The European qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup determines the UEFA teams that will qualify directly for the final tournament and for the inter-confederation play-offs will take place from 3 March to 5 December 2026. The results from the first phase of qualification will also be used to determine the leagues for the 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League.

Format On 24 September 2024, UEFA approved the initial regulations and tentative match schedule for qualification. Following FIFA's confirmation of qualification slots, UEFA finalized the regulations for qualification which will occur over two phases:

League phase: The teams entering qualification were divided into three leagues based on the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase rankings (Regulations Article 21): League A consisted of the teams ranked 1–16 drawn into four groups of four teams each. League B consisted of the teams ranked 17–32 drawn into four groups of four teams each. League C consisted of the teams ranked 33–53 drawn into three groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams each. All groups played a league format, playing all other teams at home and away (Regulations Article 22). The League A group winners qualified directly for the Women's World Cup, and two rounds of play-offs will determine the remaining direct qualification slots and the inter-confederation play-offs representatives (Regulations Articles 27.01–27.02). Play-off phase: Teams were drawn into paths to play two rounds of home-and-away knockout matches (Regulations Articles 27.03–27.08): Round 1: Path 1 consists of the runners-up and third-place teams from League A competing against the group winners and two best-ranked runners-up from League C. The League A teams were seeded and will play the second leg at home. Path 2 consists of the fourth-place teams from League A and League B group winners competing against the runners-up and third-place teams from League B. The League A fourth-place teams and League B group winners were seeded and will play the second leg at home. The winners of each two-legged tie will advance to Round 2. Round 2: The path 1 winners will compete against the path 2 winners. The path 1 winners will be seeded and will play the second leg at home. The seven round 2 winners with the best overall league phase rankings will qualify directly for the Women's World Cup, and the remaining round 2 winner will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

The league phase also determined the composition of the 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League, which uses an identical league structure. The group winners of League B and League C have been promoted to the higher league for that competition, while the fourth-place teams in Leagues A and League B, as well as the two lowest-ranked third-place teams in League B, have been relegated to the lower league.

Tiebreakers During the league phase, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). Tiebreaking criteria were applied to teams tied on points (Regulations Article 23):

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

Schedule The draw and match schedule is below.

Stage Round Dates League phase Draw 4 November 2025 Matchday 1 3 March 2026 Matchday 2 7 March 2026 Matchday 3 14 April 2026 Matchday 4 18 April 2026 Matchday 5 5 June 2026 Matchday 6 9 June 2026 Play-offs Round 1 & Round 2 draw 24 June 2026 Round 1 (two legs) 7–13 October 2026 Round 2 (two legs) 26 November – 5 December 2026

Teams Fifty-three nations were eligible to submit entries to compete in qualification.

Gibraltar and Liechtenstein entered World Cup qualifying for the first time, having participated in their first official competitive international tournament in the preceding Women's Nations League.

San Marino does not field a senior women's national team, and Russia were suspended indefinitely in 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.

Teams were split into leagues based on the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase rankings.

Teams were divided into four pots of four teams in Leagues A and B, and three pots of six teams and one pot of three teams in League C. The seedings, pots, and draw procedure were confirmed by UEFA on 30 October 2025.

+ Key Promoted after 2025 Women's Nations League Relegated after 2025 Women's Nations League * Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

+ League A Pot Team 1 1 2 3 4 2 5 6 7 8 3 * 9 * 10 * 11 12 4 13 14 15 * 16+ League B Pot Team 1 * 17 18 19 20 2 21 * 22 * 23 * 24 3 * 25 * 26 27 28 4 29 30 31 32+ League C Pot Team 1 33 34 35 36 37 38 2 * 39 * 40 41 42 43 44 3 45 46 47 48 49 50 4 51 52 53+ Did not enter Team + Banned from entering Team

Draw The league phase draw for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) took place on 4 November 2025 at 13:00 CET.

The following draw conditions were announced: For political reasons, matches between the pairs of Armenia–Azerbaijan and Bosnia and Herzegovina–Kosovo were prohibited. No other political prohibitions were required due to the involved teams being in different leagues. Teams that played in three-team groups in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C — Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Kosovo, Lithuania, and North Macedonia — were drawn into four-team groups. Due to winter venue restrictions, a maximum of two of Iceland (Pot A3), Norway (Pot A2), and Sweden (Pot A1) could be drawn into the same group.

The draw proceeded as follows: League C: Teams from Pot 1 were drawn into Groups C1 through C6, in order. The same procedure occurred with Pots 2 and 3, unless a draw condition required placement in a different group. Pot 4 teams were then drawn to Groups C1 through C3. League B: Teams from Pots 1 through 4 were drawn into Groups B1 through B4, in order. There were no identified draw conditions for League B. League A: Teams from Pots 1 through 4 were drawn into Groups A1 through A4, in order, unless the winter venue restriction required Iceland to be placed in a different group.

League phase Teams played home-and-away matches against each other team in their group.

League A

Group winners qualified for the final tournament in Brazil. All other teams advanced to the play-off phase. All fourth-place teams were relegated to 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League B.

Group A1

Group A2

Group A3

Group A4

League B

Group winners, runners-up, and third-place teams advanced to the play-off phase. All group winners were promoted to 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League A, and all fourth-place teams and the two lowest-ranked third-place teams were relegated to 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League C.

Group B1

Group B2

Group B3

Group B4

Ranking of third-place teams

League C

Group winners and the two best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-off phase. All group winners were promoted to 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League B.

Group C1

Group C2

Group C3

Group C4

Group C5

Group C6

Ranking of runners-up

Overall league rankings At the conclusion of the league phase, teams were ranked according to the following criteria (Regulations Article 24.01):

Play-off phase

Draws The draws for both play-off rounds were held on 18 June 2026.

Round 1

Round 2

Top goalscorers

Below are goalscorer lists for all leagues:

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup The following eleven teams will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. One more team may qualify via the inter-confederation play-offs.

Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in 9 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) 5 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2023) 3 (2015, 2019, 2023) 5 (2003, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

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