With World Cup qualifying well underway, some teams have already stamped their ticket for next year’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
Both host teams have earned automatic qualifications, leaving 30 more spots up for grabs. As of Sept. 6, a total of 27 teams have qualified, including the hosts.
The UEFA playoffs in October will decide two of the remaining five spots, and inter-confederation playoffs in February will decide the final three.
Just Women’s Sports will be keeping track of who’s already qualified as the tournament fills out.
How many slots does each confederation have to fill?
- Asia [AFC]: 5 + 1 host [Australia]
- Africa [CAF]: 4
- North America, Central America, the Caribbean [Concacaf]: 4
- South America [Conmebol]: 3
- Oceania [OFC]: 0 + 1 host [New Zealand]
- Europe [UEFA]: 11
In February 2023, inter-confederation playoffs will fill the three remaining spots in the 32-team tournament. Each confederation will have a set number of slots in the play-in tournament:
- AFC: 2
- CAF: 2
- Concacaf: 2
- Conmebol: 2
- OFC: 1
- UEFA: 1
Which teams have qualified for the World Cup?
- Argentina [Conmebol] – Copa América third place
- Australia [AFC] – Automatic [host]
- Brazil [Conmebol] – Copa América champion
- Canada [Concacaf] – Concacaf W Championship semifinalist
- China [AFC] – Asian Cup semifinalist
- Colombia [Conmebol] – Copa América runner-up
- Costa Rica [Concacaf] – Concacaf W Championship semifinalist
- Denmark [UEFA] – Group winner
- England [UEFA] – Group winner
- France [UEFA] – Group winner
- Germany [UEFA] – Group winner
- Italy [UEFA] – Group winner
- Jamaica [Concacaf] – Concacaf W Championship semifinalist
- Japan [AFC] – Asian Cup semifinalist
- Morocco* [CAF] – WAFCON semifinalist
- Netherlands [UEFA] – Group winner
- New Zealand [OFC] – Automatic [host]
- Nigeria [CAF] – WAFCON semifinalist
- Norway [UEFA] – Group winner
- Philippines* [AFC] – Asian Cup semifinalist
- South Africa [CAF] – WAFCON semifinalist
- South Korea [AFC] – Asian Cup semifinalist
- Spain [UEFA] – Group winner
- Sweden [UEFA] – Group winner
- United States [Concacaf] – Concacaf W Championship semifinalist
- Vietnam* [AFC] – Asian Cup playoffs winner
- Zambia* [CAF] – WAFCON semifinalist
*Denotes first-time World Cup qualifier.
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The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the 9th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national
football teams organised by FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, the first time that the FIFA Women's World Cup will
have two host nations, and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023.[1] The 2023 tournament will see the Women's World Cup expanded from 24 to 32 teams.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Official logo ← 2019 2027 →FIFA Wahine o te Ipu o te Ao – Ahitereiria/Aotearoa 2023
Beyond Greatness
I tua atu i te NuiTournament details Host countries Australia
New Zealand
Dates 20 July – 20 August
Teams 32 [from 6 confederations]
Venue[s] 10 [in 9 host cities]
The United States are the defending champions, having won the previous two tournaments in 2015 and 2019.
2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
- 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
- Women’s Soccer World Cup 2023 Qualifying Qualification Process
- Confederation Qualification Process
- AFC
- CAF
- CONCACAF
- CONMEBOL
- OFC
- UEFA
- Inter-confederation play-offs
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
World’s one of the most loved sports footballs is going to start and the qualification for the women’s Soccer World Cup will start from 16 September 2021 to be ended 23 February 2023, in this process.
It will determine all the 32 teams that will play in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. There are 6 Confederations, and more than 176 teams are participating in Soccer World Cup 2023 Qualifying.
This is the first tournament that is hosted by 2 different countries Australia. The qualifying competition consists of three rounds for Australia & New Zealand world cup tournament. Preliminary round, Qualifying group stage, and Play-offs round.
New Zealand and the tournament expanded from 24 teams to 32 teams. Australia and New Zealand are automatically qualified because they are the host and co-host countries.
Women’s Soccer World Cup 2023 Qualifying Qualification Process
The number of teams for the Women’s World Cup is increased from 24 to 34 teams, there are 6 confederations through which there are 32 slots, as a host country Australia and New Zealand are qualified, therefore 30 slots are remaining for the qualification round.
Here, are the total slots for each confederation for Soccer World Cup 2023 Qualifying information is below: –
- AFC: – 5+1
- CAF: – 4
- CONCACAF: – 4
- CONMEBOL: -3
- OFC: – 0+1
- UEFA: – 11
- Play–offs: – 3
Australia | Co-hosts |
New Zealand | Co-hosts |
Japan | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Semi-finalists |
South Korea | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Semi-finalists |
China PR | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Semi-finalists |
Philippines | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup semi-finalist |
Vietnam | 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup play-offs winner |
Sweden | UEFA Group A Winners |
Spain | UEFA Group B Winners |
France | UEFA Group I Winners |
Confederation Qualification Process
Complete qualification table: Click here
AFC
The qualification stage for the Women’s World Cup tournament will be organized by the AFC Women’s Asian Cup scheduled from 13 September to 25 September 2021. For the Final qualification, 12 teams will face each other and they will be divided into 4 teams into 4 groups each teams top two will go for advance to the knockout stage.
The important news is that North Korea has withdrawn on 29th July 2021 to take part in the Women’s Asian Cup qualification because of safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 | Vietnam | 2 | 6 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 |
3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 |
CAF
The qualification process for CAF will conduct by the Africa Women Cup of Nation 2022, the dates for the tournament are from July-August 2022. There are 12 teams in which they are 4 slots through 2 slots of New Zealand and Australia.
