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 countryEngland
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
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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Host selection

The host nation for the 2031 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be decided by the 76th FIFA Congress in 2026, 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]

On 3 April 2025, FIFA announced that the United Kingdom home nations bid was the only valid bid. [6]

Format

The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup will be contested by 48 teams as part of an expansion starting with the 2031 edition. [7]

Venues

List of candidate host cities
CityStadiumCapacity
Flag of England.svg Manchester New Trafford Stadium 100,000
Flag of England.svg London Wembley Stadium 90,000
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Millennium Stadium 73,931
Flag of Scotland.svg Edinburgh Murrayfield Stadium 67,144
Flag of England.svg London London Stadium 62,500
Flag of England.svg Liverpool Anfield 61,276
Flag of England.svg Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 61,000
Flag of England.svg London Arsenal Stadium 60,704
Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow Hampden Park 51,866
Flag of England.svg Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Flag of England.svg Birmingham Villa Park 42,918
Flag of England.svg Leeds Elland Road 37,792
Flag of England.svg Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,384
Flag of England.svg Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
Ulster Banner.svg Belfast Windsor Park 18,500
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wrexham Racecourse Ground 13,341

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.

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

*1 additional play-off place is allocated to the confederation hosting the final tournament.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearance
in finals		Last
appearance		Consecutive
streak		Previous best performance
Flag of England.svg  England Hosts3 April 20257th/8th/9th 2023/2027/2031 6/7/8Runners-up (2023)
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Hosts3 April 20251st/2nd/3rdNone/2027/2031 1/2/3Debut
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Hosts3 April 20252nd/3rd/4th 2019/2027/2031 1/2/3Group stage (2019)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Hosts3 April 20251st/2nd/3rdNone/2027/2031 1/2/3Debut

Marketing

Broadcasting

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. ↑ "UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as only 'valid' bid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Keogh, Emily (3 April 2025). "Infantino: USA set to host 2031 Women's World Cup, UK gets 2035".
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