Tuesday, May 30 will see the draw for the main round of European qualification for the FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup 2025 (start at 15:15 Kyiv time).

The Philippines will be the hosts of the first-ever FIFA Women’s Futsal World Cup in 2025. The Ukrainian team will compete for one of the 16 spots in the final tournament this October.

FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup 2025 European Qualification Format

25 teams will compete for four spots at the world championship in the main and elite rounds. Spain and Portugal have received direct entries to the elite round.

Main Round (draw — May 30, matches — October 15-20)

23 teams are divided into five groups of four participants each and one with three. The group winners will advance to the elite round.

Before the draw, 23 teams, including Ukraine's national team, are seeded into four positions based on their coefficient rankings of women’s national futsal teams:

Position 1: Teams ranked from 3rd to 8th.

Position 2: Teams ranked from 9th to 14th.

Position 3: Teams ranked from 15th to 20th.

Position 4: Teams ranked from 21st to 25th.

Basket 1 (hosts): Sweden (position 1), Czech Republic (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Serbia (3), Moldova (3).

The pre-selected hosts will be distributed among groups 1—5, while the host of group 6 will be chosen after the draw.

Basket 2 (position 4): Lithuania, France, Latvia, England, Norway.

Five teams will occupy position 4 in groups 1—5.

Basket 3 (position 3): Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland.

Three teams will be placed on position 3 in groups 1—6, skipping groups where a host is already assigned (Serbia, Moldova or Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Basket 4 (position 2): Croatia, Netherlands, Belarus, Belgium, Slovenia.

Five teams will be placed on position 2 in groups 1—6, skipping the group where a host is already assigned (Czech Republic).

Basket 5 (position 1): Ukraine, Hungary, Italy, Finland, Poland.

Five teams will be placed on position 1 in groups 1—6, skipping the group where a host is already assigned (Sweden).

Elite Round (draw — October 31, matches — March 18-23, 2025)

Eight teams, including Spain and Portugal, will be divided into two quartets. The top two teams from each group will advance to the final stage.

The first FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup will take place in 2025. Sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The quotas for participation are distributed as follows: Europe — 4, South America — 3, Asia — 3, Africa — 2, CONCACAF — 2, Oceania — 1. One additional spot will go to the host country (Philippines).

Following the introduction of the women's futsal World Cup, UEFA will expand the women’s Euro to eight teams. The tournament will be held every four years, with the next one scheduled for 2027.

As a reminder, Ukraine has finished fourth, third and second at all three European futsal championships for women that have been held so far — in 2019, 2022 (rescheduled from 2021) and 2023. Spain won all of them.