The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process determined 30 of the 32 teams which will play in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the co-hosts Australia and New Zealand qualifying automatically.[1] It is the ninth FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament. The tournament is the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries, the third by an AFC member association after the 1991 and 2007 Women's World Cups in China, the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first senior FIFA tournament in Oceania, and also the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations (with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC).
^On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were removed from Women's World Cup qualification due to their country's invasion of Ukraine, with all their earlier results considered null and void.[3] Denmark therefore qualified for the Women's World Cup, as no other teams could surpass them.
Qualification processEdit
After the number of teams qualifying for the Women's World Cup was increased, a new slot allocation was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on 24 December 2020. The slots for the host nations, Australia and New Zealand, were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations, the AFC and OFC respectively.[4]
Summary of qualificationEdit
Qualifying matches started in September 2021 and ended in February 2023. Matches have been played on dates within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[5]
Apart from the hosts Australia and New Zealand, 207 of 209 remaining FIFA member associations could qualify through their own confederation's qualifying process if they choose to enter. The exceptions were Chad and Pakistan, whose football associations were suspended by FIFA.[6] A third exception might have been Russia after initially receiving a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 9 December 2019, after Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators.[7] However, the Russian women's team could still enter qualification. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),[8] which ruled in WADA's favour but reduced the ban to two years.[9] The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" have equal prominence.[10] Had Russia qualified for the tournament, its female players would have been able to use their country's name, flag or anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban scheduled to expire on 16 December 2022.[10][11] But earlier on 28 February, FIFA and UEFA announced Russia's suspension from all competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12] On 2 May, UEFA announced that Russia was no longer to continue participating in qualification, that their prior results were nullified, and that Group E continued with five teams.[13]
As in the previous World Cup cycle, the AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for AFC members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:
Qualifying stage: The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification competition was held between 17 and 29 September and between 18 and 24 October 2021. Teams competed for qualification for the final tournament, where they were joined by final tournament hosts India and the top three teams of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Japan, Australia, and China, who qualified automatically.
Final tournament: Twelve teams played in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup,[14] which was held from 20 January to 6 February 2022.[15] They were drawn into three groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group, along with the two-best third-placed teams, advanced to the knockout stage. The four semi-finalists qualified for the World Cup. The losers of the quarter-finals (except Australia, who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts) advanced to the play-offs.[16]
North Korea withdrew on 29 July 2021 from the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers due to COVID-19 pandemic-related safety concerns,[17] followed by Turkmenistan on 6 August because of pandemic-related travel restrictions.[18] In a letter to the AFC published on 8 September, Iraq decided not to take part.[19]Afghanistan also withdrew from qualification later in September as the women's team's participation was uncertain due to the Talibantakeover of the country.[20][21]
During the Women's Asian Cup, host team India was unable to play their second group stage match against Chinese Taipei due to having fewer than 13 players available, with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and were not considered in determining the final group rankings.[22]
The format of the play-off round depended on the performance of Australia, who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts.[23] Since Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals, the play-offs format was for the remaining three quarter-final losers to play a single round-robin play-off. The best team after three matches advanced to the World Cup, and the remaining two teams entered the inter-confederation play-offs.
As in the previous World Cup cycle, the Women's Africa Cup of Nations served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:
Qualifying stage:2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification competition was held between 18 and 26 October 2021 and between 14 and 23 February 2022. Teams competed for qualification for the final tournament, where they were joined by final tournament hosts Morocco.
Final tournament: Twelve teams played in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations which was held from 2–23 July 2022. They were drawn into three groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group, along with the two-best third-placed teams, advanced to the knockout stage. The four semi-finalists qualified for the World Cup. The losers of the quarter-finals played a one-match repechage, with the winners advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs.
As in the previous World Cup cycle, the CONCACAF W Championship served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONCACAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:[24]
Qualifying stage: The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification competition was held in February 2022. Teams were drawn into six groups of five, and played single round-robin matches (two home and two away). The six group winners advanced to the final tournament to join the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams, Canada and the United States, who qualified automatically.
