2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
DatesJune – July 2027
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)

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 involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation, after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019.[1] Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023.

Host selection

On 23 March 2023, FIFA launched the bidding process for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2] The key dates include:

2023
  • 21 April: Member associations to submit their expressions of interest to host the 2027 Women's World Cup
  • 19 May: Member associations to confirm their interest in bidding to host the Women's World Cup by submitting the bidding agreement
  • August: Bid workshop and observer programme to take place during the 2023 Women's World Cup
  • 8 December: Member associations to submit their bids to FIFA
2024
  • February: FIFA to organise on-site inspection visits to bidding countries
  • May: Publication of FIFA's bid evaluation report
  • 2nd quarter: Designation of bids by the FIFA Council
  • 17 May: Appointment of the 2027 Women's World Cup host(s) by the FIFA Congress

Four bids were confirmed by FIFA on 24 April 2023 to have expressed their interest in hosting the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup:[3]

On 24 November 2023, South Africa announced they were withdrawing from the race to host the competition, choosing to instead focus on submitting a bid for the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup in the future.[4]

On 8 December 2023, the three remaining interested bids were submitted to FIFA.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Council unanimously approves expanded 32-team field for FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "FIFA starts bidding process for FIFA Women's World Cup 2027". FIFA. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "FIFA receives expressions of interest to host FIFA Women's World Cup 2027". FIFA. 24 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "SA withdraws from bidding for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, turns attention to 2031 event". South African Football Association. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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