2035 FIFA Women's World Cup

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2035 FIFA Women's World Cup
2035 Corn Domhanda na mBan FIFA
2035 Cupa na Cruinne nam Bàn FIFA
Cwpan y Byd Merched FIFA 2035
Tournament details
Host countriesEngland
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
DatesTBD
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)
← 2031
2039 →

The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the 12th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams that represent the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be hosted by England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, [1] and will be the second tournament to feature 48 national teams.

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The tournament marks the first time that England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosts the FIFA Women's World Cup, and will also be the fourth in Europe after Sweden in 1995, Germany in 2011, and France in 2019. England will also become the eighth country to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former in 1966, thus being the first FIFA tournament England has hosted in 69 years. It is also set to be the first FIFA tournament to be held in Northern Ireland and Wales, and the second to be held in Scotland since 1989.

Host selection

The host nation for the 2031 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be officially decided by the 76th FIFA Congress on 30 April 2026 in Vancouver, two years after the host selection for the 2027 edition. [2] [3] On 5 March 2025 the FIFA Council approved the bid regulations which restricted bids to UEFA and CAF members. [4] The key dates include: [5]

Although the host nation has not been confirmed, the submitted sole bid was unveiled. [6] On 3 April 2025, FIFA announced that the United Kingdom home nations bid was the only valid bid. [7]

Format

The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup will be contested by 48 teams as part of an expansion starting with the 2031 edition. [8]

Venues

In its hosting requirements document, FIFA stipulated that the 32-team competition will have a minimum of eight stadiums—of which at least five were existing venues. The stadiums would have minimum seating capacities of 20,000 for most matches, 40,000 for semifinal matches, and 65,000 for the opening match and final. [9] However, additional changes will be made to accommodate the expansion to 48. Manchester United have expressed interest in hosting this final [10] in their yet-to-be built 100,000 seater stadium. Other interested cities currently include Leeds and Wrexham. [11] [12]

Teams

Qualification

FIFA's confederations organise their own qualifying competitions, with the exception of CAF and CONCACAF which qualify teams through continental championships. The hosts England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive automatic qualification for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. Wales and Northern Ireland will participate for the first time ever, but may still qualify for 2027 or 2031.

The allocation of slots below was announced by the FIFA Council in April 2025. The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearance
in finals		Last
appearance		Consecutive
streak		Previous best performance
Flag of England.svg  England Co-hosts3 April 2025 [a] 7th/8th/9th 2023/2027/2031 1/2/8Runners-up (2023)
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1st/2nd/3rdNone/2027/2031 1/2/3Debut
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2nd/3rd/4th 2019/2027/2031 1/2/3Group stage (2019)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1st/2nd/3rdNone/2027/2031 1/2/3Debut

Marketing

Broadcasting

Notes

  1. ↑ On 3 April 2025, FIFA announced that the England–Northern Ireland–Scotland–Wales bid was the only valid bid, however, the official host will be officially appointed on 30 April 2026.

References

  1. ↑ "UK set to host Women's World Cup in 2035 after FIFA reveals home nations are 'sole bidders' for tournament". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Council endorsed international match calendar principles and competitions". FIFA+. FIFA. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football". FIFA. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Council approves unprecedented prize money pot for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and takes key decisions on women's competitions". inside.fifa.com.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2031 and FIFA Women's World Cup 2035 Overview of the Bidding Processes" (PDF). FIFA . 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "USA set to host 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup, UK in line to stage 2035 edition". olympics.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as only 'valid' bid". BBC Sport. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Keogh, Emily (3 April 2025). "Infantino: USA set to host 2031 Women's World Cup, UK gets 2035".
  9. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2031 Overview of Hosting Requirements" (PDF). FIFA. 6 March 2025. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Critchley, Mark; Joseph, Sam (9 July 2025). "Manchester United hope new stadium will host 2035 World Cup final, aim to finish project in 5 to 6 years". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Light, George (19 August 2025). "Wrexham told how much stadium redevelopment is needed before they can actually host Women's World Cup games". The Wrexham Insider.
  12. ↑ "Leeds United's Elland Road stadium could stage games at the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup". Yorkshire Post. 9 September 2025.
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