Asian women's football teams begin their journey to 'hunt' for tickets to the 2027 World Cup

Today, June 29, many Asian women's football teams will enter the qualifying round of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup, which is also the starting point for the journey to find tickets to the 2027 World Cup.

After naturalization, the Indonesian women's team has dreamed of a ticket to the 2027 World Cup - Photo: BOLA

The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers will feature 34 teams, divided into eight groups, two groups of five and six groups of four. After the qualifiers, the eight group winners will qualify for the 2026 Asian Cup finals, along with four "special" teams: Australia, China, South Korea and Japan.

12 participating teams, 6 tickets to World Cup 2027

The Australian women's team has already secured a ticket as the host country. Meanwhile, three teams China, South Korea and Japan have been exempted from qualifying thanks to their good results at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

According to AFC regulations, the six best teams of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will qualify for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil. The next two teams with the best results will play an inter-zone play-off to compete for a ticket to the 2027 World Cup.

This means that the four semi-finalists of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be guaranteed tickets to the 2027 World Cup.

The four losing teams in the quarter-finals will continue to be divided into two pairs and the winners of these two pairs will qualify for the 2027 World Cup. The two losing teams still have a chance to go to Brazil in 2027 when the Asian representatives play in the intercontinental play-off.

It can be seen that just by being in the quarter-finals of the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship, the teams will have a great opportunity to win tickets to the 2027 World Cup. 50% of the teams participating in the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship will have tickets to the 2027 World Cup, a very high probability that makes many teams dream.

Vietnam and candidates for World Cup 2027

Vietnam women's team begins journey to hunt for tickets to World Cup 2027 - Photo: MINH DUC

According to experts, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and China are almost certain to finish in the top 6 best teams of the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship. The remaining two official tickets to the 2027 World Cup will be competed for by Vietnam, North Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia...

However, before thinking about a ticket to the 2027 World Cup, the women's teams of Vietnam, North Korea, Taiwan (China), the Philippines, and Thailand must pass the qualifying round.

In the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers, North Korea proved to be too strong when they were in Group H with Malaysia, Palestine and host Pakistan. The Thai women's team is expected to have no difficulty qualifying for Group B, where they will face Iraq, India, Timor Leste and Mongolia.

Similarly, the Vietnamese women's team is also in a not-so-difficult group with the UAE, Maldives and Guam. As for Taiwan, they will face a big challenge from the strong naturalized Indonesian women's team in Group D. This is considered the most notable development in the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship qualifiers.

In the most recent World Cup, Vietnam, along with Australia, China, Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea, were the teams representing Asia.

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