Futsal Women's World Cup qualifying: Format, calendar
Thursday, May 30, 2024
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The first FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will launch in 2025 with four European qualifying slots among the 16 berths.
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The first FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup has been launched with four European qualifying slots among the 16 berths in the final tournament in the Philippines, running from from 21 November to 7 December 2025.
European qualifying will run in two stages played as one-venue mini-tournaments: main round and elite round.
2025 Futsal Women's World Cup: Confederation slots
Hosts: 1 (Philippines)
AFC: 3
CAF: 2
CONCACAF: 2
CONMEBOL: 3
OFC: 1 (New Zealand)
UEFA: 4
UEFA qualifying contenders
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czechia
England
Finland
France
Hungary
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
- Spain have won all three editions of UEFA Women's Futsal EURO in 2019, 2022 and 2023.
- Portugal were EURO runners-up in 2019 and 2022, and third in 2023.
- Ukraine were fourth in 2019, third in 2022 and second in 2023.
- Hungary also qualified in 2022 and 2023 for the four-time EURO finals (it will expand to eight for the next edition in 2027).
- England, France and Norway will all be making their competitive debuts.
Qualifying format
- As there are 25 entrants, all teams will begin in the main round with the exception of Portugal and Spain, who begin in the elite round.
Main round (draw made on 30 May, matches 15 to 19 October)
- The 23 teams (all entrants apart from top seeds Portugal and Spain) were drawn into five groups of four and one of three.
- The group winners qualify for the elite round.
Group 1 (15–18 October): Italy, Croatia, Serbia (hosts), Lithuania
Group 2 (16–19 October): Hungary, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hosts), Norway
Group 3 (16–19 October): Ukraine, Czechia (hosts), Northern Ireland, France
Group 4 (16–19 October): Finland, Slovenia, Moldova (hosts), England
Group 5 (16–19 October): Sweden (hosts), Belgium, Slovakia, Latvia
Group 6 (17–19 October): Poland, Netherlands, Kazakhstan (hosts)
Elite round (draw on 31 October, matches 18 to 23 March)
- The eight teams, including Portugal and Spain, are drawn into two groups of four.
- The top two in each group qualify for the finals.