2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (OFC)

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates28 November 2025 – 14 April 2026 (2025-11-28 – 2026-04-14)
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored8 (2.67 per match)
Attendance500 (167 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cassidy Pamela Drago
(2 goals)
← 2023
2031 →
All statistics correct as of 1 December 2025.

The Oceanian section of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process began on 28 November 2025 and is scheduled to be completed by 14 April 2026, with the winner qualifying for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the runner-up advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1]

Format

OFC announced the tournament format on 8 August 2025:[1][2][3]

  • First round: The four lowest-ranked teams will participate in a single-leg knockout round with match day 1 on 28 November 2025, and the winners of those matches facing each other on 1 December 2025. The first round winner will advance to the second round.
  • Second round: The first round winner will join the seven-highest ranked teams to be split into two groups of four teams each to play single round-robin matches during the international window of 27 February – 5 March 2026. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the third round.
  • Third round: The second round group winners and runners-up will participate in a single-leg knockout round during the international window of 11–14 April 2026. The winners will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runners-up will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Teams

Teams were ranked according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking released on 7 August 2025:[4]

Bye to second round[a] Entering first round[a]
  1.  New Zealand (33)
  2.  Papua New Guinea (61)
  3.  Solomon Islands (73)
  4.  Fiji (78)
  5.  Samoa (86)
  6.  Vanuatu (100)
  7.  New Caledonia (101)
  1.  Tonga (107)
  2.  Tahiti (119)
  3.  Cook Islands (122)
  4.  American Samoa (153)

Second round draw

The draw for the second round took place on 15 August 2025 at 15:00 NZST.[1] Teams were first drawn from Pot 3 and placed in positions A4 and B4, respectively. Teams were then drawn from Pot 2 and assigned to positions A3, B3, A2, and B2, respectively, followed by the teams from Pot 1 being placed in positions A1 and B1, respectively.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows:

Round Matchday Date Venue(s)
First round Matchday 1 28 November 2025 Cook Islands
Matchday 2 1 December 2025
Second round Matchday 3 27 February 2026 Solomon Islands and Fiji
Matchday 4 2 March 2025
Matchday 5 5 March 2026
Third round Semi-finals 11 April 2026 New Zealand
Final 14 April 2026

First round

Round saw the four lowest-ranked teams compete to advance to round 2. All matches were held in Avarua.[1]

Bracket

 
Matchday 1Matchday 2
 
      
 
 28 November 2025 – Matavera
 
 
  Tonga 0
 
 1 December 2025 – Matavera
 
  American Samoa 3
 
  American Samoa 4
 
 28 November 2025 – Matavera
 
  Cook Islands 0
 
  Tahiti 0
 
 
  Cook Islands 1
 

Matchday 1

Tonga 0–3 American Samoa
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
  • Drago 45+3', 76'
  • Tu'ua 90+5'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera, Cook Islands
Attendance: 100
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Tahiti 0–1 Cook Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
  • Rouru 79'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera, Cook Islands
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Matchday 2

The winner will advance to the second round.

American Samoa 4–0 Cook Islands
  • Patea 22'
  • Mana'o 36'
  • Al. Ma'afala 44'
  • Summers 49'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera, Cook Islands
Attendance: 100

Second round

Second round matches will be held between 27 February and 5 March 2026. Teams will play a single round-robin format with Group A hosted in Solomon Islands and Group B in Fiji.[1][6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the third round — 27 Feb 2 Mar —
2  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 5 Mar —
3  Solomon Islands (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 27 Feb
4  American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Mar 2 Mar — —
First match(es) will be played: 27 February 2026. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand v Samoa
Solomon Islands v American Samoa
American Samoa v Samoa
New Zealand v Solomon Islands
American Samoa v New Zealand
Samoa v Solomon Islands

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the third round — 27 Feb 2 Mar —
2  Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 5 Mar —
3  Fiji (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 27 Feb
4  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Mar 2 Mar — —
First match(es) will be played: 27 February 2026. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu
Fiji v New Caledonia
New Caledonia v Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea v Fiji
New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu v Fiji

Third round

The second round group winners and runners-up will compete in a single-leg knockout round in New Zealand to determine the team qualifying directly for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Oceanian representative to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 11 April 2026
 
 
 Winner Group A
 
 14 April 2026
 
 Runner-up Group B
 
 Winner Semi-final 1
 
 11 April 2026
 
 Winner Semi-final 2
 
 Winner Group B
 
 
 Runner-up Group A
 

Semi-finals

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Final

The winner will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the runner-up will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

Goalscorers

There have been 8 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match (as of 1 December 2025). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

2 goals

  • Cassidy Pamela Drago

1 goal

  • Alayna Fuamatu-Ma'afala
  • Alma Mana'o
  • Morgan Patea
  • Mattyn Summers
  • Aaliyah Tu'ua
  • Tearoa Rouru

Notes

  1. ^ a b FIFA Rank at the time of the draw in parentheses
  2. ^ The first round winner was not known at the time of the second round draw.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Match Schedule confirmed for FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 Qualifiers of the Oceanian Zone". OFC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 dates confirmed". fifa.com. FIFA. 10 December 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027". FIFA. 8 December 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ^ Draw | FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 Oceania Qualifiers. Youtube. OFC. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Official Draw reveals path to FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 for Oceania Nations". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
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