Final tournament: Eight teams played in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. They were drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage and qualified for the World Cup. The third-placed team in each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The Copa América Femenina was held from 8–30 July 2022,[25] providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women's World Cup.[4] The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, from which the winners of the semi-final and third place matches qualified for the World Cup. The loser of the third place match advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. The third-placed teams from each group played a fifth place play-off, the winner of which also advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The OFC Women's Nations Cup was held from 13 to 30 July, with Fiji hosting the tournament.[26] It was originally scheduled for July and August 2022, but was shifted to January and February 2022 to accommodate changes to the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.[27] It was subsequently pushed back to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Zealand did not take part as they had already qualified for the World Cup as co-hosts, and American Samoa opted not to participate due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic. The remaining nine teams were ranked according to the 25 March world rankings and drawn into three groups on 10 May, from which the top two teams in each group and the top two third place teams advanced to the knockout stage.[28]Papua New Guinea advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs as tournament winners.
The World Cup qualifying process is as follows:[29]
Group stage: 51 teams were drawn into nine groups of five or six teams, where each group is played in a home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualify directly for the World Cup, while the nine runners-up advance to the play-offs.
Play-offs: The nine teams played two knockout rounds of single-leg matches, with the best three runners-up entering in the second round. Among the three second round play-off winners, the two teams with the best combined records in the group stage (8 matches, excluding the ones against sixth-placed teams for those from groups with six teams) and second round play-offs (1 match) qualified for the World Cup, while the team with the lowest combined record (group stage plus second play-off round) entered the inter-confederation play-offs.
To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play-offs were combined. As some groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted; also, as not all teams played in both play-off rounds, results in round 1 of play-offs were not counted either. As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two higher-placed winners qualified for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[32][33]
Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group and in play-offs round 2, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.
The final three spots at the FIFA Women's World Cup were decided through a ten-team play-off tournament. The tournament was used as a test event for New Zealand to host prior to the Women's World Cup.
In the play-off draw, four teams were seeded into groups based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings, with a maximum of one seeded team per confederation. Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group. The winner of each group qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]
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The 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification process determined 30 of the 32 teams which will play in the 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup with the co hosts Australia and New Zealand qualifying automatically 1 It is the ninth FIFA Women s World Cup the quadrennial international women s football world championship tournament The tournament is the first Women s World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries the third by an AFC member association after the 1991 and 2007 Women s World Cups in China the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere the first senior FIFA tournament in Oceania and also the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualificationTournament detailsDates16 September 2021 23 February 2023Teams172 from 6 confederations Tournament statisticsMatches played505Goals scored2 143 4 24 per match Top scorer s Tessa Wullaert 17 goals 20192027 The field was expanded from 24 teams in the 