The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualification (Inter-Confederation Play-Offs) took place from 18 to 23 february 2023, The Play-off competition was held to determine the final three qualifying teams for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The tournament featured 10 teams divided into three groups, The winner of each group qualified for the FIFA 2023 Women’s world Cup.
Prior to hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, New Zealand hosted the play-off competition as a trial event. Ten teams participated in it, which was divided into three groups of three (Groups A and B) or four (Group C). The group winners each earned a spot in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Based on the FIFA Women’s World Rankings, four teams were seeded into groups. Two unseeded teams from Groups A and B squared off in the semifinals. The semi-final winner moved on to the play-off final to compete against the top-seeded team for a position in the Women’s World Cup. The two seeded teams in Group C faced an unseeded team in the semifinals. The semi-final winners competed against one another in the play-off final for a spot in the Women’s World Cup.
Teams Qualified for Play-off
Team Qualified from each Confederation for play-off are as follows :
Confederation | Team |
AFC | Chinese Taipei Thailand |
CAF | Cameroon Senegal |
CONCACAF | Haiti Panama |
CONMEBOL | Paraguay Chile |
OFC | Papua New Guinea |
UEFA | Portugal |
Group of Inter-Confederation Play-Offs
Groups | Teams | Group Winner | |
Group A | Cameroon Thailand Portugal | Portugal | Portugal, The winner of Group A entered Group E of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. |
Group B | Senegal Haiti Chile | Haiti | Haiti, The winner of Group B entered Group D of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup |
Group C | Chinese Taipei Paraguay Papua New Guinea Panama | Panama | Panama, The winner of Group C entered Group F of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup |
Schedule of Play-off Matches
The semi-finals took place from 18 to 19 February, while the finals took place from 22 to 23 February 2023.
Location Of Play-off Matches
The two location for the play-off tournament were confirmed by FIFA on 4 July 2022. They were Hamilton and Auckland.
Teams Qualified for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Three Teams qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 which are as follows :
- Haiti
- Portugal
- Panama
Winning Team | Losing Team | Score | Qualified on | Previous Appearance in FIFA Women’s World Cup |
Haiti | Chile | 2-1 | 22 February, 2023 | Nil |
Portugal | Cameroon | 2-1 | 22 February, 2023 | Nil |
Panama | Paraguay | 1-0 | 23 February, 2023 | Nil |