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FIFA
WORLD CUP NEWS
Final 3 Teams
Qualify (2/23) - Panama secures berth, joining Haiti and Portugal as
final three teams in the 32-team tournament
Final Draw Includes 3 Unknown Teams (10/22/22) - USA, Sweden,
Germany, England, France, and Spain joined two hosts in Pot 1 in first
Women's 32-team tournament
UEFA
Extends Ban on Russia Through Next Season (5/2/22) - Russia's
results in WWC qualifying Group E are voided and won't be able to
qualify for WWC 2023 and sends Denmark to the WWC as winners of Group E
Russia Suspended from
UEFA WWC Qualifying (2/28/22) - Russia's (Group E 2nd place) matches
in UEFA's WWC qualifying in April suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
with 4 matches to go
The
9th FIFA Women's World Cup runs from July 20 to August 20, 2023 in
Australia and New Zealand (2 countries, 32 teams, 10 stadiums, 9 cities, 4
time zones)
Australia (uses 1 of 6
slots) andNew Zealand (uses 1 of 1 slots) get automatic bids as hosts
Qualification (209 teams
for 30 spots)
Withdrawals (40)
(4
)
Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, and San Marino chose not to
enter UEFA Group stage qualifying draw (4/3/21)
(9
)
Cape Verde, Comoros, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Seychelles, and Somalia chose to not enter qualifying draw for
Africa Women's Cup of Nations (5/10/21)
(13)
Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodian, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor-Leste, and Yemen
chose to not enter qualifying draw for AFC Women's Asian Cup
(6/24/21)
(3
)
Bahamas, Montserrat, and Saint Lucia chose not to enter
qualifying draw for CONCACAF W Championship (8/21/21)
North Korea
() withdrew due
to COVID-19 concerns (7/29/21)
Turkmenistan ()
withdrew due to COVID-19 travel restrictions (8/6/21)
American Samoa ()
withdrew due to COVID-19 challenges prior to qualifying draw for
OFC Women's Nations Cup (4/29/22)
Suspended
(3)
Chad ()
and
Pakistan ()
suspended
due to
governance
violations
(4/7/21)
Russia ()
suspended on IOC
recommendation
(Russia invasion
of Ukraine)
(2/28/22)
USA is the defending champion but does not get an automatic bid
27 teams will qualify by
finishing as the top teams in their Confederation qualifying groups
{55->11} [9 Grps (51), Top 1 + 1st/2nd Best
Record (Playoffs (9))]:
[--------
|
-]
{54->4} [Africa W Cup of Nations - Knockout (8),
Top 4]: [---]
{45->5} [W Asian Cup - Knockout (8),
Top 4 + Bottom 4
Playoff Winner
(1)]: [---
|
]
{10->3} [Copa América Femenina -
Knockout (4),
1st/2nd/3rd
Winner]: [--]
{35->4} [W Championship - Final (8), Top 2
(2 grp)]: [---]
{10->0} [W Nations Cup - Knockout (8)]: x
3 teams
will qualify by winning 3-team
inter-confederation playoff group [2 AFC (Playoff 2nd/3rd
-),
2 CAF (-), 2 CONMEBOL
(3rd Loser/5th Winner
-),
2 CONCACAF (Grp 3rd (2)
-), OFC (Winner
),
UEFA (3rd Best Record
)]: [--]