Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Twelve teams are scheduled to compete in the women's football at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In addition to host nation Japan, 11 women's national teams will qualify from six separate continental confederations.
Table
- Dates and venues are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
2018 Copa América
earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Copa América. Chile advanced to the [|playoff round] against Cameroon, the second-place team from the [|CAF qualifying tournament].Qualified teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| 7th | 37 | ||
| 7th | 84 | ||
| 8th | 8 | ||
| 8th | 40 | ||
| 6th | 24 | ||
| 7th | |||
| 6th | 50 | ||
| 6th | 59 | ||
| 6th | 68 | ||
| 7th | 64 |
First stage
Group A
Group B
Final stage
2018 OFC Nations Cup
earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Nations Cup.Qualified teams
All 11 OFC member national teams entered the tournament. The top seven ranked teams advanced to the final automatically, with the remaining four competing in a qualification stage for the final place.Tahiti and New Caledonia, as French administrative divisions, were not eligible to compete at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| Automatic | 4th | |||
| Automatic | 2nd | |||
| Automatic | 11th | |||
| Automatic | 9th | |||
| Automatic | 3rd | |||
| Automatic | 2nd | |||
| Automatic | 4th | |||
| Qualification winner | 3rd |
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Final stage
UEFA qualification through the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Nine teams from UEFA competed at the World Cup, with the three best-placed European teams earning an Olympic qualification place. Three UEFA teams reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, which earned an Olympic qualification place for Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden, with Sweden eliminating reigning Olympic champions Germany.Great Britain qualified through England's performance in the World Cup, based on a format agreed by the four British football associations. Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account. Scotland players, along with Welsh and Northern Irish players, will be eligible for the Great Britain team in Tokyo.
Qualified UEFA teams
| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals | Last appearance | Streak | Previous best performance | 2019 performance |
| UEFA qualification play-off winners | 2nd | 2015 | 2 | ||||
| UEFA qualification Group 4 winners | 4 9 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | |||
| UEFA qualification Group 1 winners | 31 8 2018 | 5th | 2015 | 4 | |||
| 19 3 2015 | 4th | 2015 | 3 | ||||
| UEFA qualification Group 5 winners | 4 9 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | |||
| UEFA qualification Group 6 winners | 3rd | 1999 | 1 | ||||
| UEFA qualification Group 3 winners | 4 9 2018 | 8th | 2015 | 8 | |||
| UEFA qualification Group 7 winners | 2nd | 2015 | 2 | ||||
| UEFA qualification Group 2 winners | 4 9 2018 | 1st | – | 1 |
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship
The United States and Canada qualified for Olympic by winning the semi-finals of the Olympic Qualifying Championship.Group stage
Group A
Group B
Final stage
2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the qualifying tournament. Cameroon will advance to the playoff round against Chile, the second-place team from the [|CONMEBOL qualifying tournament].Bracket
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament
qualified for Olympic by winning the play-off round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.Qualified teams
First round
; Group A; Group B
; Group C
; Group D
Second round
; Group A; Group B
; Group C
Third round
; Group A; Group B
Play-off round
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off
The following two teams will play in the CAF–CONMEBOL play-off.| Team | Confederation | Placement |
| CAF | 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second place | |
| CONMEBOL | 2018 Copa América Femenina second place |
The play-off will be played as home-and-away two-legged tie. The draw for the order of legs was held on 31 January 2020 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The first leg will be held in Cameroon, while the second leg will be held in Chile. The matches were originally scheduled to be played on 9 and 15 April 2020, but had been postponed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.