2019 edition to 32 in the 2023 edition 2 Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Qualification process 2 1 Summary of qualification 3 Confederation qualification 3 1 AFC 3 1 1 Knockout stage 3 1 2 Play offs 3 2 CAF 3 2 1 Knockout stage 3 3 CONCACAF 3 3 1 Group stage 3 3 2 Knockout stage 3 4 CONMEBOL 3 4 1 Knockout stage 3 5 OFC 3 5 1 Knockout stage 3 6 UEFA 3 6 1 Group stage 3 6 2 Play offs 4 Inter confederation play offs 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 5 Top goalscorers 6 ReferencesQualified teams Edit nbsp Status of countries with respect to the 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup Team qualified Team failed to qualify Team withdrew or suspended Did not enter or not FIFA memberOf the total 32 slots 29 direct and 3 playoffs the following teams qualified directly to fill the 29 direct slots The remaining 3 playoff slots were determined by the 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification inter confederation play offs held in February 2023 in New Zealand Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearancein finals Lastappearance Consecutivestreak Previous best performance nbsp Australia Co hosts 25 June 2020 8th 2019 8 Quarter finals 2007 2011 2015 nbsp New Zealand Co hosts 25 June 2020 6th 2019 5 Group stage 1991 2007 2011 2015 2019 nbsp Japan 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup QF winners 30 January 2022 9th 2019 9 Champions 2011 nbsp South Korea 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup QF winners 30 January 2022 4th 2019 3 Round of 16 2015 nbsp China 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup QF winners 30 January 2022 8th 2019 3 Runners up 1999 nbsp Philippines 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup QF winners 30 January 2022 1st 1 Debut nbsp Vietnam 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup play offs winners 6 February 2022 1st 1 Debut nbsp Sweden UEFA qualification Group A winners 12 April 2022 9th 2019 9 Runners up 2003 nbsp Spain UEFA qualification Group B winners 12 April 2022 3rd 2019 3 Round of 16 2019 nbsp France UEFA qualification Group I winners 12 April 2022 5th 2019 4 4th place 2011 nbsp Denmark UEFA qualification Group E winners 2 May 2022 a 5th 2007 1 Quarter finals 1991 1995 nbsp United States 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group A winners 7 July 2022 9th 2019 9 Champions 1991 1999 2015 2019 nbsp Canada 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group B winners 8 July 2022 8th 2019 8 4th place 2003 nbsp Costa Rica 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group B runners up 8 July 2022 2nd 2015 1 Group stage 2015 nbsp Jamaica 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group A runners up 11 July 2022 2nd 2019 2 Group stage 2019 nbsp Zambia 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations QF winners 13 July 2022 1st 1 Debut nbsp Morocco 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations QF winners 13 July 2022 1st 1 Debut nbsp Nigeria 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations QF winners 14 July 2022 9th 2019 9 Quarter finals 1999 nbsp South Africa 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations QF winners 14 July 2022 2nd 2019 2 Group stage 2019 nbsp Colombia 2022 Copa America Femenina SF winners 25 July 2022 3rd 2015 1 Round of 16 2015 nbsp Brazil 2022 Copa America Femenina SF winners 26 July 2022 9th 2019 9 Runners up 2007 nbsp Argentina 2022 Copa America Femenina third place winners 29 July 2022 4th 2019 2 Group stage 2003 2007 2019 nbsp Norway UEFA qualification Group F winners 2 September 2022 9th 2019 9 Champions 1995 nbsp Germany UEFA qualification Group H winners 3 September 2022 9th 2019 9 Champions 2003 2007 nbsp England UEFA qualification Group D winners 3 September 2022 6th 2019 5 Third place 2015 nbsp Italy UEFA qualification Group G winners 6 September 2022 4th 2019 2 Quarter finals 1991 2019 nbsp Netherlands UEFA qualification Group C winners 6 September 2022 3rd 2019 3 Runners up 2019 nbsp Switzerland UEFA play offs 1st ranking 11 October 2022 2nd 2015 1 Round of 16 2015 nbsp Republic of Ireland UEFA play offs 2nd ranking 11 October 2022 1st 1 Debut nbsp Haiti Inter confederation play offs Group B winners 22 February 2023 1st 1 Debut nbsp Portugal Inter confederation play offs Group A winners 22 February 2023 1st 1 Debut nbsp Panama Inter confederation play offs Group C winners 23 February 2023 1st 1 Debut On 2 May 2022 UEFA announced that Russia were removed from Women s World Cup qualification due to their country s invasion of Ukraine with all their earlier results considered null