The inter-confederation play-offs of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification tournament will be played in two phases in the international windows of November–December 2026 and February 2027 to determine the final three teams to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Format On 10 December 2024, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation and format of the play-off tournament. On 15 April 2026, FIFA published the play-off tournament regulations.

Preliminary phase: The preliminary phase of the inter-confederation play-offs will consist of six teams – two each from AFC and CAF, one from OFC, and the lower-ranked team from CONMEBOL according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking of 16 June 2026 – competing at a centralized venue in November–December 2026. The teams were drawn into three tiers to play a set of predetermined matches with teams from the same confederation barred from facing each other. The top two teams from this phase will advance to the final phase.

Final phase: The final phase of the inter-confederation play-offs will consist of six teams – two teams advancing from the preliminary phase and four teams who received a bye: two from CONCACAF and one from UEFA (based on the results of the 2023 play-offs), and the higher-ranked team from CONMEBOL (based on Brazil hosting the final tournament) – competing in single knockout matches to determine the final three qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. Teams will be ranked according to the most recent FIFA Women's World Ranking, the three highest-ranked teams will be seeded into pathways, and the other teams will be drawn against them. Teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn into the same pathway.

Qualified teams Confederation Qualified as Team Date qualified Ref. AFC 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup play-in losers 19 March 2026 CAF 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations play-in winners 13 August 2026 CONCACAF 2026 CONCACAF W Championship play-in winners TBD 2 December 2026 TBD CONMEBOL 2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League 3rd place 9 June 2026 2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League 4th place OFC 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup OFC qualifiers runners-up 15 April 2026 UEFA 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs lowest-ranked winners TBD December 2026

Preliminary phase

Draw The preliminary phase draw took place on 20 August 2026 at 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), in Zürich, Switzerland. Six teams were seeded into three pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 16 June 2026 (shown in parentheses), with the two highest-ranked teams placed in pot 1, the next two highest-ranked teams in pot 2 and the remaining two teams in pot 3. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn to play against each other. During the draw, the first team picked from pot 1 was assigned as team A1, followed by the second team as A2. The draw then continued by drawing all of the teams from pots 2 and 3. If a draw constraint prevented a team from being placed in its drawn position, it was placed in the next available position.

+ Draw result Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Tiebreakers During the preliminary phase, teams tied on standings points will be ranked using the following criteria:

If teams remain tied, then criteria a–c are reapplied only to those teams that remain tied. If teams still remain tied, then the following criteria are applied only to those teams that remain tied:

If teams are still tied, they will be ranked according to the most recent FIFA Women's World Ranking.

Summary

Matches

Final phase Teams participating in the final phase will be ranked according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking. The three highest-ranked teams from different confederations will be seeded into pathways, and the three remaining teams will be drawn as their opponents to play a single match. Teams from the same confederation cannot play against each other. If a match is level at the end of regulation, two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played. If a match is still level at the end of extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. The winner of each match will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

+ Draw table Seeded teams Unseeded teams

Summary

Matches

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup The following three teams will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil.

Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup TBD TBD TBD

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