December 13 – Following within the footsteps of Europe, South America will stage a standalone qualifying event for the Ladies’s World Cup, the area’s governing physique Conmebol confirmed on Thursday.
UEFA was the primary confederation to detach World Cup qualification from its continental flagship event and South America will comply with swimsuit after Conmebol stated that the Copa America will now not function a pathway to the worldwide finals.
“The brand new competitors shall be performed between 2025 and 2026, and can present two direct berths and two play-off berths, along with the one already occupied by Brazil, the host group for the subsequent World Cup,” Conmebol stated in an announcement on Thursday.
The primary version of the event will see 9 groups compete in a round-robin format, with every group taking part in 4 matches at house and 4 away. Because the host nation, Brazil will take part mechanically within the competitors and have been excluded from the qualifiers.
“This new event represents a big achievement for the event and promotion of South American ladies’s soccer, offering extra alternatives for nationwide groups by guaranteeing a better variety of matches inside the framework of a extra intensive aggressive format,” stated Conmebol.
In 2027, Brazil will welcome the Ladies’s World Cup, the primary time the event has been staged in South America. Spain are the defending champions after defeating England 2-1 within the last of the 2023 Ladies’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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