and void 3 Denmark therefore qualified for the Women s World Cup as no other teams could surpass them Qualification process EditAfter the number of teams qualifying for the Women s World Cup was increased a new slot allocation was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on 24 December 2020 The slots for the host nations Australia and New Zealand were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations the AFC and OFC respectively 4 Summary of qualification Edit Qualifying matches started in September 2021 and ended in February 2023 Matches have been played on dates within the FIFA International Match Calendar 5 Apart from the hosts Australia and New Zealand 207 of 209 remaining FIFA member associations could qualify through their own confederation s qualifying process if they choose to enter The exceptions were Chad and Pakistan whose football associations were suspended by FIFA 6 A third exception might have been Russia after initially receiving a four year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti Doping Agency WADA on 9 December 2019 after Russian Anti Doping Agency RUSADA was found non compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators 7 However the Russian women s team could still enter qualification The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS 8 which ruled in WADA s favour but reduced the ban to two years 9 The CAS ruling also allowed the name Russia to be displayed on uniforms if the words Neutral Athlete or Neutral Team have equal prominence 10 Had Russia qualified for the tournament its female players would have been able to use their country s name flag or anthem at the Women s World Cup unlike their male counterparts as the ban scheduled to expire on 16 December 2022 10 11 But earlier on 28 February FIFA and UEFA announced Russia s suspension from all competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine 12 On 2 May UEFA announced that Russia was no longer to continue participating in qualification that their prior results were nullified and that Group E continued with five teams 13 Confederation Tournament Direct slots Play off slots Teams started Teams eliminated Teams qualified Qualifying start date Qualifying end dateAFC 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup 5 1 2 27 a 20 5 1 17 September 2021 6 February 2022CAF 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations 4 2 43 37 4 18 October 2021 23 July 2022CONCACAF 2022 CONCACAF W Championship 4 2 32 26 4 16 February 2022 18 July 2022CONMEBOL 2022 Copa America Femenina 3 2 10 5 3 8 July 2022 30 July 2022OFC 2022 OFC Women s Nations Cup 0 1 1 9 8 0 1 13 July 2022 30 July 2022UEFA 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification UEFA 11 1 51 39 11 16 September 2021 11 October 2022Play offs Inter confederation play offs 3 10 7 3 18 February 2023 23 February 2023Total 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification 30 2 10 172 142 30 2 16 September 2021 23 February 2023 Australia took part in the Women s Asian Cup but already qualified for the Women s World Cup as co hosts Confederation qualification EditAFC Edit Main article 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup As in the previous World Cup cycle the AFC Women s Asian Cup served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for AFC members The World Cup qualifying process was as follows Qualifying stage The 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup qualification competition was held between 17 and 29 September and between 18 and 24 October 2021 Teams competed for qualification for the final tournament where they were joined by final tournament hosts India and the top three teams of the 2018 AFC Women s Asian Cup Japan Australia and China who qualified automatically Final tournament Twelve teams played in the 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup 14 which was held from 20 January to 6 February 2022 15 They were drawn into three groups of four teams The top two teams of each group along with the two best third placed teams advanced to the knockout stage The four semi finalists qualified for the World Cup The losers of the quarter finals except Australia who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts advanced to the play offs 16 North Korea withdrew on 29 July 2021 from the Women s Asian Cup qualifiers due to COVID 19 pandemic related safety concerns 17 followed by Turkmenistan on 6 August because of pandemic related travel restrictions 18 In a letter to the AFC published on 8 September Iraq decided not to take part 19 Afghanistan also withdrew from qualification later in September