2027 Fifa Women's World Cup: Who will the home nations face in qualifying?

We now know who England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will have to play in order to qualify for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

The competition will be held in Brazil in the summer of 2027, with 32 teams all competing for the title, that is currently held by Spain.

Qualifying begins in March next year, and Uefa has allocated Europe 11 places in the tournament.

But, who are the home nations going up against? Keep reading to find out...

How does qualifying work?

There are 12 European qualifying groups for the World Cup.

Eight have four teams, three have six teams and one group has three teams.

Teams will play each other home and away in March and June next year.

A total of 11 European teams will qualify for the 2027 World Cup.

The top teams in the four League A groups will automatically qualify for the finals in Brazil.

The remaining teams will have to go through the play-offs for the other eight places.

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will need to avoid finishing bottom of their groups to earn a play-off.

England

It's going to be exciting from the start for England who have been drawn with Spain in their qualifying group for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

You might remember the incredible victory England had against Spain this summer in the Euro 2025 final retaining their European title.

But Spain snatched the World Cup title from the Lionesses in 2023 so it'll be all to play for, for both sides.

England will also face Iceland and Ukraine in Group A3.

Scotland

Scotland will be up against Belgium, Israel and Luxembourg in the qualifiers for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

The team are in League B after being relegated from League A in the last Nations League.

Scotland missed out on a place in the 2023 World Cup after losing to Ireland and they also missed a place in this summer's Euros after failing to qualify.

Will their luck change this time around? We'll have to wait and see.

Wales

Also in League B are Wales who have been placed in Group B1 with the Czech Republic, Albania and Montenegro.

Wales made history last year by reaching a major women's tournament for the first time when they qualified for the Euros.

Despite being the lowest ranked team heading into the tournament, they put up a good fight against some big teams including the Lionesses.

They have never qualified for the Women's World Cup - could 2027 be the year?

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland are in Group B2 and will play Switzerland, Turkey and Malta.

It's a tough draw. Switzerland reached the quarter finals of the Women's Euros but lost to Spain.

Despite reaching the Euros in 2022, Northern Ireland failed to qualify for the tournament this summer.

If they manage to make it through the play-offs, it would be the first time the team has reached the Women's World Cup finals.