2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates3 April 2017 – 1 December 2018
Teams144 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played392
Goals scored1,562 (3.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jamaica Khadija Shaw (19 goals)
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The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process decided all 24 teams which played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the hosts France qualifying automatically.[1] It is the eighth FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament. The tournament is the third to be hosted in Europe, after the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.

Qualified teams[]

  Teams qualified for World Cup
  Teams failed to qualify for World Cup
  Teams expelled from the tournament by FIFA
  Teams did not enter qualification
Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals 		Last
appearance 		Consecutive
streak 		Previous best performance
 France Hosts 19 March 2015 4th 2015 3 Fourth place (2011)
 China PR 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup 3rd place 9 April 2018 7th 2015 2 Runners-up (1999)
 Thailand 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup 4th place 12 April 2018 2nd 2015 2 Group stage (2015)
 Australia 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup runners-up 13 April 2018 7th 2015 7 Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015)
 Japan 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup champions 13 April 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (2011)
 South Korea 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup 5th place 16 April 2018 3rd 2015 2 Round of 16 (2015)
 Brazil 2018 Copa América Femenina champions 19 April 2018 8th 2015 8 Runners-up (2007)
 Chile 2018 Copa América Femenina runners-up 22 April 2018 1st – 1 Debut
 Spain UEFA qualification Group 7 winners 8 June 2018 2nd 2015 2 Group stage (2015)
 Italy UEFA qualification Group 6 winners 8 June 2018 3rd 1999 1 Quarter-finals (1991)
 England UEFA qualification Group 1 winners 31 August 2018 5th 2015 4 Third place (2015)
 Scotland UEFA qualification Group 2 winners 4 September 2018 1st – 1 Debut
 Norway UEFA qualification Group 3 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (1995)
 Sweden UEFA qualification Group 4 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Runners-up (2003)
 Germany UEFA qualification Group 5 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (2003, 2007)
 Canada 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship runners-up 14 October 2018 7th 2015 7 Fourth place (2003)
 United States 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship champions 14 October 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (1991, 1999, 2015)
 Jamaica 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship 3rd place 17 October 2018 1st – 1 Debut
 Netherlands UEFA qualification play-off winners 13 November 2018 2nd 2015 2 Round of 16 (2015)
 Argentina CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners 13 November 2018 3rd 2007 1 Group stage (2003, 2007)
 Nigeria 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations champions 27 November 2018 8th 2015 8 Quarter-finals (1999)
 South Africa 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations runners-up 27 November 2018 1st – 1 Debut
 Cameroon 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations 3rd place 30 November 2018 2nd 2015 2 Round of 16 (2015)
 New Zealand 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup champions 1 December 2018 5th 2015 4 Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)

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 started on 3 April 2017, and ended on 1 December 2018.

Apart from the host France, 207 of the 210 remaining FIFA member associations could qualify through their own confederation's qualifying process if they choose to enter. The exceptions were Guatemala[4] and Kuwait,[5] whose football associations were suspended by FIFA, and Equatorial Guinea, which were banned from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] Guam, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, and Turks and Caicos Islands were initially drawn into qualifying stages but they withdrew from their qualifying tournaments.

More than 30 countries, mostly in Asia and Africa, did not enter qualification, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Egypt, which qualified teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Confederation Tournament Available slots Nations started Nations eliminated Nations qualified Qualification start Qualification end
AFC 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup 5 24 19 5 3 April 2017 20 April 2018
CAF 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations 3 24[1] 21 3 4 April 2018 1 December 2018
CONCACAF 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship 3.5 28[2] 25 3 5 May 2018 17 October 2018[3]
CONMEBOL 2018 Copa América Femenina 2.5 10 7 3 4 April 2018 22 April 2018[3]
OFC 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup 1 11 10 1 24 August 2018 1 December 2018
UEFA 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) 8+H 46+H 38 8+H 6 April 2017 13 November 2018
Total 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 23+H 143+H 120 23+H 3 April 2017 1 December 2018
1 25 teams participate in the CAF qualification, however Equatorial Guinea cannot qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Cup of Nations.
2 Although 30 teams participated in the CONCACAF qualification, Guadeloupe and Martinique are not FIFA members and thus were ineligible to qualify for the World Cup.
3 A team each from CONCACAF (Panama) and CONMEBOL (Argentina) competed in a play-off on 8 and 13 November 2018 for a place in the World Cup.
  • H: Hosts

