2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA League C Dates 26 February – 9 June 2026 Teams 21 Women's Nations League
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League C of the Women's European Qualifiers will determine eight of the teams to advance to the play-off phase .[ 1]
The teams ranked 33–53 in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase ranking will be drawn into six groups of three or four teams each. Each group will be contested in a league format where each team plays each other team at home and away. Group winners and the two highest-ranked runners-up will advance to the play-off phase.
Schedule The match schedule is expected to be as follows:[ 2]
Round
Dates
Matchdays 1 & 2
26 February – 7 March 2026
Matchdays 3 & 4
9–18 April 2026
Matchdays 5 & 6
3–9 June 2026
Group C1
Standings First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Group C2
Standings
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Group C3
Standings
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Group C4
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
C4A
C4B
C4C
1
C4A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B
—
TBD
TBD
2
C4B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Possibly advance to play-offs
TBD
—
TBD
3
C4C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TBD
TBD
—
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Group C5
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
C5A
C5B
C5C
1
C5A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B
—
TBD
TBD
2
C5B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Possibly advance to play-offs
TBD
—
TBD
3
C5C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TBD
TBD
—
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Group C6
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
C6A
C6B
C6C
1
C6A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Advance to play-offs and promotion to League B
—
TBD
TBD
2
C6B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Possibly advance to play-offs
TBD
—
TBD
3
C6C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TBD
TBD
—
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Matches
Ranking of runners-up
Pos
Grp
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
C1
C1B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Advance to play-offs
2
C2
C2B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
C3
C3B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
C4
C4B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
C5
C5B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
C6
C6B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers
Overall standings
Pos
Grp
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
33
C1
C1A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
C2
C2A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
C3
C3A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
C4
C4A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
C5
C5A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
C6
C6A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39
C1
C1B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
C2
C2B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
41
C3
C3B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
42
C4
C4B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
43
C5
C5B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
44
C6
C6B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
C1
C1C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
C2
C2C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
47
C3
C3C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
C4
C4C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
49
C5
C5C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
C6
C6C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
51
C1
C1D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
52
C2
C2D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
53
C3
C3D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
First match(es) will be played: February 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers Note: Due to differing group sizes in League C, matches against fourth-place teams are discounted when calculating the final rankings of the group winners, runners-up, and third-place teams.
References
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Play-offs