2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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,^[16] which was held from 20 January to 6 February 2022.^[17] 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.^[18]

North Korea withdrew on 29 July 2021 from the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers due to COVID-19 pandemic-related safety concerns,^[19] followed by Turkmenistan on 6 August because of pandemic-related travel restrictions.^[20] In a letter to the AFC published on 8 September, Iraq decided not to take part.^[21] 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.^[22][23]

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 They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and were not considered in determining the final group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.^[24]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 January – Navi Mumbai
	China	3
					3 February – Pune
	Vietnam	1
					China (p)	2 (4)
	30 January – Navi Mumbai
					Japan	2 (3)
	Japan	7
									6 February – Navi Mumbai
	Thailand	0
									China	3
	30 January – Pune
									South Korea	2
	Australia	0
					3 February – Pune
	South Korea	1
					South Korea	2
	30 January – Pune
					Philippines	0
	Chinese Taipei	1 (3)
	Philippines (p)	1 (4)

The format of the play-off round depended on the performance of Australia, who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts.^[25] 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	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Vietnam	2	6
2	Chinese Taipei	2	3
3	Thailand	2	0

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.

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	13 July – Rabat (Moulay Abdellah)
	Morocco	2
					18 July – Rabat (Moulay Abdellah)
	Botswana	1
					Morocco (p)	1 (5)
	14 July – Casablanca
					Nigeria	1 (4)
	Cameroon	0
									23 July – Rabat (Moulay Abdellah)
	Nigeria	1
									Morocco	1
	13 July – Casablanca
									South Africa	2
	Zambia (p)	1 (4)
					18 July – Casablanca
	Senegal	1 (2)
					Zambia	0
	14 July – Rabat (Moulay Hassan)
					South Africa	1			Third place
	South Africa	1
									22 July – Casablanca
	Tunisia	0
									Nigeria	0
									Zambia	1

					Repechage
					17 July – Rabat (Moulay Hassan)
					Botswana	0
					Cameroon	1
					17 July – Casablanca
					Senegal (p)	0 (4)
					Tunisia	0 (2)

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:^[26]

• 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 A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States 3 9 2  Jamaica 3 6 3  Haiti 3 3 4  Mexico (H) 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Canada 3 9 2  Costa Rica 3 6 3  Panama 3 3 4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 Source: CONCACAF

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
	United States	3
					18 July – Guadalupe
	Costa Rica	0
					United States	1
	14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
					Canada	0
	Canada	3
	Jamaica	0
					Third place match
					18 July – Guadalupe
					Costa Rica	0
					Jamaica (a.e.t.)	1

The Copa América Femenina was held from 8–30 July 2022,^[27] providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women's World Cup.^[5] 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.

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 July – Bucaramanga
	Colombia	1
					30 July – Bucaramanga
	Argentina	0
					Colombia	0
	26 July – Bucaramanga
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	2
	Paraguay	0

Fifth place match         24 July – Armenia      Chile (p) 1 (4)      Venezuela 1 (2)

Third place match         29 July – Armenia      Argentina 3      Paraguay 1

The OFC Women's Nations Cup was held from 13 to 30 July, with Fiji hosting the tournament.^[28] 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.^[29] 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.^[30] Papua New Guinea advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs as tournament winners.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 July 2022 – Suva
	Samoa	4
					27 July 2022 – Suva
	New Caledonia	2
					Samoa	0
	23 July 2022 – Suva
					Papua New Guinea	3
	Papua New Guinea (p)	3 (3)
									30 July 2022 – Suva
	Tonga	3 (2)
									Papua New Guinea	2
	24 July 2022 – Suva
									Fiji	1
	Fiji	2
					27 July 2022 – Suva
	Cook Islands	0
					Fiji	3
	24 July 2022 – Suva
					Solomon Islands	1			Third place
	Tahiti	0
									30 July 2022 – Suva
	Solomon Islands	1
									Samoa	1 (5)
									Solomon Islands (p)	1 (6)

The World Cup qualifying process was played in two stages:^[31]

• Group stage: 51 teams were drawn into nine groups of five or six teams, where each group played a home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualified directly for the World Cup, while the nine runners-up advanced 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 A	Group B	Group C
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Sweden 8 22 2  Republic of Ireland 8 17 3  Finland 8 10 4  Slovakia 8 8 5  Georgia 8 0 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Spain 8 24 2  Scotland 8 16 3  Ukraine 8 10 4  Hungary 8 9 5  Faroe Islands 8 0 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Netherlands 8 20 2  Iceland 8 18 3  Czech Republic 8 11 4  Belarus 8 7 5  Cyprus 8 1 Source: UEFA
Group D	Group E	Group F
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  England 10 30 2  Austria 10 22 3  Northern Ireland 10 19 4  Luxembourg 10 9 5  North Macedonia 10 6 6  Latvia 10 3 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Denmark 8 24 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 11 3  Montenegro 8 9 4  Azerbaijan 8 7 5  Malta 8 7 6  Russia 0 0 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Norway 10 28 2  Belgium 10 22 3  Poland 10 20 4  Albania 10 10 5  Kosovo 10 7 6  Armenia 10 0 Source: UEFA
Group G	Group H	Group I
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Italy 10 27 2  Switzerland 10 25 3  Romania 10 19 4  Croatia 10 10 5  Lithuania 10 5 6  Moldova 10 1 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Germany 10 27 2  Portugal 10 22 3  Serbia 10 21 4  Turkey 10 10 5  Israel 10 9 6  Bulgaria 10 0 Source: UEFA	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  France 10 30 2  Wales 10 20 3  Slovenia 10 18 4  Greece 10 13 5  Estonia 10 6 6  Kazakhstan 10 0 Source: UEFA

Round 1

Round 2

6 October 2022 – Vizela

Portugal

2

11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira

Belgium

1

Portugal (a.e.t.)

4

Iceland

1

6 October 2022 – Glasgow

Scotland (a.e.t.)

1

11 October 2022 – Glasgow

Austria

0

Scotland

0

Republic of Ireland

1

6 October 2022 – Cardiff

Wales (a.e.t.)

1

11 October 2022 – Zürich

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

Switzerland (a.e.t.)

2

Wales

1

Ranking of play-off winners 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]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	9	7	1	1	25	5	+20	22	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Republic of Ireland	9	6	2	1	27	4	+23	20
3	Portugal	9	6	1	2	22	10	+12	19	Inter-confederation play-offs