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'sfootball championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will include 32 teams for the second time after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019.[1]Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023.
On 23 March 2023, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 21 April, and provide the completed bidding registration by 8 December.
Fourteen countries initially indicated interest in hosting the events, two of which were joint bids. These were Belgium–Germany–Netherlands, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Denmark–Finland–Iceland–Norway–Sweden (Nordic bid), South Africa and United States. Chile, Italy, the Nordic bid and South Africa would later drop out, some of which stated their expressions to host the following tournament in 2031. The Mexican Football Federation and the United States Soccer Federation would later merge their bids in a joint submission. Brazil and the Belgium–Germany–Netherlands joined them in submitting their bid books to FIFA by 8 December. However, the Mexico–United States withdrew their bid in April 2024, just weeks before the host selection, refocusing their efforts on a bid to host the 2031 edition instead.[4][5]
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.
Venues
Between 10 to 12 venues will be used for the tournament. From the twelve stadiums that hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup games, the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba is the only venue being left out for Women's World Cup.[6][7]
After Brazil received the hosting rights, the local government in Natal, expressed an interest to become a venue for the Women's World Cup.[8][9]
On 22 August 2024, it was confirmed by the CBF that the Mangueirão in Belém would also be one of the host city candidates, the only city that did not host the 2014 World Cup to make the shortlist. Belém was originally part of the Brazilian bid back in March 2023. However, the city was left out of the final September project due to the fact that Mangueirão was still in the final stages of its renovation.[10][11]
On 3 September 2024, Belém and Natal were included in the FIFA's selection process.[12] Inspection visits take place between September and November 2024.[13]
The following are the host cities and stadiums selected for Brazilian bid:
Team whose qualification process has yet to be decided
Did not enter
FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA, which organises its own qualifying competition. The host Brazil qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. An exception may be Russia, which is currently under suspension by FIFA and UEFA from all competitions since 28 February 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14][15]
The allocation of slots below is based upon the allocation for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[16] The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.
^Kassouf, Jeff (29 April 2024). "U.S., Mexico withdraw 2027 Women's World Cup bid, look to 2031". ESPN. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024. U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their bid to jointly host the 2027 Women's World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 Women's World Cup...
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