Football at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
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Sixteen teams are scheduled to compete in the women's football tournament at the 2028 Summer Olympics. Fifteen women's national teams from six confederations will qualify to join the United States, who qualified as the host nation.[1]
Table
In April 2025, the IOC Executive Board approved FIFA's suggestion that the women's tournament be expanded to 16 teams.[2] In December 2025, the FIFA Council approved the final allocation of berths,[3] although CONMEBOL had already completed qualification.
| Means of qualification | Dates[a] | Venue(s)[a] | Berth(s) | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | N/a | N/a | 1 |  United States |
| 2028 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 19 April 2027 – 4 March 2028 | Multiple | 2 |  |
| 2028 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 4 June 2026 – 4 December 2027 | Multiple | 2 | |
| 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | 27 November – 5 December 2026 | United States |
3 | |
| 2025 Copa América Femenina | 11 July – 2 August 2025 |  Ecuador |
2 |  Brazil Colombia |
| 2028 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament | TBD | TBD | 1 | |
| 2027 UEFA Women's Nations League[4] | 25 February – 15 June 2027 | Multiple | 4 | |
| AFC–CONMEBOL play-off | 2028 | TBD | 1 | |
| Total | 16 |
- Notes
- Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments); various qualification stages may precede these matches.
Confederation qualification
AFC
The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup quarter-finalists will be drawn into two groups of four teams with each group playing a league format. The two group winners will qualify for the Olympics,[5] and two teams will play home-and-away to determine who will advance AFC–CONMEBOL play-off.
CAF
Thirty-five nations will compete in five rounds of two-legged ties to determine the two CAF qualifiers:
- First round – The six lowest-ranked teams competed June 2026 to determine who would face the three highest-ranked teams in the second round.
- Second round – Thirty-two teams will compete October 2026 to advance to the third round.
- Third round – Sixteen teams will compete February–March 2027 to advance to the fourth round.
- Fourth round – Eight teams will compete October 2027 to advance to the fifth round.
- Fifth round – Four teams will compete November–December 2027 to qualify for the Olympics.
Most recent stage (First round)
Next stage (Second round)
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunisia  | Matches 7/8 |  Senegal | 0–1 | 13 Oct |
Benin  | Matches 9/10 |  Mali | 3–1 | 13 Oct |
Congo  | w/o |  Morocco | — | — |
Comoros  | Matches 13/14 |  Nigeria | 9 Oct | 13 Oct |
Guinea  | w/o |  Cameroon | — | — |
DR Congo  | Matches 17/18 |  Ivory Coast | 9 Oct | 13 Oct |
Central African Republic  | Matches 19/20 |  Algeria | 9 Oct | 13 Oct |
Burkina Faso  | Matches 21/22 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3–1 | 13 Oct |
Rwanda  | Matches 23/24 |  Ethiopia | 0–1 | 13 Oct |
Botswana  | Matches 25/26 |  Tanzania | 9 Oct | 13 Oct |
Angola  | Matches 27/28 |  Namibia | 9 Oct | 12 Oct |
Madagascar  | Matches 29/30 |  South Africa | 0–4 | 13 Oct |
Seychelles  | Matches 31/32 |  Kenya | 0–11 | 12 Oct |
Malawi  | Matches 33/34 |  Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 13 Oct |
Uganda  | Matches 35/36 |  Zambia | 2–1 | 13 Oct |
Mauritius  | Matches 37/38 |  Ghana | 0–3 | 13 Oct |
CONCACAF
The top three teams of the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship tournament — the two finalists plus the winner of the third-place match — will qualify for the Olympics. (This follows a revision on 17 December 2025 of FIFA's earlier allocation of Olympic slots.[6]) In addition the United States, as the Olympic host, is automatically qualified, so that four CONCACAF teams will qualify in all. Should the United States reach the semi-finals, then the three other semi-finalists will qualify for the Olympics.[7]
Most recent stage (qualification)
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Next stage (CONCACAF W Championship)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 27 November 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||
| 1 December 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
 El Salvador | ||||||||||
| 27 November 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
 Jamaica | ||||||||||
| 5 December 2026 – Houston | ||||||||||
 Costa Rica | ||||||||||
| 28 November 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
 Canada | ||||||||||
| 1 December 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
 Panama | ||||||||||
| 28 November 2026 – Mansfield | ||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||
 Mexico | ||||||||||
| 5 December 2026 – Houston | ||||||||||
 Haiti | ||||||||||
CONMEBOL
The finalists of the 2025 Copa América Femenina, Brazil and Colombia, qualified for the Olympics before FIFA had announced slot allocation. In December 2025, FIFA announced that one team each from AFC and CONMEBOL would compete in a playoff for the last slot.[3]
Group stage
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 July – Quito (RPD) | ||||||
 Argentina | 0 (4) | |||||
| 2 August – Quito (RPD) | ||||||
| Colombia (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Colombia | 4 (4) | |||||
| 29 July – Quito (RPD) | ||||||
| Brazil (p) | 4 (5) | |||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||
 Uruguay | 1 | |||||
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OFC
As in previous Olympic tournaments, OFC was allocated one slot. The qualification format has not been announced as of May 2026.
UEFA
On 17 December 2025, UEFA was allocated four slots for the 2028 Olympics.[6] On 15 September 2026, UEFA confirmed the four highest-ranked League A teams following the league stage who are eligible for the Olympics would qualify.[4]
AFC–CONMEBOL play-off
One team from AFC and Argentina, as third-place team in the 2025 Copa América Femenina, will meet to determine the final Olympic qualifier.[3] As of February 2026, no further details have been provided.