Spain will be the defending champions at the 2027 Women's World Cup, with La Roja looking to retain their first-ever major title by triumphing again in Brazil next summer. England were the runners-up in Australia in 2023 and, after beating Spain in the final of the European Championships in 2025, the Lionesses will be a serious contender for the trophy again in 2027, with the United States and Japan also among the early front-runners.
But first, these nations have to qualify for the tournament. Aside from hosts Brazil, Japan are one of 17 nations to have done so already, alongside 2023 co-hosts and semi-finalists Australia, and plenty more teams will join them in booking their spots over the course of the next few days, weeks and months.
UEFA has 11 slots at the tournament, with the AFC guaranteed to have six representatives and CONCACAF and CAF to have at least four. Elsewhere, three of Brazil's CONMEBOL rivals will join the hosts at the tournament and there is one slot for the OFC, too. There are then three places up for grabs in the inter-confederation play-offs, which will take place in February 2027.
So, which nations have already booked their spots at the 2027 Women's World Cup? And which teams could be next to secure qualification? GOAL has all you need to know about the road to Brazil...
Which teams have qualified for Women's World Cup 2027?
Team | Confederation | Qualified on |
|---|---|---|
CONMEBOL | Hosts | |
AFC | March 13, 2026 | |
AFC | March 14, 2026 | |
AFC | March 14, 2026 | |
AFC | March 15, 2026 | |
AFC | March 19, 2026 | |
AFC | March 19, 2026 | |
OFC | April 15, 2026 | |
UEFA | June 5, 2026 | |
CONMEBOL | June 5, 2026 | |
CONMEBOL | June 5, 2026 | |
UEFA | June 9, 2026 | |
UEFA | June 9, 2026 | |
UEFA | June 9, 2026 | |
CAF | August 8, 2026 | |
CAF | August 8, 2026 | |
CAF | August 9, 2026 | |
CAF | August 9, 2026 |
Aside from Brazil's automatic inclusion as hosts, the first qualification spots for the 2027 Women's World Cup were up for grabs at the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in March, where the guaranteed six representatives from the Asian confederation were decided. A run to the semi-finals guaranteed a spot at the World Cup and so Australia, China, South Korea and Japan all secured their places with wins in the quarter-finals.
The four losers of those last eight ties then competed in two play-off matches, with the winners to qualify for the World Cup and the losers to advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Philippines secured their tickets to Brazil by beating Uzbekistan, while North Korea triumphed over Chinese Taipei.
New Zealand joined the list of teams who have qualified for the World Cup in April, thanks to a narrow 1-0 win over Papua New Guinea in the third and final round of qualifying from the OFC. Their defeated opponents will join Uzbekistan and Chinese Taipei in the inter-confederation play-offs next year.
Germany became the first European nation to book their ticket to Brazil, when they beat Norway 2-0 in early June to win their qualifying group with a game to spare. England would have joined them on the same night had they avoided defeat in Spain, but a crushing 4-0 loss put La Roja, the reigning world champions, into pole position, as they, Denmark and France all snapped up UEFA's three remaining automatic qualifying spots a few days later.
CONMEBOL's first representatives, aside from hosts Brazil, were also confirmed in early June. Despite a disappointing 1-1 draw with Peru, Argentina's place at the tournament was assured after they built up a four-point cushion inside the top two in the Nations League standings, while a 1-0 win over Uruguay for table-topping Colombia secured their place. Those were the only two automatic qualification spots available, with Venezuela and Ecuador to head to the inter-confederation play-off places after finishing third and fourth, respectively.
Africa's representatives were confirmed in August, via the delayed Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Teams reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, initially meant to take place in March, qualified directly for the World Cup and a wonderfully surprising WAFCON means that there will be two debutantes in Brazil last year, after Algeria and Malawi made it to the last four. Algeria had never made it out of the group-stage at the tournament, while Malawi had never even played at WAFCON before. Morocco and Cameroon, the latter of whom condemned holders Nigeria to their worst-ever WAFCON by beating them in the quarter-finals, will also head to Brazil next summer.
Which teams can qualify next for Women's World Cup 2027?
UEFA's seven remaining qualifying spots will be confirmed later this year, with the likes of England, Sweden, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands all having to navigate the play-off route. That will begin in the October international break and conclude in the window that runs through November and December, with there also one place at the inter-confederation play-offs up for grabs.
The final automatic qualifiers will then come from the CONCACAF W Championship, which takes place in November. The United States, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador will contest that continental championship, where four automatic qualification spots and two play-off spots will be up for grabs.
The inter-confederation play-offs will take place in February 2027 to decide the three final nations that will play at the Women's World Cup in Brazil. Before that, Uzbekistan, Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Ghana and South Africa will all be involved in a preliminary phase of those play-offs first, in November and December. The six teams will each play three fixtures, confirmed by a seeded draw in August, with the teams that finish in the top two in the final standings to make the final phase of the play-offs in February 2027. Venezuela have already confirmed their place in that final phase, with two CONCACAF nations and one UEFA nation to join them.
When is the Women's World Cup 2027?
Brazil will host the 2027 Women's World Cup, which is set to kick-off on June 24, 2027. Eight different venues in eight different cities will be used at the tournament, including the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2027 Women's World Cup final on July 25. The group stage draw will take place on December 11, 2026, when all-but-three of the 32 participating teams will be known.
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