2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification - wikipedia 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification Tournament details Dates 3 April 2017 -- December 2018 Teams 144 ( from 6 confederations ) Tournament statistics Matches played 297 Goals scored 1,156 ( 3.89 per match ) Top scorer ( s ) Maysa Jbarah ( 14 goals ) ← 2015 2023 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2018. The 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification process will decide 23 of the 24 teams which will play in the 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup, with the hosts France qualifying automatically. It will be the eighth FIFA Women 's World Cup, the quadrennial international women 's football world championship tournament. The tournament will be 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. Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Qualification process 2.1 Summary of qualification 3 Confederation qualification 3.1 AFC 3.1. 1 Qualifying stage 3.1. 2 Final tournament 3.2 CAF 3.2. 1 Qualifying stage 3.2. 2 Final tournament 3.3 CONCACAF 3.3. 1 Qualifying stage 3.3. 2 Final tournament 3.4 CONMEBOL 3.4. 1 Final tournament 3.5 OFC 3.5. 1 Qualifying stage 3.5. 2 Final tournament 3.6 UEFA 3.6. 1 Preliminary round 3.6. 2 Qualifying group stage 3.6. 3 Play - offs 4 CONCACAF -- CONMEBOL play - off 5 Top goalscorers 6 References and notes 7 External links Qualified teams Teams qualified for World Cup Teams might still qualify Teams failed to qualify for World Cup but still have games left to play 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 final Last appearance Consecutive streak Previous best performance France Hosts 19 March 2015 4th 2015 Fourth place ( 2011 ) China PR 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup 3rd place 9 April 2018 7th 2015 Runners - up ( 1999 ) Thailand 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup 4th place 12 April 2018 2nd 2015 Group Stage ( 2015 ) Australia 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup runners - up 13 April 2018 7th 2015 7 Quarterfinal ( 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 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 -- -- ( Debut ) Spain UEFA qualification Group 7 winners 8 June 2018 2nd 2015 Group Stage ( 2015 ) Italy UEFA qualification Group 6 winners 8 June 2018 3rd 1999 Quarterfinal ( 1991 ) Qualification process The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13 -- 14 October 2016. 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 ). Summary of qualification Qualifying matches started on 3 April 2017, and are expected to take place until late 2018. Apart from the host France, 207 of the 210 remaining FIFA member associations can qualify through their own confederation 's qualifying process if they choose to enter. The exceptions are Guatemala and Kuwait, whose football associations were suspended by FIFA, and Equatorial Guinea, which have been banned from the 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup. 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 men 's World Cup. As of 29 August 2018 Confederation Tournament Nations started Nations eliminated Nations still able to qualify Nations qualified Slots Qualification start Qualification end AFC 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup 24 19 0 5 5 3 April 2017 20 April 2018 CAF 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations 24 17 7 0 4 April 2018 1 December 2018 CONCACAF 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship 28 18 10 0 3 or 4 5 May 2018 17 October 2018 ( Play - off TBA ) CONMEBOL 2018 Copa América Femenina 10 7 2 or 3 4 April 2018 22 April 2018 ( Play - off TBA ) OFC 2018 OFC Women 's Nations Cup 11 10 0 24 August 2018 1 December 2018 UEFA 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification ( UEFA ) 46 + H 29 15 2 + H 8 + H 6 April 2017 13 November 2018 Total 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification 143 + H 91 43 9 + H 23 + H 25 teams participate in the CAF qualification, however Equatorial Guinea can not qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Cup of Nations. Although 30 teams participate in the CONCACAF qualification, Guadeloupe and Martinique are not FIFA members and thus are ineligible to qualify for the World Cup. A team each from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL ( Argentina ) will compete in a play - off 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 : Qualifying stage : The qualifying for the 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup was held from 3 to 12 April 2017. 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. 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. 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. Qualifying stage Main article : 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup qualification Four teams advanced from the qualifying stage : Philippines ( who advanced as group runners - up to Jordan who had already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts ), South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. Final tournament Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification China PR 0 0 15 + 14 9 Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Thailand 0 9 6 + 3 6 Philippines 0 7 − 4 Fifth place match Jordan ( H ) 0 0 16 − 13 0 Source : AFC ( H ) Host. