If the score remained level after extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 15.01).

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking,[7] calculated based on the following (Regulations Annex B.1.2.a):[4] One entrant, Russia, was initially given a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 9 December 2019 after Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators.

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 and anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban was set to expire on 16 December 2022.

[11][12] However, Russia were suspended from the tournament following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and later expelled from all ongoing FIFA and UEFA competitions.

[13][14] On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia would no longer be allowed to take part in the competition, that their previous results were nullified, and that Group E would continue with five teams.

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.