Wales Face Czechs, Albania & Montenegro In World Cup Qualifying

England person been drawn pinch Spain successful their qualifying group for nan 2027 Women's World Cup.

Spain hit nan Lionesses successful nan 2023 World Cup final, but England gained revenge when they hit nan world champions successful nan Euro 2025 last successful July to clasp their European title.

Iceland and Ukraine person besides been placed successful Group A3 alongside Sarina Wiegman's side.

Qualifying for nan World Cup, which will beryllium held successful Brazil, follows nan aforesaid format arsenic nan Nations League and is divided into 3 tiers.

Only nan 4 group winners successful League A will automatically suffice for nan finals, pinch nan remaining teams having to spell done nan play-offs for nan remaining 8 places.

Scotland person been paired pinch Belgium, Israel and Luxembourg successful Group B4, while Wales will look nan Czech Republic, Albania and Montenegro successful Group B1.

Northern Ireland person been placed successful Group B2 pinch Switzerland, Turkey and Malta, and nan Republic of Ireland are successful Group A2 alongside nan Netherlands, France and Poland.

The qualifiers will beryllium played crossed six matchdays, connected a location and distant basis, during 2026, starting connected 3 March and finishing connected 9 June.

Uefa has been allocated 11 places for nan 32-team 2027 World Cup.

An further European squad could besides suffice done Fifa's intercontinental play-offs.

The biggest use of being successful League A is that a play-off for nan World Cup is guaranteed astatine nan very least.

The 4 respective winners of nan top-tier groups will automatically suffice for nan finals successful Brazil.

If England aliases nan Republic of Ireland decorativeness 2nd aliases 3rd they would look a League C broadside successful their first-round play-off.

In they reached nan adjacent round, they would past play a broadside who vanished 4th successful their League A excavation aliases a League B squad for a spot astatine nan World Cup.

The bottommost 4 sides successful League A - who will beryllium relegated for nan adjacent Nations League - look a first-round play-off against a broadside who vanished 2nd aliases 3rd successful League B.

The winners of those ties would past play nan victors from nan necktie betwixt nan 2nd and third-placed League A teams and nan League C sides.

If Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to gain a play-off they must debar finishing bottommost of their respective groups.

Not only would they beryllium relegated to League C they would besides miss retired connected a play-off.

On nan different hand, if they were to triumph their respective groups, they would not only gain promotion to League A but their first-round play-off would beryllium against a broadside who vanished 2nd aliases 3rd successful League B.

Likewise, if Scotland, Wales aliases NI were to decorativeness 2nd aliases 3rd successful their group they would look a broadside who vanished successful 4th spot successful League A aliases a League B group winner.

The 2nd information of nan play-offs are seeded, and if they advancement they would apt look League A opposition.

So, successful short, if Wales, Scotland aliases NI are to scope nan World Cup they will apt person to conclusion 2 beardown nations on nan way.