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The 2023 Women’s World Cup is quickly approaching. Co-hosted by nước australia and New Zealand, the tournament will feature 32 teams for the first time, eight more than the previous high. Let’s take a closer look at what countries have qualified for the Women"s World Cup.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be the first FIFA tournament (men’s or women’s) hosted by nations from two different confederations và the second World Cup lớn be co-hosted after the 2002 men’s World Cup in nhật bản and South Korea. Nước australia belongs to lớn the Asian Football Confederation while New Zealand is a thành viên of the Oceania Football Confederation. Nước australia left the OFC for the AFC in 2006.
The Women’s World Cup has steadily increased the number of teams participating, growing from 12 in 1991 and 1995 khổng lồ 16 from 1999 lớn 2011 & 24 teams the last two editions. More teams than ever have a chance lớn reach the Women’s World Cup, making this qualifying campaign one of the most fascinating yet.
Qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup began in September 2021 và will run all the way khổng lồ February 2023, four months before the tournament begins. Nước australia and New Zealand were given automatic berths as co-hosts, leaving 30 spots up for grabs.
Here is a danh sách showing what countries have qualified for the Women"s World Cup. Below we’ll explain the qualifying processes for each confederation.
What Countries Have Qualified For The Women"s World Cup 2023?
AustraliaNew ZealandJapanSouth KoreaChinaPhilippinesVietnamSwedenSpainFranceDenmarkUnited StatesCanadaCosta RicaJamaicaZambiaMoroccoNigeriaSouth AfricaColombiaBrazilArgentinaNorwayGermanyEnglandItalyNetherlandsIrelandSwitzerlandHere’s how the 32 World Cup berths are divided by confederation. FIFA created a 10-team playoff for the final three berths, with matches lớn be played Feb. 17-23, 2023, in New Zealand and Australia.
2023 Women’s World Cup Berths By Confederation
AFC (Asia)
Direct Berths: 5+1 Playoff Spots: 2 Nations Competing: 27
CAF (Africa)
Direct Berths: 4 Playoff Spots: 2 Nations Competing: 32
Concacaf (North, Central America, Caribbean)
Direct Berths: 4 Playoff Spots: 2 Nations Competing: 32
CONMEBOL (South America)
Direct Berths: 3 Playoff Spots: 2 Nations Competing: 10
OFC (Oceania)
Direct Berths: 0+1 Playoff Spots: 1 Nations Competing: 10
UEFA (Europe)
Direct Berths: 11 Playoff Spots: 1 Nations Competing: 51
Intercontinental Playoffs
Keep reading for a guide on what countries have qualified for the Women"s World Cup 2023. Photo: Getty Images
Now we’ll look at how each confederation conducts qualifying before explaining the inter-confederation playoffs.
What Countries Have Qualified For The Women"s World Cup By Confederation?
AFC (Asia)
Qualified (6 total): nước australia (automatic bid), China, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam In Playoffs (2): Chinese Taipei, Thailand
Asian World Cup qualifying played out during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 from Jan. 20-Feb. 6, 2022. With five Women’s World Cup berths lớn give out, the đứng top five finishers in the tournament received berths. For the vị trí cao nhất four teams, this was as simple as the four semifinalists: China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines, the latter of which qualified for its first-ever World Cup, men’s or women’s.
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After that, the four remaining quarterfinalists were in the running for the fifth berth. Because australia was knocked out in the quarterfinals và already qualified as host, the other three quarterfinalists — Vietnam, vương quốc nụ cười and Chinese Taipei — played a round-robin group stage. Vietnam won lớn qualify for its first Women’s World Cup. Vương quốc của nụ cười and Chinese Taipei advanced to the intercontinental playoffs.
CAF (Africa)
Qualified (4): Zambia, Morocco, Nigeria, South AfricaIn Playoffs (2): Senegal, Cameroon
The 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations from July 2-23 in Morocco determined the Women’s World Cup entrants from Africa.
The 12 qualified teams competed for four direct berths to the 2023 WWC (the semifinalists), while two more earned places in the intercontinental playoffs.
Concacaf (North, Central America, Caribbean)
Qualified (4): United States, Costa Rica, Canada, JamaicaIn Playoffs (2): Haiti, Panama
The Concacaf W Championship scheduled for July 4-18, 2022, in Monterrey, Mexico, served as qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Eight teams divided in khổng lồ two groups, with the đứng top two teams advancing lớn the semifinals & qualifying for the Women’s World Cup. The two third-place finishers earned a place in the intercontinental playoffs.