as the women s team s participation was uncertain due to the Taliban takeover of the country 20 21 During the Women s Asian Cup host team India was unable to play their second group stage match against Chinese Taipei due to having fewer than 13 players available with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID 19 They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition and all previous matches played by them were considered null and void and were not considered in determining the final group rankings 22 Knockout stage Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 30 January Navi Mumbai nbsp China3 3 February Pune nbsp Vietnam1 nbsp China p 2 4 30 January Navi Mumbai nbsp Japan2 3 nbsp Japan7 6 February Navi Mumbai nbsp Thailand0 nbsp China3 30 January Pune nbsp South Korea2 nbsp Australia0 3 February Pune nbsp South Korea1 nbsp South Korea2 30 January Pune nbsp Philippines0 nbsp Chinese Taipei1 3 nbsp Philippines p 1 4 Play offs Edit The format of the play off round depended on the performance of Australia who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts 23 Since Australia was eliminated in the quarter finals the play offs format was for the remaining three quarter final losers to play a single round robin play off The best team after three matches advanced to the World Cup and the remaining two teams entered the inter confederation play offs Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Vietnam 2 62 nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 33 nbsp Thailand 2 0Source AFC CAF Edit Main article 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations As in the previous World Cup cycle the Women s Africa Cup of Nations served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CAF members The World Cup qualifying process was as follows Qualifying stage 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations qualification competition was held between 18 and 26 October 2021 and between 14 and 23 February 2022 Teams competed for qualification for the final tournament where they were joined by final tournament hosts Morocco Final tournament Twelve teams played in the 2022 Women s Africa Cup of Nations which was held from 2 23 July 2022 They were drawn into three groups of four teams The top two teams of each group along with the two best third placed teams advanced to the knockout stage The four semi finalists qualified for the World Cup The losers of the quarter finals played a one match repechage with the winners advancing to the inter confederation play offs Knockout stage Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 13 July Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah nbsp Morocco2 18 July Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah nbsp Botswana1 nbsp Morocco p 1 5 14 July Casablanca nbsp Nigeria1 4 nbsp Cameroon0 23 July Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah nbsp Nigeria1 nbsp Morocco1 13 July Casablanca nbsp South Africa2 nbsp Zambia p 1 4 18 July Casablanca nbsp Senegal1 2 nbsp Zambia0 14 July Rabat Moulay Hassan nbsp South Africa1Third place nbsp South Africa1 22 July Casablanca nbsp Tunisia0 nbsp Nigeria0 nbsp Zambia1 Repechage 17 July Rabat Moulay Hassan nbsp Botswana0 nbsp Cameroon117 July Casablanca nbsp Senegal p 0 4 nbsp Tunisia0 2 CONCACAF Edit Main article 2022 CONCACAF W Championship As in the previous World Cup cycle the CONCACAF W Championship served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONCACAF members The World Cup qualifying process was as follows 24 Qualifying stage The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification competition was held in February 2022 Teams were drawn into six groups of five and played single round robin matches two home and two away The six group winners advanced to the final tournament to join the two highest ranked CONCACAF teams Canada and the United States who qualified automatically Final tournament Eight teams played in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship They were drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round robin matches The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage and qualified for the World Cup The third placed team in each group advanced to the inter confederation play offs Group stage Edit Group A Group BPos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp United States 3 92 nbsp Jamaica 3 63 nbsp Haiti 3 34 nbsp Mexico H 3 0Source CONCACAF H Hosts Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Canada 3 92 nbsp Costa Rica 3 63 nbsp Panama 3 34 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 3 0Source CONCACAFKnockout stage