Way too early Women’s World Cup Power Rankings: USWNT are top despite England repeating as Euro champions

While the International Summer Window ends and we say goodbye to the Women’s Euro of UEFA 2025, the female Afcon and the Copa America Femmenina 2025, it is time to put up the heat on the construction of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. The largest female tournament should take place in Brazil, and some nations have already obtained their places respective, which should start later this year and end in 2026.

England extended its reign on Europe during its return race throughout Euro 2025 and is now a double champion of the Euro, while the World Cup champions in 2023 had to settle for finalists. The euros delivered endless goals in the group phase and a high drama in KO, with prolonged matches and penalty shootings, especially in the final, where Chloe Kelly marked the title dedication penalty. The American national women’s team closed its summer early, with a sequence of five consecutive victories, winning the victories against Canada, Ireland, Jamaica and China.

While the The United States, England and Spain are likely to form a “big three” in the worldRegarding the teams who sneak in the ranking, any team can contest another. Nigeria has recovered the title of best in Africa with their 10th title of the female Afcon on Morocco. Brazil has already qualified for the 2027 World Cup as a host nation, but they are still looking for another Copa America championship, but Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina hope to disturb the Brazil race.

The 2027 World Cup is in 23 months, and the best national teams are locked in the preparations for the long journey to Brazil. But where do they rank according to the current form?

1. USWNT

The most recent winners of a world tournament, the first whole semester was a flexion for the program to show how deep it is after the victory of the Olympic gold medal in 2024. Head coach Emma Hayes Mastered the expansion of the list pool and refining the identity of the team by prioritizing the players and the overall objectives of the long -term program. The USWNT has returned to global prominence with their best podium in Paris, and under Hayes, remain the golden stallion for performance, attacker prowess and now tactical capacity.

2. England

We cannot deny the incredible efforts that England has made to rely on the history of their program. Back-to-back Euro Champions is an almost impossible feat for most programs, but not for lionesses. They showed another aspect of their program with resilience under the direction of Sarina Wiegman, and a reminder that sometimes Glory has a price, while the defender Lucy Bronze played with a fractured tibia.

3. Spain

The Champions of the 2023 World Cup had to be satisfied with finalists at the Euro, but despite the sorrow of penalty, their technical brilliance led the march to the final. They will have a chance to make another statement at the next UEFA Nations League, but their performance in Euro has shown once again, they are a higher side of the world. Their style based on possession with a Maestros midfielder in Aitana Bonmati, Alexia Putellas and Patri Guajirro will keep them the elite.

4. Brazil

The hosts of the 2027 World Cup are increasing after their finish of silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. They stretched the USWNT one of their two defeats This year, and currently dominate COPA America. The group is built towards a world cup at home, because the presence of Marta is always a factor for the team, and its heritage inspires a new generation of players. Manager Arthur Elias has his team in competition with his signature flair, combined with defensive efforts.

5. Germany

It was an obstacle after the obstacle for the team during the euros, but the German pedigree remains. They found a way to the semi-finals thanks to Ann-Katrin Berger’s goalkeeper heroism and failed the possible finalist in Spain. Although Lena Oberdorf has been sidelined when it comes back from an LCA injury, the brand Jule, Klara Buhl and Sjoeke Nüsken remain players to build the program.

6. Sweden

The veteran Kosovare Asllani spoke for his team against criticism and ratings that underestimated Sweden during the euros, but unfortunately, the team wasted an advance of two goals in the quarter-final against England, and they also remain outside this ranking. Although it is constantly the obstacle in the stories of success of others, rather than having its own trophy, they are always a tough opponent who will remain a team among the first ten with a lot of talent in the pipeline with Rosa Kafaji and Hanna Bennison.

7. Japan

The Nadeshiko delivered an early defeat to the USWNT and won the Shebelieves 2025 cup earlier this year. Their disciplined technicality on the ball makes it a difficult opponent to face, and their ability to share the responsibility of the attacks offers a layer of unpredictability for defenders. They will not become stronger because they integrate more young people to balance veterans.

8. France

Head coach Laurent Bonadei made a statement with his list choices before the euros, leaving the veterans Eugénie Le Sommer and Wendie Renard, and another outing in the quarter-finals for France will mean that more questions around the team’s ability in high issues. Difficult to count a team with fascinating attacker talents at Delphine Cascarino, Marie Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore, but consistency against the best teams in direct elimination towers remains elusive.

9. Nigeria

A group that caused England a lot of anxiety and troubles during the 2023 World Cup, although it was due to the rear and a lack of resources, returned to the top of the Afcon women’s tournament this year. More official and body -type classifications will probably not have a African nation in the first ten, but this is not the case here. There is no way to leave the power of Africa, the Super Falcons, outside the list. The ranking at the top of the kit should not be the only place they appear, and after missing the African female title in 2022, the group finished their “mission X” for a tenth title. Imagine Rasheedat Ajibade and Asisat Oshoala, and Jennifer Echegin could do more support.

10. Canada

This team sits in the last place and clings barely. They have a catch because they have great players whose talents can determine the results of the games, and the Federation managed to hire a solid coach at Casey Stoney to start the year. But the truth is that it is a team that has somewhat regressed since their gold race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Stoney expressed the way the program and the players failed after their 2-0 defeat against the USWNT in July, and the list needs more support if they improve.

Honorable mentions

Italy: The list has shown a significant development under the head coach Andrea Soncin. They challenged expectations during the euro with a mixture of tactical consciousness and key players who intensify when they withdrew from the semi-finals against the winners of the possible tournament in England. If they can work on defensive failures and rely on their tactics, they could jump in the top ten.

Colombia: The superpoderosas las chicas are not girls of imitation powerpuff, but a group which has become continental figures in good faith for South America. They are currently hunting to take the crown of Brazil in Copa America, and with Mayra Ramirez from Chelsea FC and Linda Caicedo from Real Madrid, they could compete with the crown and jump in our ranking.

The Netherlands: The Dutchman resemble an evaporating version of their 2017 Euro Championship race. The list has struggled with his death group in the euro, now their early elimination means that the federation must obtain the next training hiring, because they will have to tackle questions around an aging team and how to rejuvenate the team in preparation for the 2027 World Cup, a complete decade of their historic sequence the euro.