The start time for the home matches of the Ukrainian women's national team in the 1st and 2nd rounds of qualifying for the 2027 World Cup in the UEFA zone has been determined - against the teams of England and Spain.

We would like to remind you that with the support of the Turkish Football Federation and in agreement with UEFA, the matches will be held in Antalya at the Mardan Stadium, which seats 7,428 spectators and meets all UEFA criteria.

The Ukraine-England match will take place on March 3 and will start at 20:00 PM local time. The blue-and-yellows will host Spain on the 7th. This match will also start at 20:00 PM local time.

The stadium gates will open an hour before the start of the games, and free tickets will be available directly at the entrance to the arena.

The head coach of our national team, Iya Andrushchak, called 24 female football players to the training camp.

The composition of the Ukrainian women's national team 

Goalkeepers: Kateryna Boklach (Nantes, France), Daryna Bondarchuk (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Kateryna Samson (Sisters Odesa), Darya Keliushik (Kolos Kovalivka).

Defenders: Kateryna Korsun ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Lyubov Shmatko ("Fomget", Turkey), Solomiya Kupyak ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Olga Basanska, Yana Kotyk, Lesya Olkhova, Maryna Shayniuk (all - "Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), 

Midfielders: Dayana Semkiv, Svitlana Kohut (both — Kolos Kovalivka), Yana Kalinina (Sisters Odesa), Lidia Zaborovets, Anna Petryk, Viktoria Giryn, Veronika Andruhiv (all — Metalist 1925 Kharkiv).

Attackers: Roksolana Kravchuk ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Inna Glushchenko ("Lille", France), Olga Ovdiychuk ("Vomget", Turkey), Nicole Kozlova ("Glasgow City", Scotland), Tanya Boychuk ("Montreal Roses", Canada), Daria Ivkova ("Sisters" Odesa).

Calendar of matches of the Ukrainian women's national team in Group A3 of the 2027 World Cup qualification

03.03.2026. Ukraine — England

07.03.2026. Ukraine — Spain

14.04.2026. Iceland — Ukraine

18.04.2026. Spain — Ukraine

05.06.2026. Ukraine — Iceland

09.06.2026. England — Ukraine

European qualification for the 2027 World Cup

League A

Group 1: Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Serbia.

Group 2: France, Netherlands, Poland, Ireland.

Group 3: Spain, England, Iceland, Ukraine.

Group 4: Germany, Norway, Austria, Slovenia. 

League B

Group 1: Wales, Czech Republic, Albania, Montenegro.

Group 2: Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Malta.

Group 3: Portugal, Finland, Slovakia, Latvia.

Group 4: Belgium, Scotland, Israel, Luxembourg.                

League C

Group 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein.

Group 2: Croatia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Gibraltar. 

Group 3: Hungary, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia, Andorra.

Group 4: Greece, Faroe Islands, Georgia. 

Group 5: Romania, Cyprus, Moldova. 

Group 6: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia.                  

As a reminder, the FIFA Council has approved that the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil will be held from June 24 to July 25. 29 direct berths out of 32 will be distributed as follows:

• Europe — 11;
• Asia — 6;
• Africa — 4;
• CONCACAF — 4;
• South America — 3 (Brazil qualifies automatically from this quota);
• Oceania — 1.

The final three teams will be determined in a playoff tournament involving 10 teams. It will consist of two stages with the following quota:

• Europe — 1;
• Asia — 2;
• Africa — 2;
• CONCACAF — 2;
• South America — 2;
• Oceania — 1.

The first stage of the playoff tournament will take place in October-December 2026, the second in February 2027.

European qualification for the 2027 World Cup

The European qualification will be held in three stages. The group round matches will be held on March 3 and 7, April 14 and 18, and June 5 and 9, 2026 in three leagues - A (16 teams), B (16) and C (21).

The starting position of each team in the leagues is determined based on the results of the 2025 Nations League. Ukraine will play in League A.

The winners of the four League A groups will qualify directly for the 2027 World Cup. 

The remaining places will be played in play-off rounds in October–December 2026. In the first round, the teams finishing second and third in League A will play the winners of the six League C groups and the best second-placed teams in each. The eight winners will advance to the second round.

The last four teams in League A and the four group winners in League B will play against the third and second placed teams in League B respectively. The eight winners will advance to the second round.

In the second round, 16 teams will meet in eight pairs. The seven best winners will advance to the World Cup, while the eighth will have to participate in an intercontinental playoff.