2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

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2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBA
DatesJune – July 2027
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)
← 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 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[edit]

Main article: 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bids

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
  • 7 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.

On 29 April 2024, Mexico and the United States announced they also 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, because it could cause a disparity in gesture, due to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will take place a year before.[5][6]

The short timeline for host selection, with the winning bid awarded three years before the tournament begins, has been compared to the longer timelines for the men's World Cup. During the 2027 selection process, the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 editions of the men's World Cup were confirmed by FIFA.[7]

The FIFA's bid evaluation report was released on 7 May 2024, with the Brazilian bid scoring 4.0 out of 5, and 3.7 for the European bid.[8]

Format[edit]

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.

Teams[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA which organises its own qualifying competition. The host(s) will qualify automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. The only exception may be Russia, which is currently under suspension by FIFA and UEFA from all competitions since 28 February 2022 for invading Ukraine four days earlier.[9][10]

The allocation of slots for each confederation is given below. The slots for the host nation(s) will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation(s).

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
Host 17 May 2024

References[edit]

  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. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "U.S. Soccer and Mexican Football Federation to Pursue 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ "¡Dan un paso al costado! México y EE.UU. retiran candidatura para Copa del Mundo 2027 Femenil". Fox Sports.mx. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ Linehan, Meg (2 November 2023). "Linehan: FIFA shows inequality by planning for 2034 men's World Cup before 2027 Women's World Cup". The Athletic. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ^ "FIFA's bid evaluation report for 2027 Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  9. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA (Press release). 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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