FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™

Asian qualifying campaign for Canada 2015 began with the preliminary round of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup from 21 May until 9 June 2013. Jordan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam topped their sections to make it through and will join Australia, Japan, China PR and Korea Republic in competing at the AFC Women's Asian Cup Vietnam 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City between 14 and 25 May 2014. The top five finishers will advance to Canada 2015.

Africa’s representatives will be determined by the CAF African Women’s Championship 2014, which will take place in Namibia in October/November 2014. The top three finishers will secure places at Canada 2015.

Four teams – Albania, Faroe Islands, Malta and Montenegro – qualified from UEFA’s preliminary mini-tournaments, held in Lithuania and Malta between 4 and 9 April 2013. This quartet joined the 38 remaining European entrants in the 16 April draw for the group stage of the qualifying competition, with matches to be played between 21 September 2013 and 17 September 2014. The decisive play-off fixtures, which will determine the continent’s eight Canada 2015 participants, will take place between 25 October and 27 November 2014.

Details on the CONCACAF qualifying competition will be confirmed at a later stage. Three guaranteed slots are up for grabs in this confederation, with the fourth-place finishers facing a play-off against the third-ranked team from CONMEBOL.

Oceania’s qualifying competition will take place in New Zealand between 10 and 20 September 2014. The tournament’s winner will go on to represent the continent at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™.

Details on the CONMEBOL qualifying competition will be confirmed at a later stage. Two guaranteed slots are up for grabs in this confederation, with the third-place finishers facing a play-off against the fourth-ranked team from CONCACAF.

The host country qualifies automatically.