Edit Semi finalsFinal 14 July San Nicolas de los Garza nbsp United States3 18 July Guadalupe nbsp Costa Rica0 nbsp United States1 14 July San Nicolas de los Garza nbsp Canada0 nbsp Canada3 nbsp Jamaica0 Third place match 18 July Guadalupe nbsp Costa Rica0 nbsp Jamaica a e t 1CONMEBOL Edit Main article 2022 Copa America Femenina The Copa America Femenina was held from 8 30 July 2022 25 providing three direct qualifying places and two play off places for the Women s World Cup 4 The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage from which the winners of the semi final and third place matches qualified for the World Cup The loser of the third place match advanced to the inter confederation play offs The third placed teams from each group played a fifth place play off the winner of which also advanced to the inter confederation play offs Knockout stage Edit Semi finalsFinal 25 July Bucaramanga nbsp Colombia1 30 July Bucaramanga nbsp Argentina0 nbsp Colombia0 26 July Bucaramanga nbsp Brazil1 nbsp Brazil2 nbsp Paraguay0 Fifth place match 24 July Armenia nbsp Chile p 1 4 nbsp Venezuela1 2 Third place match 29 July Armenia nbsp Argentina3 nbsp Paraguay1 OFC Edit Main article 2022 OFC Women s Nations Cup The OFC Women s Nations Cup was held from 13 to 30 July with Fiji hosting the tournament 26 It was originally scheduled for July and August 2022 but was shifted to January and February 2022 to accommodate changes to the FIFA Women s International Match Calendar 27 It was subsequently pushed back to July due to the COVID 19 pandemic New Zealand did not take part as they had already qualified for the World Cup as co hosts and American Samoa opted not to participate due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic The remaining nine teams were ranked according to the 25 March world rankings and drawn into three groups on 10 May from which the top two teams in each group and the top two third place teams advanced to the knockout stage 28 Papua New Guinea advanced to the inter confederation play offs as tournament winners Knockout stage Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 23 July 2022 Suva nbsp Samoa4 27 July 2022 Suva nbsp New Caledonia2 nbsp Samoa0 23 July 2022 Suva nbsp Papua New Guinea3 nbsp Papua New Guinea p 3 3 30 July 2022 Suva nbsp Tonga3 2 nbsp Papua New Guinea2 24 July 2022 Suva nbsp Fiji1 nbsp Fiji2 27 July 2022 Suva nbsp Cook Islands0 nbsp Fiji3 24 July 2022 Suva nbsp Solomon Islands1Third place nbsp Tahiti0 30 July 2022 Suva nbsp Solomon Islands1 nbsp Samoa1 5 nbsp Solomon Islands p 1 6 UEFA Edit Main article 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification UEFA The World Cup qualifying process is as follows 29 Group stage 51 teams were drawn into nine groups of five or six teams where each group is played in a home and away round robin format The nine group winners qualify directly for the World Cup while the nine runners up advance to the play offs Play offs The nine teams played two knockout rounds of single leg matches with the best three runners up entering in the second round Among the three second round play off winners the two teams with the best combined records in the group stage 8 matches excluding the ones against sixth placed teams for those from groups with six teams and second round play offs 1 match qualified for the World Cup while the team with the lowest combined record group stage plus second play off round entered the inter confederation play offs Group stage Edit Group A Group B Group CPos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Sweden 8 222 nbsp Republic of Ireland 8 173 nbsp Finland 8 104 nbsp Slovakia 8 85 nbsp Georgia 8 0Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Spain 8 242 nbsp Scotland 8 163 nbsp Ukraine 8 104 nbsp Hungary 8 95 nbsp Faroe Islands 8 0Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Netherlands 8 202 nbsp Iceland 8 183 nbsp Czech Republic 8 114 nbsp Belarus 8 75 nbsp Cyprus 8 1Source UEFAGroup D Group E Group FPos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp England 10 302 nbsp Austria 10 223 nbsp Northern Ireland 10 194 nbsp Luxembourg 10 95 nbsp North Macedonia 10 66 nbsp Latvia 10 3Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Denmark 8 242 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 113 nbsp Montenegro 8 94 nbsp Azerbaijan 8 75 nbsp Malta 8 76 nbsp Russia 0 0Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Norway 10 282 nbsp Belgium 10 223 nbsp Poland 10 204 nbsp Albania 10 105 nbsp Kosovo 10 76 nbsp Armenia 10 0Source UEFAGroup G Group H Group IPos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Italy 10 272 nbsp