2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

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2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesNovember 21 – December 7
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)TBA

The 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup is the planned inaugural edition of the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup, an international futsal competition organized by FIFA. The inaugural edition is to be hosted in the Philippines from November 21 to December 7. [1] [2]

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Host selection

The World Cup was first announced by FIFA in December 2022. This was followed by countries expressing their interests to host, including Finland. [3]

On May 15, 2024, the Philippines was given the hosting rights, [4] [5] [6] beating other bidding nations which include Brazil, Italy, [7] and Spain. [8] [9] The indoor arenas in the Philippines and its successful organization of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup were cited as reasons for the selection. [10]

This will be the first time the Philippines hosts a FIFA event, [10] the second FIFA women's tournament in Southeast Asia—a first since the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand, and the second futsal World Cup in the region—a first since the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Format

The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout phase, comprising quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and the final match. [5]

Qualification

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Alongside the host Philippines, [11] the inaugural 2025 Futsal Women's World Cup will feature 3 teams from Asia (AFC), 2 each from Africa (CAF) and North/Central America (CONCACAF), 3 from South America (CONMEBOL), 1 from Oceania (OFC), and 4 qualifiers from Europe (UEFA). [12]

ConfederationQualified throughTeam
AFC (Asia)
(Hosts + 3 teams)		Host nationFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup [13]
CAF (Africa)
(2 teams)		 2025 Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations [14]
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)
(2 teams)		 2025 CONCACAF Futsal Cup
CONMEBOL (South America)
(3 teams)		 2025 Copa América Femenina de Futsal
OFC (Oceania)
(1 team)		 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)
(4 teams)		 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) [15]

Venues

Games will reportedly be held in multiple venues, with at least one planned to be held in the Metro Manila. [1] PhilSports Arena in Pasig is being considered as the venue for the knock-out stage. [16] Reportedly, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila were also being considered. [10] Venues outside Metro Manila are also considered, namely in Metro Cebu [17] [18] [19] Iloilo City. [20] and Victorias. [16]

Venues under consideration
Region/ProvinceCityVenueCapacity
Metro Manila Quezon City Araneta Center 14,429
Pasig PhilSports Arena [16] 10,000
Pasay Mall of Asia Arena 15,000
Cebu Cebu City Seaside City Arena (new venue) [16] 16,000
Iloilo Iloilo City University of San Agustin Gym [16] —
Negros Occidental Victorias Victorias City Coliseum [16] 8,000

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