The remaining 3 playoff slots were determined by the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) held in February 2023 in New Zealand.

After the number of teams qualifying for the Women's World Cup was increased, a new slot allocation was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on 24 December 2020.

The slots for the host nations, Australia and New Zealand, were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations, the AFC and OFC respectively.

The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),[9] which ruled in WADA's favour but reduced the ban to two years.

[11] Had Russia qualified for the tournament, its female players would have been able to use their country's name, flag or anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban scheduled to expire on 16 December 2022.

[21] Afghanistan also withdrew from qualification later in September as the women's team's participation was uncertain due to the Taliban takeover of the country.

[5] The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, from which the winners of the semi-final and third place matches qualified for the World Cup.

[28] It was originally scheduled for July and August 2022, but was shifted to January and February 2022 to accommodate changes to the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.

New Zealand did not take part as they had already qualified for the World Cup as co-hosts, and American Samoa opted not to participate due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic.

As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.