2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	2017 – 2018
Teams	Maximum 210 (from 6 confederations)

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process will decide 23 of the 24 teams which will play in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the hosts France qualifying automatically.^[1]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in final	Consecutive streak	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
France	Hosts	19 March 2015	4th	3	Fourth place (2011)	3

Qualification process

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.^[2] The slots for each confederation are unchanged from that of the previous tournament except the slot for the hosts is moved from CONCACAF (Canada) to UEFA (France).^[3]

Summary of qualification

Qualifying matches are expected to take place in 2017 and 2018.

Besides the host France, all 210 remaining FIFA member associations are eligible to enter the qualifying process. However, as Equatorial Guinea have been banned from the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, they are also in effect banned from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[4]

Confederation	Tournament	Nations started	Nations still able to qualify	Slots	Qualification start	Qualification end
AFC	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Maximum 46	46	5	3 April 2017	22 April 2018
CAF	2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations	Maximum 53	53	3
CONCACAF	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship	Maximum 35	35	3.5
CONMEBOL	2018 Copa América Femenina	Maximum 10	10	2.5
OFC	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup	Maximum 11	11	1
UEFA	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)	Maximum 54+H	54	8+H	3 April 2017	13 November 2018
Total	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Maximum 209+H	209	23+H

• H: Hosts

Confederation qualification

AFC

As in the previous World Cup cycle, the AFC Women's Asian Cup will serve as the World Cup qualifying tournament for AFC members. The World Cup qualifying process will be as follows:^[5]

• Qualifying: The qualifying for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be held from 3 to 11 April 2017.^[6] The qualifying structure will be confirmed later by the AFC.
• Final tournament: A total of eight teams will play in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, which will be held from 7 to 22 April 2018 in Jordan.^[7][8] They will be drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as advance to the knockout stage, while the third-placed teams of each group will advance to the fifth-placed play-off, where the winner of the play-off will qualify for the World Cup.

CAF

UEFA

As in the previous World Cup cycle, UEFA will organise a tournament for its members designed only for World Cup qualifying. The World Cup qualifying process will be as follows:^[9]

• Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked teams according to their UEFA coefficient will enter the preliminary round (exact number to be confirmed based on the number of entries),^[10] which will be held from 3 to 11 April 2017. They will be drawn into groups of four teams, where each group will be played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The group winners, and potentially one or more best runners-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team), will advance to the qualifying group stage.
• Qualifying group stage: A total of 35 teams, including the highest-ranked teams which receive byes and the qualifiers from the preliminary round, will play in the qualifying group stage, which will be held on dates in the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar from 11 September 2017 to 4 September 2018. They will be drawn into seven groups of five teams, where each group will be played in home-and-away round-robin format. The seven group winners will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, while the four best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) will advance to the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The four teams will play two knockout rounds of home-and-away two-legged matches, which will be held from 1 to 9 October and 5 to 13 November 2018, where the winner of the second play-off round will qualify for the World Cup.

CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off

The inter-confederation play-off will be contested between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team and CONMEBOL's third-placed team. The winner will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

References and notes

1. "France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019". fifa.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2. "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
3. "FIFA leaves berths unchanged for 2019 Women's World Cup". The Big Story. Associated Press. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
4. "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.
5. "AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
6. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
7. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
8. "Jordan to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 finals". AFC. 4 September 2016.
9. "Regulations of the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2017-19" (PDF). UEFA.
10. "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking for FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying" (PDF). UEFA.

External links

• FIFA website