2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying
The qualification process for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 14 February 2015. Twelve teams qualified for the tournament, which was held in Ireland in 2017.
Qualification process
Following the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, seven teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given to the top seven teams. The remaining five berths for the 2017 finals were awarded through regional tournaments.The non-automatic qualification process began on 14 February 2015.
Regional qualification
There are 12 nations participating in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Seven teams have automatically qualified by virtue of their performance at the prior Rugby World Cup, leaving five teams to qualify through regional matches. Regional Qualification began on 14 February 2015, during the second round of the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship.Region | Automatic qualifiers | Teams in qualifying process | Qualifying places | Qualified teams | World Cup pools |
Americas | 2 | 0 | 0 | | A B |
Asia | 0 | 2 | 2 | A C | |
Europe | 3 | 9 | 3 | | B C C B B A |
Oceania | 2 | 2 | 0 | | C A |
TOTAL | 7 | 13 | 5 | - | - |