Confederation qualification[]

AFC[]

Main article: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup

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:[8]

  • Qualifying stage: The qualifying for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 3 to 12 April 2017.[9] 24 teams entered the competition, with Japan, Australia, and China automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and thus not participating in the qualifying competition. Jordan also automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.[10] The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams and three groups of five teams. In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue, and the four group winners qualified for the final tournament. Since Jordan won their group, the runner-up of this group also qualified for the final tournament.
  • Final tournament: Eight teams played in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, which was held from 6 to 20 April 2018 in Jordan.[11][12] They were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as advance to the knockout stage, while the third-placed teams of each group advanced to the fifth-placed play-off, where the winner of the play-off qualified for the World Cup.

Group stage[]

Group A Group B
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  China PR 3 9
2  Thailand 3 6
3  Philippines 3 3
4  Jordan (H) 3 0
Source: AFC
(H) Host
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Australia 3 5
2  Japan 3 5
3  South Korea 3 5
4  Vietnam 3 0
Source: AFC

Fifth place play-off[]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Philippines  0–5  South Korea

CAF[]

Main article: 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations

As in the previous World Cup cycle, the Africa Women Cup of Nations served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:

  • Qualifying stage: The qualifying for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations was held from 4 April to 9 June 2018. 24 teams entered the qualifying competition, with four teams (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa) earning byes to the second round, and the remaining 20 teams entering the first round. Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament to join the hosts Ghana who qualified automatically.[13]
  • Final tournament: Eight teams played in the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, which was held from 17 November to 1 December 2018 in Ghana.[14][15] They were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, where the winners of the semi-finals and the third place play-off qualified for the World Cup.

FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, meaning they could not qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Women Cup of Nations.[6]

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 November – Accra
 
 
 Cameroon0 (2)
 
1 December – Accra
 
 Nigeria (p)0 (4)
 
 Nigeria (p)0 (4)
 
27 November – Cape Coast
 
 South Africa0 (3)
 
 South Africa2
 
 
 Mali0
 
Third place match
 
 
30 November – Cape Coast
 
 
 Cameroon4
 
 
 Mali2

CONCACAF[]

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

As in the previous World Cup cycle, the CONCACAF Women's Championship served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONCACAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:

Guadeloupe and Martinique entered Caribbean qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. However, as they are not FIFA members, they were ineligible to qualify for the World Cup.

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 October – Frisco
 
 
 Panama0
 
17 October – Frisco
 
 Canada7
 
 Canada0
 
14 October – Frisco
 
 United States2
 
 United States6
 
 
 Jamaica0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
17 October – Frisco
 
 
 Panama2 (2)
 
 
 Jamaica (p)2 (4)

CONMEBOL[]

Main article: 2018 Copa América Femenina

As in the previous World Cup cycle, the Copa América Femenina served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONMEBOL members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:

  • Final tournament: Ten teams played in the 2018 Copa América Femenina, which was held between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.[17][18] They were drawn into two groups of five teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round-robin final stage, where the top two teams qualified for the World Cup. The third-placed team entered the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

Final stage[]

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Brazil 3 9
2  Chile 3 4
3  Argentina 3 3
4  Colombia 3 1
Source: CONMEBOL

OFC[]

Main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

As in the previous World Cup cycle, the OFC Women's Nations Cup served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for OFC members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:

  • Qualifying stage: The four lowest-ranked teams based on previous regional performances of all women’s national teams (American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji) entered the qualifying stage, which was held from 24 to 30 August 2018 in Fiji.[19] The winner qualified for the final tournament, joining the other seven teams which automatically qualified.
  • Final tournament: Eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held between 18 November to 1 December 2018 in New Caledonia.[19] They were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the winner of the OFC Women's Nations Cup which qualified for the World Cup.

