FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Which teams have qualified for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand?
Th 2023 Women’s World Cup is fast approaching with more teams than ever before set to compete.
The ninth edition of the tournament will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand with a record-high 64 matches to be played across 10 different stadiums.
Teams across the globe have booked their tickets, with Asia, Europe, and North America all confirming places at the tournament.
The Sporting News brings you the latest information on who has qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, as the USA looks to defend its titles from the last two events. Canada, defending Olympic champions, have also qualified for the tournament.
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How many teams are in the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
In 2019, FIFA unanimously voted to expand the Women’s World Cup from 24 to 32 teams from the 2023 tournament onwards.
This brings it temporarily in line with the men’s version — but the latter is expanding from 32 to 48 teams in 2026.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will consist of a specific number of sides from each confederation:
- Asia (AFC): 5 slots + 1 host slot (Australia)
- Africa (CAF): 4 slots
- North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF): 4 slots
- South America (CONMEBOL): 3 slots
- Oceania (OFC): 0 slots + 1 host slot (New Zealand)
- Europe (UEFA): 11 slots
- Playoff tournament: 3 slots (Haiti, Portugal, Paraguay/Panama)
Playoff Tournament
A playoff tournament consisting of 10 teams has seen the last three nations book their place at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
The playoff tournament has been played from February 17-23, 2023 in New Zealand and will involve three groups with the winner of each group advancing to the World Cup.
Here are the teams participating in the playoffs:
- Asia (AFC): Chinese Taipei, Thailand
- Africa (CAF): Cameroon, Senegal
- North America (CONCACAF): Haiti, Panama
- South America (CONMEBOL): Chile, Paraguay
- Oceania (OFC): Papua New Guinea
- Europe (UEFA): Portugal
Haiti (2-1 vs. Chile) and Portugal (2-1 vs. Cameroon) were the first teams to book their spot in the World Cup via the playoffs with Panama also advancing after beating Paraguay 1-0.
Which teams have qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
There is just one playoff spot left to be filled by one of Panama or Paraguay on February 23 when the playoff tournament concludes.
The table below will be updated as nations secure qualification:
| No. | Nation (FIFA Ranking) | Region | Date qualified | How they qualified | World Cup apps | Titles (Last) |
| 1 | Australia (13) | AFC | Jun. 25, 2020 | Co-hosts | 8 of 9 | — |
| 2 | New Zealand (22) | OFC | Jun. 25, 2020 | Co-hosts | 6 of 9 | — |
| 3 | Japan (11) | AFC | Jan. 30, 2022 | Asian Cup semi-finalists | 9 of 9 | 1 (2011) |
| 4 | South Korea (17) | AFC | Jan. 30, 2022 | Asian Cup semi-finalists | 4 of 9 | — |
| 5 | China (15) | AFC | Jan. 30, 2022 | Asian Cup semi-finalists | 8 of 9 | — |
| 6 | Philippines (53) | AFC | Jan. 30, 2022 | Asian Cup semi-finalists | 1 of 9 | — |
| 7 | Vietnam (34) | AFC | Feb. 6, 2022 | Asian Cup play-offs | 1 of 9 | — |
| 8 | Sweden (2) | UEFA | Apr. 12, 2022 | Group winners | 9 of 9 | — |
| 9 | Spain (6) | UEFA | Apr. 12, 2022 | Group winners | 3 of 9 | — |
| 10 | France (5) | UEFA | Apr. 12, 2022 | Group winners | 5 of 9 | — |
| 11 | Denmark (18) | UEFA | Apr. 12, 2022 | Group winners | 5 of 9 | — |
| 12 | United States (1) | CONCACAF | Jul. 6, 2022 | Group winners | 9 of 9 | 4 (2019) |
| 13 | Canada (7) | CONCACAF | Jul. 8, 2022 | Group winners | 8 of 9 | — |
| 14 | Costa Rica (37) | CONCACAF | Jul. 8, 2022 | Group runners-up | 2 of 9 | — |
| 15 | Jamaica (43) | CONCACAF | Jul. 11, 2022 | Group runners-up | 2 of 9 | — |
| 16 | Zambia (81) | CAF | Jul. 13, 2022 | WAFCON semi-finalists | 1 of 9 | — |
| 17 | Morocco (76) | CAF | Jul. 13, 2022 | WAFCON semi-finalists | 1 of 9 | — |
| 18 | Nigeria (45) | CAF | Jul. 14, 2022 | WAFCON semi-finalists | 9 of 9 | — |
| 19 | South Africa (54) | CAF | Jul. 14, 2022 | WAFCON semi-finalists | 2 of 9 | — |
| 20 | Colombia (27) | CONMEBOL | Jul. 26, 2022 | Copa America Fem. finalists | 3 of 9 | — |
| 21 | Brazil (9) | CONMEBOL | Jul. 26, 2022 | Copa America Fem. finalists | 9 of 9 | — |
| 22 | Argentina (29) | CONMEBOL | Jul. 29, 2022 | Copa America Fem. 3rd place | 4 of 9 | — |
| 23 | Norway (12) | UEFA | Sep. 2, 2022 | Group winners | 9 of 9 | 1 (1995) |
| 24 | Germany (3) | UEFA | Sep. 3, 2022 | Group winners | 9 of 9 | 2 (2007) |
| 25 | England (4) | UEFA | Sep. 3, 2022 | Group winners | 6 of 9 | — |
| 26 | Italy (14) | UEFA | Sep. 6, 2022 | Group winners | 4 of 9 | — |
| 27 | Netherlands (8) | UEFA | Sep. 6, 2022 | Group winners | 3 of 9 | — |
| 28 | Switzerland (21) | UEFA | Oct. 11, 2022 | UEFA playoff winners | 2 of 9 | — |
| 29 | Republic of Ireland (24) | UEFA | Oct. 11, 2022 | UEFA playoff winners | 1 of 9 | — |
| 30 | Haiti (55) | CONCACAF | Feb. 21, 2023 | World Cup playoff | 1 of 9 | — |
| 31 | Portugal (22) | UEFA | Feb. 22, 2023 | World Cup playoff | 1 of 9 | — |
| 32 | Panama (57) | CONCACAF | Feb. 23, 2023 | World Cup playoff | 1 of 9 | — |
When does the Women’s World Cup start?
- Opening group stage matches: July 20, 2023
- Final group stage matches: August 3, 2023
- Round of 16: August 5-8, 2023
- Quarter-finals: August 11-12, 2023
- Semi-finals: August 15-16, 2023
- Third-place match: August 19, 2023
- Women’s World Cup final: August 20, 2023
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will begin on July 20, 2023 (local time) with both Australia and New Zealand to play their first group matches. The host traditionally opens the tournament, and New Zealand has been proactively assigned to Group A, while Australia is slotted into Group B.
Exactly one month later, the 2023 Women’s World Cup final will then be played on August 20, 2023 at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
The draw for the 2023 Women’s World Cup took place on October 22, 2022 from Auckland, New Zealand.
- Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
- Group B: Australia, Rep. of Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
- Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
- Group D: England, Haiti, Denmark, China
- Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, Portugal
- Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama
- Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
- Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea