2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

January 2018 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 4 April 2013 – 2 December 2014 134 6 406 1686 NED Vivianne Miedema (16 goals) 2011 2019 The qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup determined which 23 teams joined Canada, the hosts of the 2015 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. The field was expanded from 16 teams in the 2011 edition to 24 in the 2015 edition. As a result, a new distribution of slots to each confederation was announced by FIFA on 11 June 2012:https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1647597/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120620063252/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1647597/index.html dead 20 June 2012 Qualification slots for Canada 2015 confirmed FIFA.com 11 June 2012 AFC (Asia): 5 slots (up from 3) CAF (Africa): 3 slots (up from 2) CONCACAF (North/Central America, Caribbean): 3.5+1 (host) slots (up from 2.5) CONMEBOL (South America): 2.5 slots (up from 2) OFC (Oceania): 1 slot (same as 2011) UEFA (Europe): 8 slots (up from 4.5+1) A record of 134 FIFA member nations (not counting Canada) entered the qualifying tournaments. Additionally two non-FIFA nations entered the CONCACAF qualifying. Four African teams withdrew before playing any match. right|thumb|350px|#0000ff Qualified #fba522 Did not qualifyblack Did not enter #9b9b9b Not active women's team Qualified teams TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearancein finalConsecutivestreakPrevious best performanceFIFARanking1 1CANCONCACAF 1 Hosts dmy 2011 3 3 6th6 04 Fourth place (2003)8JPN 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup winner dmy 2014 5 18 7th 7 01 Winners (2011) 3AUS 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup runner-up dmy 2014 5 18 1 6th 6 05 Quarterfinals (2007, 2011) 10CHN 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 3rd place dmy 2014 5 17 6th 1 02 Runners-up (1999) 14KOR 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 4th place dmy 2014 5 17 1 2nd 1 08 First round (2003) 17THA 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 5th place dmy 2014 5 21 1st 109 Debut 30SUI UEFA qualification group 3 winner dmy 2014 6 15 1st 1 09 Debut 18ENG UEFA qualification group 6 winner dmy 2014 8 21 4th 305 Quarterfinals (1995, 2007, 2011) 7NOR UEFA qualification group 5 winner dmy 2014 9 13 7th 701 Winners (1995) 9GER UEFA qualification group 1 winner dmy 2014 9 13 1 7th 701 Winners (2003, 2007) 2ESP UEFA qualification group 2 winner dmy 2014 9 13 2 1st 1 09 Debut 16FRA UEFA qualification group 7 winner dmy 2014 9 13 3 3rd 2 04 Fourth place (2011)4SWE UEFA qualification group 4 winner dmy 2014 9 17 7th 7 02 Runners-up (2003) 5BRA 2014 Copa América Femenina winner dmy 2014 9 267th702 Runners-up (2007)6COL 2014 Copa América Femenina runner-up dmy 2014 9 282nd208 First round (2011)31NGA 2014 African Women's Championship winner dmy 2014 10 227th705 Quarterfinals (1999)35CMR 2014 African Women's Championship runner-up dmy 2014 10 22 11st109 Debut 51USA2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship winner dmy 2014 10 24 17th701 Winners (1991, 1999) 1CRC 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship runner-updmy 2014 10 241st109 Debut 40CIV2014 African Women's Championship 3rd place dmy 2014 10 251st109 Debut64MEX 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship 3rd place dmy 2014 10 263rd208 First round (1999, 2011)25NZL 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup winner dmy 2014 10 294th308 First round (1991, 2007, 2011)19NED UEFA qualification play-off winner dmy 2014 11 27 1st 109 Debut 15ECU CONMEBOL-CONCACAF play-off winner dmy 2014 12 02 1st 109 Debut 49 1.1The rankings are shown as of 19 September 2014 – the last rankings published prior to the official draw.https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html FIFA FIFA.com The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Zürich, Switzerland 19 September 2014 19 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20110615083629/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender%3Df/fullranking.html 15 June 2011 dead Qualifying tournaments ConfederationTournamentNations startedQualifiedSlotsQualification startedQualification endsAFC 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 20 5 5 221 May 2013 021 May 2014CAF 2014 African Women's Championship 26 3 3 314 February 2014 125 October 2014CONCACAF 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship 28+11 3+1 3½+1 419 May 2014 52 December 2014CONMEBOL 2014 Copa América Femenina 10 3 2½ 511 September 2014 42 December 2014OFC 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup 4 1 1 625 October 2014 229 October 2014UEFA 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) 46 8 8 14 April 2013 327 November 2014Total134+123+123+14 April 20132 December 2014 1 30 nations started, but Martinique and Guadeloupe are not eligible for World Cup qualification. They are only members of CONCACAF and not FIFA. Confederation qualification AFC 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup (20 teams competing for 5 berths) As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament. A total of 20 AFC teams competed for five berths. The final tournament, held in Vietnam from 14 to 25 May 2014, was competed by eight teams, four of which – Australia, China, Japan and South Korea – were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament.http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-womens-asian-cup-2010/40335-womens-giants-to-know-opponents Women's giants to know opponents Asian Football Confederation 18 October 2012 18 October 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121021004714/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-womens-asian-cup-2010/40335-womens-giants-to-know-opponents 21 October 2012 North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/sports/vn-eyes-women-s-world-cup-on-golden-chance-1.87201 VN eyes Women's World Cup on 'golden chance' Tuổi Trẻ 26 September 2012 18 October 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130725060332/http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/sports/vn-eyes-women-s-world-cup-on-golden-chance-1.87201 25 July 2013 Group stage The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals of the tournament as well as qualifying for the World Cup. The third placed teams advanced to a playoff against each other to determine the fifth and final qualifying team from the AFC. 48em 120 Group A Group A yes 48em 120 Group B Group B yes Japan, Australia, China and South Korea qualified for the World Cup. Vietnam and Thailand advanced to the fifth-place play-off. Fifth place play-off VIE 1–2 THA Thailand qualified for the World Cup. CAF 2014 African Women's Championship (26 teams competing for 3 berths) As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2014 African Women's Championship served as the qualification tournament for the Women's World Cup. The qualifying saw a record entry of 25 CAF teams (26 if including final tournament host Namibia). Four teams though withdrew before playing any matches. A total of eight teams (the host nation and seven teams which came through the qualifying rounds) competed at the final tournament in Namibia from 11 to 25 October 2014. The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the World Cup. Knockout stage Bracket Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup. CONCACAF 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship (28 teams competing for 3 or 4 berths, host nation Canada also qualifies) As with the previous World Cups, the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship served as the region's qualification tournament. A total of 30 teams entered qualifying, with Martinique and Guadeloupe not eligible for World Cup qualification as they are only members of CONCACAF and not FIFA. Therefore, a total of 28 teams were in contention for the three direct places plus the play-off place against CONMEBOL's Ecuador. Canada did not participate as they already qualified to the World Cup as hosts. The final tournament was held in the United States from 15 to 26 October 2014, and the final group draw took place on 5 September.http://www.concacaf.com/article/host-cities-and-qualification-format-announced-for-concacaf-womens-championship-2014 Host Cities and Qualification Format Announced for CONCACAF Women’s Championship 2014 24 July 2014 concacaf.com 26 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140821145609/http://www.concacaf.com/article/host-cities-and-qualification-format-announced-for-concacaf-womens-championship-2014 21 August 2014 dead dmy-all The United States and Mexico received byes to the tournament's final round, where they were joined by Costa Rica and Guatemala from Central America and by Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, and Trinidad and Tobago from the Caribbean zone. Both finalists and the third placed team qualified automatically to the 2015 Women's World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to play the third placed team from CONMEBOL for an additional World Cup berth. It was announced during the Final Draw on 5 September that Martinique was not able to advance beyond the group round, and that the next best team would have taken their place in the semifinals if they finished in the top two in their group.http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-yields-matchups-for-concacaf-womens-championship-usa-2014 Draw Yields Matchups for CONCACAF Women's Championship USA 2014 5 September 2014 25 September 2014 concacaf.com 29 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140929020420/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-yields-matchups-for-concacaf-womens-championship-usa-2014 deadhttp://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/cwc_regulations-eng/25?e=9006389/9245840 CONCACAF Women's Championship USA 2014 Regulations CONCACAF 25 September 2014 7 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220907173803/https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/cwc_regulations-eng/25?e=9006389/9245840 dead Knockout stage Bracket United States, Costa Rica and Mexico qualified for the World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. CONMEBOL 2014 Copa América Femenina (10 teams competing for 2 or 3 berths) As with previous World Cup qualifications, the 2014 Copa América Femenina served as the qualification tournament to the World Cup finals. All 10 CONMEBOL teams competed in the tournament, held in Ecuador from 11 to 28 September 2014. The top two teams of the second stage qualified directly for the World Cup, while the third placed team advanced to play the fourth placed team from CONCACAF for an additional World Cup berth. Final stage 130 yes Final stage OFC 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (4 teams competing for 1 berth) As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup served as the qualifying tournament. Only four OFC teams played in the tournament, held in Papua New Guinea from 25 to 29 October 2014.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/814cfb85-6e28-4918-91c8-cda1f86961d9/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC Women's Nations Cup dates finalised Oceania Football Confederation 23 September 2014 25 September 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140926062728/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/814cfb85-6e28-4918-91c8-cda1f86961d9/language/en-US/Default.aspx 26 September 2014 That was fewer than in the last four editions of the tournament. The winner qualified. Final stage y New Zealand qualified for the World Cup. UEFA 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) (46 teams competing for 8 berths) A record 46 UEFA teams entered qualification. The eight lowest teams entered the tournament in the preliminary round and were drawn into two groups of four, played in single round-robin format from 4 to 9 April 2013 in Malta and Lithuania respectively. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the group stage. The group stage was played in home-and-away round-robin format from 20 September 2013 to 17 September 2014. All seven group winners qualified directly to the final tournament, while the four runners-ups with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth, and fifth in their groups advanced to play-off matches for the remaining berth. The play-off matches were played in home-and-away two-legged format on 25/26 and 29/30 October (semi-finals), and 22/23 and 26/27 November 2014 (finals). Group stage 25em Group 1 y n 25em Group 2 y n 25em Group 3 y n 25em Group 4 y n 25em Group 5 y n 25em Group 6 y n 25em Group 7 y n Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, England and France qualified for the World Cup. Italy, Scotland, Netherlands and Ukraine advanced to the play-offs. Play-offs 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs Netherlands qualified for the World Cup. CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off) The play-off was contested between Trinidad and Tobago, CONCACAF's fourth-placed team, and Ecuador, CONMEBOL's third-placed team. The draw for the order of legs was held in Zürich on 22 July 2014.https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=2407320/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140729183143/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=2407320/index.html dead 29 July 2014 New international calendar for women's football in the spotlight FIFA.com 22 July 2014 Ecuador hosted the first leg on 8 November 2014, and Trinidad and Tobago hosted the second leg on 2 December 2014.https://twitter.com/FIFAWWC/status/524491588572303361 @FIFAWWC Twitter 21 October 2014 Ecuador qualified for the World Cup. References 30em External links FIFA website Qualification 2015 World Cup qualification World Cup qualification