The play-off phase of UEFA qualification will determine the final seven European teams to directly qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the single European representative at the inter-confederation play-offs.

Format Two rounds of home-and-away knockout matches will be held during the international windows in October 2026 and November–December 2026. Round 1: Thirty-two teams advanced from the league phase and were drawn into two paths to compete 9 and 13 October 2026. Path 1: The runners-up and third-place teams from League A were drawn against the group winners and two best-ranked runners-up from League C. The League A teams will host the second legs of their respective ties. Path 2: The fourth-place teams from League A and the group winners from League B were drawn against the runners-up and third-place teams from League B. The fourth-place League A teams and League B group winners will host the second legs of their respective ties. Round 2: Sixteen teams will advance from Round 1. Placeholders for the Path 1 winners were drawn against placeholders for the Path 2 winners to compete 26 November – 5 December 2026. The Path 1 winners will host the second legs of their respective ties. The winners will be ranked based on their overall league ranking, with the top seven winners qualifying for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-ranked winner advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs. The team scoring the most goals after two matches will win the tie. If the scores are even after normal time in the second leg, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played. If the scores are still even after extra time, the tie will be decided by kicks from the penalty spot (Regulations Article 28).

Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the play-offs. They are ordered according to their overall league ranking:

Round 1 Path 1 Seeded teams Unseeded teams

Round 1 Path 2 Seeded teams Unseeded teams

Draw The draws for Rounds 1 and 2 were held 18 June 2026 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland.

In the Round 1 draw, an unseeded team from Path 1 was drawn and placed in Tie 1, then a seeded team was drawn against the unseeded team. The process was repeated for Ties 2–8 then performed for Path 2 and Ties 9–16. In the Round 2 draw, a placeholder indicating a Path 2 winner was drawn and placed into a tie, then a placeholder indicating a Path 1 winner was drawn against the Path 2 winner. The process was repeated until the Round 2 ties were filled.

For political reasons, Kosovo and Serbia, as well as Belarus and Ukraine, could not be drawn against each other in Round 2. For that reason, the placeholders for Ties 6 and 8 could not be drawn against Ties 16 and 11, respectively.

Brackets

Round 1 Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Path 1 Summary

Matches

Path 2

Summary

Matches

Round 2

Summary

Matches

References

Notes

External links FIFA Women's European Qualifiers, UEFA.com UEFA Scores & Fixtures, FIFA.com