The Colombian women's national team has a new goal: this is how the Nations League will be, which will be the qualifier for the 2027 World Cup.

While the Colombian women's national team continues to face the challenge of seeking an unprecedented Copa América title, CONMEBOL has now announced a new tournament that will be crucial for the upcoming tournament: the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.

The organization announced this Friday the creation of the Women's Nations League, a tournament that will serve as a World Cup qualifier and, in the organization's words, seeks to boost the development of women's soccer in the region.

The competition will be contested by the nine South American teams that have not yet secured their place in the next World Cup. Brazil, which will host the global tournament, will not participate in this first edition.

The exact format and schedule will be announced in the coming weeks, although the competition is expected to run throughout the 2025-2026 season.

With a round-robin league system, the new tournament will not only grant two direct berths to the World Cup, but will also allow two other teams to access the intercontinental playoffs in their quest to qualify.

However, not all teams will be played in home-and-away matches, as in the men's qualifiers. Conmebol's plan is for each team to play four home matches and four away matches. The Colombian women's home stadium has already been set to be the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali.

The initiative aims to increase the number of official matches for national teams and establish a regular competitive calendar, something that has historically been a pending issue in South American women's soccer.

Until last year's edition, the Women's Copa América was the tournament that awarded qualification for the World Cup. Colombia qualified for three of the last four editions.

In 2010, Ricardo Rozo's national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time, in Germany 2011, finishing second. In that edition of the world tournament, they did not make it past the group stage.

Then, in 2014, Felipe Taborda's team was again runner-up in the Cup and reached Canada 2015, where they reached the round of 16 for the first time.

Colombia failed in its 2018 bid to reach the 2019 World Cup in France, but its revenge came four years later, when it finished runner-up at home and then reached the quarterfinals in Australia and New Zealand 2023. Nelson Abadía was the coach of both teams.