1. Morocco [H] 2. Nigeria 3. South Africa | 4. Cameroon 5. Zambia 6. Burundi | 7. Cameroon 8. Zambia 9. Burundi | 10. Senegal 11. Botswana 12. Uganda |
CONCACAF
The qualification stage for CONCACAF will Conduct by the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which is scheduled from November 2021 to April 2022. The tournament will draw six groups of five teams in each, and the match will be played on a round-robin match. The winner from all six groups will be promoted to the Final tournament of the qualification process.
In the Final state, there will be 8 teams, as Canada and United States are qualified automatically because they have the highest-ranked in CONCACAF teams, and the final state is scheduled from July 2022. All the teams have been divided into 2 groups of 4 teams. The top 2 teams from each team will qualify for the CAF.
1 | Mexico | 2 | 6 |
2 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 6 |
3 | Suriname | 2 | 3 |
4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0 |
5 | Anguilla | 2 | 0 |
1 | Guatemala | 2 | 6 |
2 | Costa Rica | 2 | 6 |
3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 3 |
4 | Curacao | 2 | 0 |
5 | U.S Virgin Islands | 2 | 0 |
1 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 6 |
2 | Jamaica | 2 | 6 |
3 | Bermuda | 2 | 3 |
4 | Cayman Islands | 2 | 0 |
5 | Grenada | 2 | 0 |
1 | Panama | 2 | 6 |
2 | El Salvador | 2 | 6 |
3 | Barbados | 2 | 3 |
4 | Aruba | 2 | 0 |
5 | Belize | 2 | 0 |
1 | Cuba | 2 | 6 |
2 | Haiti | 2 | 6 |
3 | Honduras | 2 | 3 |
4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 0 |
5 | The British Virgin Islands | 2 | 0 |
1 | Guyana | 2 | 6 |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 6 |
3 | Nicaragua | 2 | 3 |
4 | Dominica | 2 | 0 |
5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 0 |
CONMEBOL
The qualification for CONMEBOL is managed by the Copa America Femenina 2022, which is scheduled from July-August or October- November 2022. For qualification for the Women’s World Cup 2023, they provided three direct qualifying and two play-offs.
1 | Colombia | 0 | 0 |
2 | Chile | 0 | 0 |
3 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 |
4 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 |
5 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 |
1 | Brazil | 0 | 0 |
2 | Peru | 0 | 0 |
3 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 |
4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 |
5 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 |
OFC
The qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World’s Cup, the tournament is scheduled from July-August but for some reason, it is shifted to January-February, On 4 March 2021 that it was scheduled back June-July 2022.
UEFA
The UEFA has announced the Women’s Soccer World Cup 2023 Qualifying process, which is scheduled from 16 December-11 October 2022, there are 51 teams drawn into 9 groups which are broken into 5 or 6 teams. Each team winner will be qualified directly for the World Cup.
Group A: Sweden, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Georgia
Group B: Spain, Scotland, Ukraine, Hungary, Faroe Islands
Group C: Netherlands, Iceland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Cyprus
Group D: England, Austria, Northern Ireland, North
Macedonia, Latvia, Luxembourg
Group E: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, Montenegro
Group F: Norway, Belgium, Poland, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia
Group G: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, Lithuania
Group H: Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria
1 | Sweden | 7 | 19 |
2 | Finland | 6 | 10 |
3 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 8 |
4 | Slovakia | 6 | 5 |
5 | Georgia | 6 | 0 |
1 | Spain | 6 | 18 |
2 | Scotland | 6 | 10 |
3 | Hungary | 6 | 9 |
4 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 |
5 | Faroe Islands | 6 | 0 |
1 | Iceland | 6 | 15 |
2 | Netherlands | 6 | 14 |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 5 |
4 | Belarus | 4 | 4 |
5 | Cyprus | 7 | 1 |
1 | England | 8 | 24 |
2 | Austria | 8 | 19 |
3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 13 |
4 | Luxembourg | 7 | 9 |
5 | North Macedonia | 8 | 3 |
6 | Latvia | 7 | 0 |
1 | Denmark | 8 | 24 |
2 | Russia | 6 | 15 |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 10 |
4 | Montenegro | 7 | 9 |
5 | Malta | 7 | 4 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 3 |
1 | Norway | 8 | 22 |
2 | Belgium | 8 | 19 |
3 | Poland | 8 | 14 |
4 | Albania | 8 | 10 |
5 | Kosovo | 8 | 4 |
6 | Armenia | 8 | 0 |
1 | Italy | 8 | 21 |
2 | Switzerland | 8 | 19 |
3 | Romania | 7 | 13 |
4 | Croatia | 8 | 7 |
5 | Lithuania | 7 | 4 |
6 | Moldova | 6 | 0 |
1 | Germany | 8 | 21 |
2 | Serbia | 8 | 18 |
3 | Portugal | 8 | 16 |
4 | Turkey | 8 | 10 |
5 | Israel | 7 | 3 |
6 | Bulgaria | 7 | 0 |
1 | France | 8 | 24 |
2 | Wales | 8 | 16 |
3 | Slovenia | 8 | 14 |
4 | Greece | 8 | 13 |
5 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 0 |
6 | Estonia | 7 | 0 |
Inter-confederation play-offs
Group 1
February 2023 – TBC | February 2023 – TBC | ||
Unseeded Team Unseeded Team | Seed 1 Semi-final winner |
Group 2
February 2023 – TBC | February 2023 – TBC | ||
Unseeded Team Unseeded Team | Seed 2 Semi-Final winner |
Group 3
February 2023 – TBC | February 2023 – TBC | |
Seed 3 Unseeded team | Semi-final 1 winner Semi-final 2 winner | |
Seed 4 Unseeded team |