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Australia 0 9 + 8 5 Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Japan 0 5 + 4 5 South Korea 0 0 + 4 5 Fifth place match Vietnam 0 0 0 16 − 16 0 Source : AFC Notes : ^ Jump up to : Head - to - head results : Australia 0 -- 0 South Korea, South Korea 0 -- 0 Japan, Japan 1 -- 1 Australia. Head - to - head standings : Australia : 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF Japan : 2 pts, 0 GD, 1 GF South Korea : 2 pts, 0 GD, 0 GF South Korea are ranked third on head - to - head goals scored. Australia and Japan are tied on their own head - to - head result, and are ranked on total goal difference. Knockout stage ( top five teams qualify for World Cup ) Semi-finals Final 17 April -- King Abdullah II China PR 20 April -- Amman International Japan Japan 17 April -- King Abdullah II Australia 0 Australia ( p ) 2 ( 3 ) Thailand 2 ( 1 ) Third place 20 April -- Amman International China PR Thailand Fifth place 16 April -- Amman International Philippines 0 South Korea 5 CAF Main article : 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations As in the previous World Cup cycle, the Africa Women Cup of Nations will serve as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CAF members. The World Cup qualifying process will be as follows : Qualifying stage : The qualifying for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations will be 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 will be played on a home - and - away two - legged basis. The seven winners of the second round will qualify for the final tournament to join the hosts Ghana who qualified automatically. Final tournament : Eight teams will play in the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, which will be held from 17 November to 1 December 2018 in Ghana. They will be drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, where the winners of the semi-finals and the third place play - off will qualify for the World Cup. FIFA have 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. Qualifying stage Main article : 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification First round Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Senegal 2 -- 3 Algeria 2 -- 1 0 -- 2 Libya 0 -- 15 Ethiopia 0 -- 8 0 -- 7 Morocco 1 -- 1 ( a ) Ivory Coast 1 -- 1 0 -- 0 Sierra Leone w / o Mali -- -- Burkina Faso 3 -- 3 ( 3 -- 5 p ) Gambia 2 -- 1 1 -- 2 Congo 3 -- 1 Central African Republic 2 -- 0 1 -- 1 Kenya 1 -- 0 Uganda 1 -- 0 0 -- 0 Lesotho 3 -- 1 Swaziland 1 -- 0 2 -- 1 Tanzania 4 -- 4 ( a ) Zambia 3 -- 3 1 -- 1 Namibia 0 -- 4 Zimbabwe 0 -- 2 0 -- 2 Second round Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Algeria 6 -- 3 Ethiopia 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 Ivory Coast 2 -- 2 ( a ) Mali 2 -- 2 0 -- 0 Gambia 0 -- 7 Nigeria 0 -- 1 0 -- 6 Congo 0 -- 10 Cameroon 0 -- 5 0 -- 5 Kenya 2 -- 3 Equatorial Guinea 2 -- 1 0 -- 2 Lesotho 0 -- 7 South Africa 0 -- 1 0 -- 6 Zambia 2 -- 2 ( a ) Zimbabwe 0 -- 1 2 -- 1 Final tournament The qualified teams for the final tournament are : Algeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea ( can not qualify for the World Cup ) Ghana ( hosts ) Mali Nigeria South Africa Zambia Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Ghana ( H ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on November 2018. Source : CAF ( H ) Host. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on November 2018. Source : CAF Knockout stage ( top three teams qualify for World Cup ) Semi-finals Final November -- Winner Group A December -- Runner - up Group B Winner SF1 November -- Winner SF2 Winner Group B Runner - up Group A Third place December -- Loser SF1 Loser SF2 CONCACAF Main article : 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship As in the previous World Cup cycle, the CONCACAF Women 's Championship will serve as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CONCACAF members. The World Cup qualifying process will be as follows : Qualifying stage : Regional qualification tournaments will be held in the Central American Zone and the Caribbean Zone. Two teams from the Central American Zone and three teams from the Caribbean Zone will qualify for the final tournament to join the three teams from the North American Zone, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, who qualify automatically. Final tournament : Eight teams will play in the 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship, which will be held from 4 to 17 October 2018 in the United States. They will be drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, where the winners of the semi-finals and the third place play - off will qualify for the World Cup. The losers of the third - place play - off will enter the CONCACAF -- CONMEBOL play - off. Guadeloupe and Martinique have entered Caribbean qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship. However, as they are not FIFA members, they are ineligible to qualify for the World Cup. Qualifying stage Main article : 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship qualification Caribbean Zone Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Cuba 0 22 + 19 10 Final round Puerto Rico 0 17 + 15 8 Dominican Republic ( H ) 7 5 + 2 7 Aruba 0 20 − 18 5 Anguilla 0 0 19 − 18 0 Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Caribbean Zone Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Jamaica 0 18 + 16 7 Final round Haiti ( H ) 0 15 + 13 7 Martinique 0 5 − 2 Guadeloupe 0 0 0 27 − 27 0 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Caribbean Zone Group C Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Trinidad and Tobago ( H ) 0 27 + 26 10 Final round Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 20 + 18 10 Dominica 5 6 − 1 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 20 − 17 5 Grenada 0 27 − 26 Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Caribbean Zone Group D Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Antigua and Barbuda ( H ) 0 0 5 0 + 5 9 Final round Saint Lucia 0 + 1 6 Curaçao 0 5 − 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 − 3 0 Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Caribbean Zone Group E Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bermuda 0 6 + 2 7 Final round Guyana ( H ) 0 8 + 5 5 Barbados 0 Suriname 0 0 9 − 7 0 Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Caribbean Zone Final round Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Jamaica ( H ) 0 0 13 0 + 13 6 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 + 1 Cuba 0 9 + 6 Bermuda 0 0 0 − 4 0 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 16 − 16 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 27 August 2018. Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Central American Zone Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica ( A ) 0 0 15 + 14 6 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship Panama ( A ) 0 0 10 + 8 6 Nicaragua ( E ) 0 0 8 − 7 0 El Salvador ( E ) 0 0 17 − 15 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 29 August 2018. Source : CONCACAF ( A ) Advance to a further round ; ( E ) Eliminated. Final tournament The qualified teams for the final tournament so far are : Canada Costa Rica Mexico Panama United States ( hosts ) Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States ( H ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on 4 October 2018. Source : CONCACAF ( H ) Host. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on 5 October 2018. Source : CONCACAF Knockout stage ( top three teams qualify for World Cup, fourth place advance to play - off ) Semi-finals Final 14 October -- Frisco Winner Group A 17 October -- Frisco Runner - up Group B Winner SF1 14 October -- Frisco Winner SF2 Winner Group B Runner - up Group A Third place play - off 17 October -- Frisco Loser SF1 Loser SF2 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. 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 tournament Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Colombia 0 16 + 14 10 Final stage Chile ( H ) 0 8 + 6 8 Paraguay 7 7 0 7 2019 Pan American Games Uruguay 0 11 − 9 5 Peru 0 12 − 11 Source : CONMEBOL ( H ) Host. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil 0 0 22 + 21 12 Final stage Argentina 0 12 6 + 6 9 Venezuela 0 9 6 + 3 6 Bolivia 0 18 − 17 5 Ecuador 0 0 16 − 13 0 Source : CONMEBOL Final stage ( top two teams qualify for World Cup, third place advance to play - off ) Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil 0 0 9 + 8 9 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics Chile ( H ) 5 + 2 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup and Olympic CAF -- CONMEBOL play - off Argentina 0 8 − 5 World Cup CONCACAF -- CONMEBOL play - off and 2019 Pan American Games Colombia 0 6 − 5 2019 Pan American Games Source : CONMEBOL ( H ) Host. OFC Main article : 2018 OFC Women 's Nations Cup 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 will be held from 25 to 31 August 2018 in Fiji. The winner will qualify for the final tournament, joining the other seven teams which automatically qualify. Final tournament : Eight teams will play in the final tournament, which will be held between 18 November to 1 December 2018 in New Caledonia. For the group stage, they are divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage ( semi-finals and final ) to decide the winner of the OFC Women 's Nations Cup that qualify for the World Cup. Qualifying stage Main article : 2018 OFC Women 's Nations Cup qualification Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Fiji ( H ) 0 5 + 4 Qualify for final tournament Solomon Islands 0 0 + 2 Vanuatu 0 5 − 3 American Samoa ( E ) 0 0 0 − 3 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 27 August 2018. Source : OFC ( E ) Eliminated ; ( H ) Host. Final tournament Group A Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification New Caledonia ( H ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on 18 November 2018. Source : OFC ( H ) Host. Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifying winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match ( es ) will be played on 19 November 2018. Source : OFC Knockout stage ( winner qualifies for World Cup ) Semi-finals Final 28 November -- Lifou Winner Group A 1 December -- Nouméa Runner - up Group B Winner SF1 28 November -- Maré Winner SF2 Winner Group B Runner - up Group A UEFA Main article : 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification ( UEFA ) As in the previous World Cup cycle, UEFA will organise a tournament for its members designed only for World Cup qualifying. The World Cup qualifying process will be as follows : Preliminary round : The 16 lowest - ranked teams of the 46 entrants according to their UEFA coefficient entered the preliminary round, 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 receive byes and the five qualifiers from the preliminary round, will play in the qualifying group stage, which will be 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 will be played in home - and - away round - robin format. The seven group winners will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup, while the four best runners - up ( not counting results against the fifth - placed team ) will advance to the play - offs. Play - offs : The four teams will play two knockout rounds of home - and - away two - legged matches, which will be held from 1 to 9 October and 5 to 13 November 2018, where the winner of the second play - off round will qualify for the World Cup. Preliminary round Main article : 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification -- UEFA preliminary round Five teams advanced from the preliminary round : Kazakhstan, Albania, Israel and the Faroe Islands advanced as group winners, and Moldova advanced as the best runner - up. Qualifying group stage The seven group winners qualify directly for the 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup. The four best group runners - up ( not counting results against fifth - placed team ) advance to the play - offs. Group 1 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales ( Y ) 7 5 0 7 0 + 7 17 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup England ( Y ) 6 5 0 20 + 19 16 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Russia ( E ) 6 10 13 − 3 7 Kazakhstan ( E ) 6 0 5 12 − 10 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( E ) 7 0 6 16 − 13 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Y ) Assured of at least second place. Group 2 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Switzerland ( Y ) 6 6 0 0 20 + 17 18 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Scotland ( Y ) 6 5 0 15 5 + 10 15 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Poland ( E ) 6 12 11 + 1 7 Albania ( E ) 7 5 5 20 − 15 5 Belarus ( E ) 7 0 6 17 − 13 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Y ) Assured of at least second place. Group 3 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands ( Y ) 7 6 0 21 0 + 21 19 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Norway ( Y ) 6 5 0 16 + 13 15 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Republic of Ireland ( E ) 7 6 6 0 10 Northern Ireland ( E ) 6 0 5 22 − 18 5 Slovakia ( E ) 6 0 0 6 19 − 16 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Y ) Assured of at least second place. Group 4 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden 6 5 0 18 + 16 15 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Denmark 6 5 0 21 6 + 15 15 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Ukraine ( Z ) 6 7 7 0 10 Hungary ( E ) 7 5 8 24 − 16 5 Croatia ( E ) 7 0 5 19 − 15 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Z ) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play - offs. Group 5 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Iceland 6 5 0 21 + 18 16 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Germany 6 5 0 28 + 25 15 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Czech Republic ( Z ) 6 17 7 + 10 10 Slovenia ( E ) 7 0 5 9 18 − 9 6 5 Faroe Islands ( E ) 7 0 0 7 45 − 44 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Z ) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play - offs. Group 6 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy ( Q ) 7 7 0 0 18 + 16 21 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Belgium ( Y, Z ) 6 25 5 + 20 13 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Portugal ( E ) 6 10 7 + 3 5 Romania ( E ) 6 6 9 − 3 5 5 Moldova ( E ) 7 0 6 38 − 36 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated ; ( Y ) Assured of at least second place ; ( Z ) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play - offs. Group 7 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain ( Q ) 6 6 0 0 17 + 16 18 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Austria ( Z ) 7 15 6 + 9 13 Play - offs if among four best runners - up Finland ( Z ) 6 7 + 3 10 Serbia ( E ) 7 5 10 − 5 7 5 