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November –
 
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 Fiji5
 
 Fiji0
 
28 November –
 
 New Zealand8
 
 New Zealand8
 
 
 New Caledonia0
 
Third place match
 
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
 
 New Caledonia1

UEFA[]

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

As in the previous World Cup cycle, UEFA organised a tournament for its members designed only for World Cup qualifying. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows:[20]

  • Preliminary round: The 16 lowest-ranked teams of the 46 entrants according to their UEFA coefficient entered the preliminary round,[21] which was held from 3 to 11 April 2017. They were drawn into four groups of four teams, where each group played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The four group winners and the best runner-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team) advanced to the qualifying group stage.
  • Qualifying group stage: 35 teams, including the 30 highest-ranked teams which received byes and the five qualifiers from the preliminary round, played in the qualifying group stage, which was held on dates in the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar from 11 September 2017 to 4 September 2018. They were drawn into seven groups of five teams, where each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The seven group winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, while the four best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The four teams played two knockout rounds of home-and-away two-legged matches, which were held from 1 to 9 October and 5 to 13 November 2018, where the winner of the play-off final round qualified for the World Cup.

Qualifying group stage[]

  Qualification to 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Advance to play-offs
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  England 8 22
2  Wales 8 17
3  Russia 8 13
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3
5  Kazakhstan 8 3
Source: UEFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Scotland 8 21
2   Switzerland 8 19
3  Poland 8 11
4  Albania 8 4
5  Belarus 8 3
Source: UEFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Norway 8 21
2  Netherlands 8 19
3  Republic of Ireland 8 13
4  Northern Ireland 8 3
5  Slovakia 8 3
Source: UEFA
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Sweden 8 21
2  Denmark 8 16
3  Ukraine 8 13
4  Hungary 8 4
5  Croatia 8 3
Source: UEFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Germany 8 21
2  Iceland 8 17
3  Czech Republic 8 14
4  Slovenia 8 6
5  Faroe Islands 8 0
Source: UEFA
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Italy 8 21
2  Belgium 8 19
3  Portugal 8 11
4  Romania 8 5
5  Moldova 8 1
Source: UEFA
Group 7
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Spain 8 24
2  Austria 8 16
3  Finland 8 10
4  Serbia 8 7
5  Israel 8 1
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams (only results against first, third and fourth-placed teams taken into account)

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 3  Netherlands 6 4 1 1 16 2 +14 13 Play-offs
2 2   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13
3 6  Belgium 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13
4 4  Denmark 6 4 0 2 17 7 +10 12
5 5  Iceland 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
6 1  Wales 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
7 7  Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coefficient.

Play-offs[]

The play-off final winner qualifies for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

  Play-off semi-finals Play-off final
                         
 Netherlands 2 2 4  
 Denmark 0 1 1  
     Netherlands 3 1 4
    Switzerland 0 1 1
 Belgium 2 1 3
  Switzerland (a) 2 1 3  

CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off[]

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off)

The inter-confederation play-off was contested between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team Panama and CONMEBOL's third-placed team Argentina. The winners qualified for the World Cup.

The draw for the order of legs was held on 9 June 2018 in Zürich during a meeting between the secretary generals of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. Argentina were drawn to host the first leg, while Panama (the identity of the team from CONCACAF was not known at time of draw) were drawn to host the second leg.[24]

The matches took place on 8 and 13 November 2018,[25][26][27] during the women's international match calendar period.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Argentina  5–1  Panama 4–0 1–1

Top goalscorers[]

There were 1562 goals scored in 392 matches, for an average of 3.98 goals per match.

19 goals

14 goals

  • Jordan Maysa Jbarah

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

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