Switzerland 10 253 nbsp Romania 10 194 nbsp Croatia 10 105 nbsp Lithuania 10 56 nbsp Moldova 10 1Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp Germany 10 272 nbsp Portugal 10 223 nbsp Serbia 10 214 nbsp Turkey 10 105 nbsp Israel 10 96 nbsp Bulgaria 10 0Source UEFA Pos Teamvte Pld Pts1 nbsp France 10 302 nbsp Wales 10 203 nbsp Slovenia 10 184 nbsp Greece 10 135 nbsp Estonia 10 66 nbsp Kazakhstan 10 0Source UEFAPlay offs Edit Round 1Round 2 6 October 2022 Vizela nbsp Portugal211 October 2022 Pacos de Ferreira nbsp Belgium1 nbsp Portugal a e t 4 nbsp Iceland16 October 2022 Glasgow nbsp Scotland a e t 111 October 2022 Glasgow nbsp Austria0 nbsp Scotland0 nbsp Republic of Ireland16 October 2022 Cardiff nbsp Wales a e t 111 October 2022 Zurich nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina0 nbsp Switzerland a e t 2 nbsp Wales1Ranking of play off winnersTo rank the three play off winners their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play offs were combined As some groups had five teams and others had six any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted also as not all teams played in both play off rounds results in round 1 of play offs were not counted either As a result nine matches played by each team eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play offs were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking The two higher placed winners qualified for the Women s World Cup and the lowest placed winner advanced to the inter confederation play offs 32 33 Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Switzerland 9 7 1 1 25 5 20 22 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup2 nbsp Republic of Ireland 9 6 2 1 27 4 23 203 nbsp Portugal 9 6 1 2 22 10 12 19 Inter confederation play offsSource UEFARules for classification Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group and in play offs round 2 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored 4 Away goals scored 5 Wins 6 Away wins 7 Lower disciplinary points total 8 UEFA national team coefficient ranking Inter confederation play offs EditMain article 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification inter confederation play offs The final three spots at the FIFA Women s World Cup were decided through a ten team play off tournament The tournament was used as a test event for New Zealand to host prior to the Women s World Cup In the play off draw four teams were seeded into groups based on the FIFA Women s World Rankings with a maximum of one seeded team per confederation Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group The winner of each group qualified for the FIFA Women s World Cup 4 Group A Edit Semi finalFinal 22 February 2023 Hamilton nbsp Portugal218 February 2023 Hamilton nbsp Cameroon1 nbsp Cameroon2 nbsp Thailand0Group B Edit Semi finalFinal 22 February 2023 Auckland nbsp Chile118 February 2023 Auckland nbsp Haiti2 nbsp Senegal0 nbsp Haiti4Group C Edit Semi finalsFinal 19 February 2023 Hamilton nbsp Chinese Taipei2 2 23 February 2023 Hamilton nbsp Paraguay p 2 4 nbsp Paraguay0 19 February 2023 Auckland nbsp Panama1 nbsp Papua New Guinea0 nbsp Panama2 Top goalscorers EditThere were 2143 goals scored in 505 matches for an average of 4 24 goals per match 17 goals nbsp Tessa Wullaert 15 goals nbsp Lea Schuller 14 goals nbsp Roselord Borgella 13 goals nbsp Nicole Billa nbsp Signe Bruun nbsp Beth Mead 12 goals nbsp Khadija Shaw 11 goals nbsp Yessenia Flores nbsp Amaiur Sarriegi 10 goals nbsp Tine De Caigny nbsp Ella Toone nbsp Ellen White nbsp Marie Antoinette Katoto 9 goals nbsp Fanni Vago nbsp Esther Gonzalez nbsp Coumba Sow 8 goals nbsp Bethany England nbsp Georgia Stanway nbsp Batcheba Louis nbsp Cristiana Girelli nbsp Vivianne Miedema nbsp Jovana Damnjanovic nbsp Lara Prasnikar nbsp Mariona Caldentey nbsp Ana Maria Crnogorcevic nbsp Phạm Hải Yến 7 goals nbsp Sam Kerr nbsp Lai Li chin nbsp Raquel Rodriguez nbsp Yeranis Lee nbsp Stine Larsen nbsp Lauren Hemp nbsp Arianna Caruso nbsp Valentina Giacinti nbsp Jill Roord nbsp Rachel Furness nbsp Nikola Karczewska nbsp Katie McCabe nbsp Linda Motlhalo nbsp Mariem Houij 6 goals nbsp Yamila Rodriguez nbsp Janice Cayman nbsp Aniella Uwimana nbsp Melchie Dumornay nbsp Trudi Carter nbsp Neddy Atieno nbsp Katty Martinez nbsp Lisa Marie Karlseng Utland nbsp Ewa Pajor nbsp Denise O Sullivan nbsp Nguenar Ndiaye nbsp Hildah Magaia nbsp Ji So yun nbsp Ramona Bachmann nbsp Kanyanat ChetthabutrReferences Edit Australia and New Zealand selected as co hosts of FIFA Women s World Cup 2023 FIFA com Federation Internationale de Football 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