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FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™

Qualifiers

AFC

Asian qualification for Canada 2015 will start with the preliminary round of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup from 21 May until 9 June 2013. The 16 teams have been split into the following pools: Group A: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait – Group B: Thailand, Iran, Philippines, Bangladesh – Group C: Vietnam, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Bahrain – Group D: Myanmar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, India. The winners of each group will qualify for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2014, which will unfold from 14-25 May 2014. At that tournament, five places at Canada 2015 will be up for grabs. A final decision on the event’s host nation will be taken in March 2013.

      CAF

      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.

          UEFA

          Eight teams will start in two groups of four teams in the preliminary round, which will be played from 4 to 9 April 2013. Group 1 consists of host Malta, Albania, Luxembourg and Latvia.Group 2 consists of Host Lithuania, Georgia, Faroe Islands and  Montenegro.The two mini-tournament winners and two runners-up will qualify for the group stage. 

          The draw for the group stage of the UEFA qualifying competition will take place on 16 April 2013, with group 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.

              CONCACAF

              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.

                  OFC

                  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™.

                      CONMEBOL

                      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.

                          Host Country

                          The host country qualifies automatically.