Additionally, the winner of the Concacaf W Championship (the U.S.) qualified for the 2024 Olympics. The second- & third-place finishers (Canada and Jamaica) will play in a Concacaf Olympic playoff in September 2023 khổng lồ determine Concacaf’s second Olympic qualifier.
The two-time reigning champion USWNT qualified for the World Cup after two matches at the tournament, joined by Canada, Jamaica & Costa Rica at the World Cup. Haiti and Panama advanced lớn the intercontinental playoff. Mexico missed out on a second straight World Cup.
Step One: ☑️
WE’VE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2023
FIFAWWC!!!! pic.twitter.com/jUSgovQcrx
USWNT) July 8, 2022
CONMEBOL (South America)
Qualified (3): Colombia, Brazil, ArgentinaIn Playoffs (2): Chile, Paraguay
The 2022 Copa América Femenina served as Women’s World Cup qualifying for CONMEBOL. The tournament was played in Colombia from July 8-30, 2022.
The 10 nations divided into two groups of five, with the đứng đầu two in each group advancing to lớn semifinals & the two third-place teams advancing to lớn a fifth-place playoff for one of the two berths into the intercontinental playoffs. The two teams that reached the final (Brazil, Colombia) received a direct berth to lớn the WWC in addition to the nation that won the third-place match (Argentina). The loser of the third-place match (Paraguay) qualified for the inter-confederation playoffs.
OFC (Oceania)
Qualified (1): New Zealand (automatic) In Playoffs (1): Papua New Guinea
The 2022 OFC Women’s Nations Cup will determine OFC’s singular qualifying berth, a place in the intercontinental playoffs. The tournament will be played in Fiji from July 13-30, 2022.
The winner of the 10-team tournament (Papua New Guinea) received a place in the playoffs. Defending champion New Zealand did not compete in the tournament as it qualified as co-host.
UEFA (Europe)
Qualified (11): Sweden, Spain, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, England, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, IrelandIn Intercontinental Playoffs (1): Portugal
UEFA is the only confederation lớn hold an actual qualifying chiến dịch for the World Cup, lượt thích most confederations vị for the men, as opposed to lớn using a tournament khổng lồ decide the qualifiers. The 51 nations competing were divided into nine groups of five or six. The winners of each group qualify directly for the World Cup.
Sweden, Spain and France were the first to lớn clinch first place in their groups and a trip to Australia/New Zealand.
What a night in Europe! Three more places have been secured at the #FIFAWWC 2023!
Congratulations khổng lồ
SvenskFotboll,
SeFutbolFem and
EquipedefranceF! pic.twitter.com/XDInH0jt4d
— FIFA Women"s World Cup (
FIFAWWC) April 12, 2022
The nine second-place finishers in the group stage advance to lớn a UEFA playoff lớn determine the final two direct berths khổng lồ the World Cup, plus a final place in the intercontinental playoff. In the UEFA playoff, Switzerland & Ireland qualified for the tournament while Portugal took the intercontinental playoff spot.
In February 2022, FIFA suspended Russia for the country’s invasion of Ukraine and disqualified the women’s national team from the 2022 Euros và 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Intercontinental Playoffs
Qualified (3): thái bình dương In Playoffs (10): Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Haiti, Panama, Senegal, Cameroon, Chile, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Portugal
The intercontinental playoffs will provide an entertaining build-up to lớn the 2023 Women’s World Cup with 10 teams competing from six confederations. Australia and New Zealand will host the matches from Feb. 17-23, 2023.
The 10 teams will be seeded based on FIFA ranking, with a maximum of one seeded team per confederation. Group 1 & Group 2 will consist of three teams while Group 3 will include four teams. The vị trí cao nhất two seeded teams go into Groups 1 and 2 & receive a bye in the first round while the third và fourth seeded teams in Group 3 will face unseeded teams in the first round. The winners of the three groups will qualify for the Women’s World Cup.
Additionally, the losers of the first-round matches in Group 1 and 2 will play friendlies against nước australia and New Zealand while there will be a third-place friendly in Group 3 to lớn ensure all participating teams play two matches.
We’ll know exactly what countries have qualified for the Women"s World Cup by the kết thúc of the intercontinental playoffs on Feb. 23. The Women’s World Cup draw will divide the 32 teams into four groups of eight, with the đứng top two teams in each group advancing to lớn single-elimination knockout rounds until a champion is declared.
Matches will be played in six stadiums across five cities in australia and four cities và venues in New Zealand. The final will be played on Aug. 20, 2023, at Stadium australia in Sydney.
