2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

Copa do Mundo Feminina da FIFA 2027
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	24 June – 25 July
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
← 2023 2031 →

The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will include 32 teams for the second time after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019. ^[1] Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023.

On 17 May 2024, FIFA announced that Brazil won the hosting rights, making this the first FIFA Women's World Cup in South America. ^{[2] [3]} Brazil will become the sixth country—after Sweden, the United States, Germany, France, and Canada—to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former in 1950 and 2014. It is also the first country to host eight different FIFA competitions, having also hosted the 2016 Olympic football tournaments, the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, and the first three editions of the FIFA-organized Beach Soccer World Cup (2005, 2006, and 2007).

Host selection

Main articles: 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bids and Brazil 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bid

On 23 March 2023, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 21 April, and provide the completed bidding registration by 8 December.

Fourteen countries initially indicated interest in hosting the events, two of which were joint bids. These were Belgium-Germany-Netherlands, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Denmark-Finland-Iceland-Norway-Sweden (Nordic bid), South Africa and United States. Chile, Italy, the Nordic bid and South Africa would later drop out, some of which stated their expressions to host the following tournament in 2031. The Mexican Football Federation and the United States Soccer Federation would later merge their bids in a joint submission. Brazil and the Belgium-Germany-Netherlands joined them in submitting their bid books to FIFA by 8 December. However, the Mexico-United States withdrew their bid in April 2024, just weeks before the host selection, refocusing their efforts on a bid to host the 2031 edition instead. ^{[4] [5]}

Voting

Voting results:

Allowed to vote	Banned from voting
Voted for Brazilian bid	Brazil
Voted for BNG bid	Belgium-Germany-Netherlands
Abstained from voting	Not a FIFA member

The voting took place on 17 May 2024, during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, and it was opened to all 204 eligible members. The Brazilian bid won with 119 valid ballots, while the Belgium-Germany-Netherlands bid received 78 valid ballots. Curaçao, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Libya, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, and Togo abstained while Norway and the Philippines were unable to vote due to technical difficulties.

74th FIFA Congress vote ^[2]

Nation	Vote
	Round 1
Brazil	119
Belgium,   Germany and   Netherlands	78
Abstentions	10
Total votes	207
Majority required	104

Format

The Women's World Cup, since the 2023 edition, opens with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall is 64.

Venues

Between 10 to 12 venues will be used for the tournament. From the twelve stadiums that hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup games, the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is the only venue being left out for Women's World Cup. ^{[6] [7]}

After Brazil received the hosting rights, the local government in Natal, expressed an interest to become a venue for the Women's World Cup. ^{[8] [9]}

On 22 August 2024, it was confirmed by the CBF that the Mangueirão in Belém would also be one of the host city candidates, the only city that did not host the 2014 World Cup to make the shortlist. Belém was originally part of the Brazilian bid back in March 2023. However, the city was left out of the final September project due to the fact that Mangueirão was still in the final stages of its renovation. ^{[10] [11]}

On 3 September 2024, Belém and Natal were included in the FIFA's selection process. ^[12] Inspection visits will commence between September and November 2024. ^[13]

The following are the host cities and stadiums selected for Brazilian bid:

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Host cities nominated in the Brazilian bid.

•  1  Belém
•  2  Belo Horizonte
•  3  Brasília
•  4  Cuiabá
•  5  Fortaleza
•  6  Manaus
•  7  Natal
•  8  Porto Alegre
•  9  Recife
•  10  Rio de Janeiro
•  11  Salvador
•  12  São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro	Brasília	Belo Horizonte	Fortaleza
Estádio do Maracanã	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha	Estádio Mineirão	Arena Castelão
Capacity: 73,139	Capacity: 69,910	Capacity: 66,658	Capacity: 57,876
Belém	Porto Alegre	Salvador	São Paulo
Mangueirão	Estádio Beira-Rio	Arena Fonte Nova	Arena Corinthians
Capacity: 53,635	Capacity: 49,055	Capacity: 47,915	Capacity: 47,252
Recife [nb 1]	Manaus	Cuiabá	Natal
Arena Pernambuco	Arena da Amazônia	Arena Pantanal	Arena das Dunas
Capacity: 45,440	Capacity: 42,924	Capacity: 42,788	Capacity: 31,375

Teams

Qualification

  Teams qualified

  Team whose qualification process has yet to be decided

  Did not enter

FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA, which organises its own qualifying competition. The host Brazil qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. An exception may be Russia, which is currently under suspension by FIFA and UEFA from all competitions since 28 February 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^{[14] [15]}

The allocation of slots below is based upon the allocation for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[16] The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.

• AFC (Asia): 6 slots
• CAF (Africa): 4 slots
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
• CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots (including hosts Brazil)
• OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
• UEFA (Europe): 11 slots
• Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots

A ten-team play-off tournament will decide the final three spots at the Women's World Cup. The play-off slot allocation is as follows:

• AFC (Asia): 2 slots
• CAF (Africa): 2 slots
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 2 slots
• CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
• OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
• UEFA (Europe): 1 slot

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Last appearance	Consecutive streak	Previous best performance
Brazil	Hosts	17 May 2024	10th	2023	10	Runners-up (2007)

References

1. The Arena Pernambuco is located in São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco.

1. "FIFA Council unanimously approves expanded 32-team field for FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
2. Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (17 May 2024). "Brazil is chosen to host soccer's 2027 Women's World Cup following a vote by FIFA's 211 members". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
3. "FIFA vote awards Brazil 2027 Women's World Cup". ESPN. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
4. Spencer, Jamie (29 April 2024). "USA and Mexico withdraw joint bid for 2027 Women's World Cup and look to 2031 instead". Goal.com . Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024. The United States and Mexico will prioritise a bid for the 2031 Women's World Cup after officially pulling out of the race to host in 2027.
5. Kassouf, Jeff (29 April 2024). "U.S., Mexico withdraw 2027 Women's World Cup bid, look to 2031". ESPN . Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024. U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their bid to jointly host the 2027 Women's World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 Women's World Cup...
6. "Sem jogos, Curitiba ainda quer participar da Copa do Mundo Feminina em 2027". cwbnews.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 May 2024.
7. Becker, Mariana (17 May 2024). "Curitiba deve ficar fora da Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027". RIC.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese).
8. "FNF e trade turístico se unem para pleitear Natal como sede da Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027". GE.Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2024.
9. Conceição, Luan (1 August 2024). "Natal mobiliza setor turístico em busca de vaga na Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027". opoti.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese).
10. "CBF inclui Belém como candidata a receber jogos da Copa Feminina de 2027". GE.Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 August 2024.
11. "CBF anuncia Belém como cidade candidata a sede da Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 22 August 2024.
12. "Twelve FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 candidate host cities begin selection process". FIFA.com. FIFA. 3 September 2024.
13. "Copa do Mundo Feminina: comitiva da Fifa visita Natal no dia 9 de outubro". GE.Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 September 2024.
14. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions" (Press release). FIFA. 28 February 2022.
15. "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
16. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competition". FIFA. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

External links

• Official FIFA Women's World Cup website