Cameroon’s possible opponents in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Intercontinental play offs.

Nkwain Desmond July 20th, 2022, 3:54 am

Cameroon’s possible opponents in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Intercontinental play offs. The playoffs will take February next year.

Cameroon qualified for the Intercontinental play offs for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after defeating Botswana 1-0 on Sunday July 17th.

Nchout Ajara opened the scoring for Cameroon in the closing minutes of the first half through a beautiful longe range shot.

Cameroon alongside Senegal will represent Africa in the Intercontinental play offs which takes place next year February to determine the final three teams that will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

QUALIFIED TEAMS for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2022

Australia (Host nation; Eighth appearance)
New Zealand (Host nation; Sixth appearance)
Japan (AFC Asian Cup semifinalist; Ninth appearance)
Philippines (AFC Asian Cup semifinalist; First appearance)
South Korea (AFC Asian Cup runner-up; Fourth appearance)
China (AFC Asian Cup winner; Eighth appearance)
Vietnam (AFC Asian Cup playoff winner; First appearance)
Sweden (UEFA World Cup qualifying Group A winner; Ninth appearance)
Spain (UEFA World Cup qualifying Group B winner; Third appearance)
Denmark (UEFA World Cup qualifying Group E winner; Fifth appearance)
France (UEFA World Cup qualifying Group I winner; Fifth appearance)
United States (Concacaf W Championship semifinalist; Ninth appearance)
Canada (Concacaf W Championship semifinalist; Eighth appearance)
Costa Rica (Concacaf W Championship semifinalist; Second appearance)
Jamaica (Concacaf W Championship semifinalist; Second appearance)
Zambia (Africa Cup of Nations semifinalist; First appearance)
Morocco (Africa Cup of Nations semifinalist; First appearance)
Nigeria (Africa Cup of Nations semifinalist; Ninth appearance)
South Africa (Africa Cup of Nations semifinalist; Second appearance)

How the Intercontinental play offs work?

Ten teams will compete for three places in a first-of-its-kind World Cup qualifying tournament next February in New Zealand.
Two teams apiece from Asia (Chinese Taipei, Thailand), Africa(Senegal, Cameroon), South America and Concacaf (Panama, Haiti) and one apiece from Oceania and UEFA make up the field, which is split into two groups of three and one group of four, with the winners of each group advancing to the World Cup.

The FIFA world ranking comes into play in that the top four-ranked teams will be seeded (there can only be one seeded team in each confederation), with the two highest seeds going into the groups of three. That’s significant, because it comes with byes through the semifinals and requires them to win just one more game to reach the World Cup.
The other two seeds go into the four-team group, and the rest of the field will be drawn at random, although no teams from the same confederation can wind up in the same bracket. The final berths in the World Cup will be clinched on Feb. 22 and 23.

Cameroon’s possible opponents in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Intercontinental play offs.

So far, Senegal, Cameroon, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Panama and Haiti are the only teams that have qualified for the intercontinental playoffs so far. The other teams will be known after October this year.