When's the Women's World Cup qualifying draw?

England will learn who they will face in the European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil on Tuesday 4 November 2025.

The draw will be made at 12pm GMT at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, with teams split into groups based on the results of the 2025 Women's Nations League, with 16 teams in League A, 16 teams in League B and 21 teams in League C.

Groups will consist of four or three (League C) teams, with each nation playing one home match and one away match against the other countries in their group. The composition of the leagues has been based on the overall 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League phase rankings.

The qualifiers are scheduled to take place from March to June 2026, with a total of eleven nations from Europe heading to South America, with the potential for another via an intercontinental play-off.

The winners of each League A group will automatically qualify, while the remaining seven direct spots, and a further berth in the inter-confederation play-offs, will be decided by two rounds of play-offs in October and November 2026.

A total of 32 nations will play at the 2027 edition in South America, with the tournament set to expand to 48 teams for the 2031 World Cup and qualification for Brazil is already underway in Asia and Africa.

The Lionesses will be in League A, where they've been placed in pot two based on their ranking, and you can see the full list of leagues, and the League A pots, below.

League A: France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, England, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine, Iceland, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Austria

Pot 1 (1st to 4th): 1 France, 2 Germany, 3 Spain, 4 Sweden

Pot 2 (5th to 8th): 5 Netherlands, 6 England, 7 Italy, 8 Norway

Pot 3 (9th to 12th): 9 Denmark, 10 Austria, 11 Iceland, 12 Poland

Pot 4 (13th to 16th): 13 Slovenia, 14 Serbia, 15 Ukraine, 16 Republic of Ireland

League B: Portugal, Wales, Switzerland, Scotland, Slovakia, Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Latvia, Czechia, Finland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Albania, Turkiye

League C: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, Belarus, Croatia, Greece, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Lithuania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Moldova, North Macedonia, Georgia, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, Cyprus, Kosovo