When Canada can compete next in the FIFA Women's World Cup
Canadian soccer fans won’t have to wait long to root for the country at the FIFA World Cup again.
The Canadian men will have to wait until 2030 for their next chance, but the nation will be shifting gears to the women’s side next year. The 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup is set to be played in Brazil next June and July, and Canada is expected to be a contender.
This will be Canada’s first Women’s World Cup since Christine Sinclair retired in 2023.
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Canada has not yet qualified for the 2027 tournament.
Concacaf guarantees at least four spots for member countries at the upcoming Women’s World Cup.
Those spots will be determined through the upcoming Concacaf Women’s Championship, scheduled to get underway in November. The four semi-finalists of that tournament will automatically qualify for the World Cup.
Canada has already qualified for the quarter-final of the Concacaf Women’s Championship, which means all they need to do is win a single game over Panama on Nov. 28 in Texas to secure their World Cup spot.
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The Canadian women are much more renowned in the sport than their male counterparts. They won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics as well as a pair of bronze medals at Rio 2016 and London 2012.
Canada is currently sitting ninth in the FIFA women’s world rankings.
Despite that success, Canada has never had a podium finish at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, with their best result being fourth all the way back in 2003.
Here is a list of the country’s all-time results at the tournament:
- 1991: DNQ
- 1995:Ā 10th
- 1999: 12th
- 2003:Ā 4th
- 2007:Ā 9th
- 2011:Ā 16th
- 2015: 6th
- 2019:Ā 11th
- 2023: 23rd
Canada will be looking to avenge a disappointing 2023 tournament, where they didn’t even get out of the group stage. The country hasn’t won a knockout stage Women’s World Cup match since 2015, when the tournament was hosted in Canada.