Israel ( E ) 8 0 7 0 23 − 23 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA ( E ) Eliminated ; ( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated ; ( Z ) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play - offs. Ranking of second - placed teams To determine the four best second - placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play - offs, only the results of the second - placed teams against the first, third and fourth - placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the fifth - placed team are not included. As a result, six matches played by each second - placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking. Pos Grp Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification 5 Germany 5 0 17 + 14 12 Play - offs Denmark 5 0 17 6 + 11 12 Norway ( Y ) 5 0 10 + 8 12 England ( Y ) 0 14 + 13 10 5 Scotland ( Y ) 0 11 + 8 9 6 7 Austria ( Z ) 5 7 6 + 1 7 7 6 Belgium ( Y, Z ) 6 5 + 1 7 Updated to match ( es ) played on 12 June 2018. Source : UEFA Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) goal difference ; 3 ) goals scored ; 4 ) away goals scored ; 5 ) disciplinary points ; 6 ) coefficient. ( Y ) Assured of at least second place ; ( Z ) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play - offs. Play - offs Play - off semi-finals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 1 -- 9 Oct ' 18 1 -- 9 Oct ' 18 1 -- 9 Oct ' 18 1 -- 9 Oct ' 18 Play - off final ( winner qualifies for World Cup ) Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 5 -- 13 Nov ' 18 5 -- 13 Nov ' 18 CONCACAF -- CONMEBOL play - off Main article : 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification ( CONCACAF -- CONMEBOL play - off ) The inter-confederation play - off will be contested between CONCACAF 's fourth - placed team and CONMEBOL 's third - placed team. The winner will qualify 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 the team from CONCACAF ( identity not known at time of draw ) were drawn to host the second leg. The matches will take place during the women 's international match calendar period between 5 -- 13 November 2018, with the exact dates to be confirmed later. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Argentina CONCACAF 4th place 5 -- 13 Nov ' 18 5 -- 13 Nov ' 18 Top goalscorers Players in bold are still active in the competition. Last updated on 27 August 2018. 14 goals Maysa Jbarah 12 goals Khadija Shaw 9 goals Janice Cayman Catalina Usme Stephanie Al - Naber 8 goals Loza Abera Win Theingi Tun 7 goals Li Ying Rachel Peláez María Pérez Shahnaz Jebreen 6 goals Bia Zaneratto Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen Zahra Ghanbari Cristiana Girelli Phoenetia Browne Cho So - hyun Mariah Shade Huỳnh Như References and notes Jump up ^ `` France to host the FIFA Women 's World Cup in 2019 ''. FIFA.com. 19 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Circular # 1565 - FIFA women 's tournaments 2018 - 2019 '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` FIFA leaves berths unchanged for 2019 Women 's World Cup ''. The Big Story. Associated Press. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association ''. FIFA.com. 28 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Suspension of the Kuwait Football Association ''. 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External links FIFA website 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup Stages Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Knockout stage Final General information Qualification Squads Statistics 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification AFC 2018 AFC Women 's Asian Cup Qualification CAF 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualification CONCACAF 2018 CONCACAF Women 's Championship Qualification CONMEBOL 2018 Copa América Femenina OFC 2018 OFC Women 's Nations Cup Qualification UEFA UEFA qualification Preliminary round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Play - offs Play - off CONCACAF v CONMEBOL FIFA Women 's World Cup Tournaments China 1991 Sweden 1995 United States 1999 United States 2003 China 2007 Germany 2011 Canada 2015 France 2019 TBD 2023 Qualification 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Finals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Squads 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Miscellaneous Hosts Team appearances Player appearances Goalscorers hat - tricks own goals Multiple winners Records Awards Broadcasters Mascots Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification&oldid=857114928 '' Categories : 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification 2019 FIFA Women 's World Cup FIFA Women 's World Cup qualification 2017 in women 's association football 2018 in women 's association football Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Italiano Polski Português Русский Svenska 中文 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 29 August 2018, at 17 : 21 ( UTC ). 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Question: when does women's world cup qualifying start
Answer: 3 April 2017