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 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
| Teams | 48 (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.
Host selection
[edit]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]
- 31 March 2025: Member associations to submit their expressions of interest to host the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup
- 5 May 2025: Member associations to confirm their interest in bidding to host the Women's World Cup by submitting the bidding agreement
- Q2 2025: Bid workshop and observer programme to take place
- Q4 2025: Member associations to submit their bids to FIFA
- February 2026: FIFA to organise on-site inspection visits to bidding countries
- May 2026: Publication of FIFA's bid evaluation report
- 2nd quarter: Designation of bids by the FIFA Council
- Q2 2026: Appointment of the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup host(s) by the FIFA Congress in TBD.
On 3 April 2025, FIFA announced that the United Kingdom home nations bid was the only valid bid.[6]
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Teams
[edit]Qualification
[edit]FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of CONMEBOL, AFC, OFC, and UEFA, which organise their own qualifying competitions. 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.
The allocation of slots below was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 December 2024.[8] The slot for the host nations[clarification needed][Slots for the four host nations?] 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
- 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
[edit]| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
Last appearance |
Consecutive streak |
Previous best performance |
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 England |
Hosts | 3 April 2025 | 7th/8th/9th | 2023/2027/2031 | 6/7/8 | Runners-up (2023) |
 Northern Ireland |
Hosts | 3 April 2025 | 1st/2nd/3rd | None/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | Debut |
 Scotland |
Hosts | 3 April 2025 | 2nd/3rd/4th | 2019/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | Group stage (2019) |
 Wales |
Hosts | 3 April 2025 | 1st/2nd/3rd | None/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | Debut |
Marketing
[edit]Broadcasting
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "FIFA Council endorsed international match calendar principles and competitions". FIFA+. FIFA. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football". FIFA. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as only 'valid' bid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ Keogh, Emily (3 April 2025). "Infantino: USA set to host 2031 Women's World Cup, UK gets 2035".
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 dates confirmed". FIFA. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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