase. • Play-off phase: Thirty-two teams will play two rounds of home-and-away elimination matches to determine the final seven European nations qualifying directly for the Women's World Cup and the European representative in the
inter-confederation play-offs. Round 1 matches will be held between 7 and 13 October 2026 and round 2 matches will be held between 26 November and 5 December 2026.
Current stage (league phase) ==Inter-confederation play-offs==