The European qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup to determine the UEFA teams that will qualify directly for the final tournament and for the inter-confederation play-offs will take place from February to December 2026.
[1] On 24 September 2024, UEFA approved the initial regulations and tentative match schedule for qualification.
If teams are tied in standings points, tiebreaking criteria will be applied (Regulations Article 23):[2] The anticipated draw and match schedule is below.
San Marino does not field a national women's team, and Russia were suspended indefinitely on 28 February 2022 from participating in UEFA and FIFA competitions due to their country's invasion of Ukraine[3] and were excluded by UEFA from the list of participants.
The UEFA Executive Committee has voted to prohibit certain teams from facing off due to geopolitical conflicts, and other nations have draw conditions based on travel distance or extreme winter weather.