as with the previous world cups, the 2014 concacaf women's championship served as the region's qualification tournament. a total of 30 teams entered qualifying, with martinique and guadeloupe not eligible for world cup qualification as they are only members of concacaf and not fifa. therefore, a total of 28 teams were in contention for the three direct places plus the play-off place against conmebol's ecuador. canada did not participate as they already qualified to the world cup as hosts.