Dates
The Concacaf W Championship 2026, which will be used as the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ Concacaf qualifiers, will take place in November – December 2026.
Participating nations (8)
Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and USA.
How qualifying works
The Concacaf W Championship will again be used as the qualification tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The final phase will start straight with the quarter-finals stage.
All four semi-finalists will qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. The losing quarter-finalists will take part in play-off matches to determine the two teams who will participate in the FIFA Play-Off Tournament.
FIFA Play-Off Tournament
Ten nations will qualify for the FIFA Play-Off Tournament, two from each of the AFC, CAF, Concacaf and CONMEBOL and one each from the OFC and UEFA.
The first phase of the play-off tournament will take place in November and December 2026 in a centralised venue featuring six teams ranked based on the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking prior to the play-off draw.
The top two teams will qualify for the final play-off phase to be played in a centralised location in February 2027, in which they will be joined by two teams from Concacaf, one from CONMEBOL and one from UEFA. The six teams will be drawn into three paths, with a direct knockout match to determine the final three teams qualifying for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. Teams from the same confederation will not be permitted to be drawn in the same pathway.
Concacaf nations qualified for the Women’s World Cup 2027
None for the moment.
Concacaf nations qualified for the FIFA Play-Off Tournament
None for the moment.
Concacaf W Championship 2026
The schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be announced at a later stage.
FIFA Women’s World Cup appearances
9 – USA (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
8 – Canada (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
3 – Mexico (1999, 2011, 2015)
2 – Costa Rica (2015, 2023)
2 – Jamaica (2019, 2023)
1 – Haiti (2023)
1 – Panama (2023)
