2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (OFC)
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 November 2025 – 15 April 2026 |
| Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 58 (3.22 per match) |
| Attendance | 10,532 (585 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Kelli Brown(5 goals) |
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The Oceanian section of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process began on 28 November 2025 and completed on 15 April 2026, with the winner qualifying for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the runner-up advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1]
OFC announced the tournament format on 8 August 2025:[1][2][3]
- First round: The four lowest-ranked teams participated in a single-leg knockout round with match day 1 on 28 November 2025, and the winners of those matches facing each other on 1 December 2025. The first round winner advanced to the second round.
- Second round: The first round winner joined the seven-highest ranked teams to be split into two groups of four teams each to play single round-robin matches during the international window of 27 February – 5 March 2026. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the third round.
- Third round: The second round group winners and runners-up participated in a single-leg knockout round 11–15 April 2026. The winners qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runners-up advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Teams
Teams were ranked according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking released on 7 August 2025:[4]
| Bye to second round[A] | Entering first round[A] |
|---|---|
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Second round draw
The draw for the second round took place on 15 August 2025 at 15:00 NZST.[1] Teams were first drawn from Pot 3 and placed in positions A4 and B4, respectively. Teams were then drawn from Pot 2 and assigned to positions A3, B3, A2, and B2, respectively, followed by the teams from Pot 1 being placed in positions A1 and B1, respectively.[5]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows:
| Round | Matchday | Date | Venue(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Matchday 1 | 28 November 2025 |  Cook Islands |
| Matchday 2 | 1 December 2025 | ||
| Second round | Matchday 3 | 27 February 2026 |  Solomon Islands and  Fiji |
| Matchday 4 | 2 March 2025 | ||
| Matchday 5 | 5 March 2026 | ||
| Third round | Semi-finals | 11 April 2026 | New Zealand |
| Final | 15 April 2026 |
First round
The four lowest-ranked teams competed to advance to the second round. All matches were held in Avarua.[1]
Bracket
| Matchday 1 | Matchday 2 | |||||
| 28 November 2025 – Matavera | ||||||
 Tonga | 0 | |||||
| 1 December 2025 – Matavera | ||||||
 American Samoa | 3 | |||||
| American Samoa | 4 | |||||
| 28 November 2025 – Matavera | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||
 Tahiti | 0 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 1 | |||||
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
The winner advanced to the second round.
| American Samoa | 4–0 | Cook Islands |
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Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Second round
Third round
The second round group winners and runners-up competed in a single-leg knockout round in New Zealand to determine the team qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Oceanian representative to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1] The semi-finals were played at FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton on 11 April, and the final was played at North Harbour Stadium, Auckland on 15 April.[9][10]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 11 April 2026 | ||||||
 Papua New Guinea | 1 | |||||
| 15 April 2026 | ||||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||
| 11 April 2026 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
The winner qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runner-up advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.