The2027 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth edition of theFIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial internationalwomen'sfootball championship contested by thenational teams of the member associations ofFIFA. 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 in2023. This will be the second and last edition of the tournament to be contested by 32 teams, with FIFA confirming an expansion to 48 teams for the next edition in 2031.[2]
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 the2031 edition instead.[5][6]
Voting
Voting results:
Allowed to vote
Banned from voting
Voted for Brazilian bid
Brazil
Voted for BNG bid
Belgium–Germany–Netherlands
Voted for neither
Not a FIFA member
Abstained from voting
The voting took place on 17 May 2024, during the74th FIFA Congress inBangkok, and it was opened to 207 eligible members. The Brazilian bid won with 119 valid ballots, while the Belgium–Germany–Netherlands bid received 78 valid ballots.Costa Rica,Curaçao,Dominican Republic,Namibia,Nigeria,Sudan, andTogo voted for abstention,Libya did not vote for any of the options, whileNorway and thePhilippines were unable to vote due to technical difficulties.[7]
The Women's World Cup, since the2023 edition, opens with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to aknockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall is 64.
Venues
Eight venues will be used for the tournament, all of them being stadiums that hosted2014 FIFA World Cup games.[8][9]
After Brazil received the hosting rights, the local government inNatal expressed an interest to become a venue for the Women's World Cup.[10][11]
On 22 August 2024, it was confirmed by the CBF that theEstádio Mangueirão inBelém 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 the Mangueirão was still in the final stages of its renovation.[12][13]
On 3 September 2024, Belém and Natal were included in the FIFA's selection process.[14] Inspection visits took place between September and November 2024.[15] Further inspections for training sites and hotels began in February 2025.[16]
On 7 May 2025, the venues selected to host matches during the tournament were announced.[17]
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Locations of the host cities of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.
FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications throughcontinental championships, with the exception ofCONMEBOL,OFC, andUEFA, which organise their own qualifying competitions. The hostBrazil qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remainingFIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so.Russia had been suspended from all FIFA and UEFA competitions since 28 February 2022 due to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[18][19] and were excluded from the European qualification process.[20]
The allocation of slots below was approved by theFIFA Council on 10 December 2024.[21] The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.
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Brazil
Belgium,
Germany and
Netherlands
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Australia –Paramount+,Network 10[22]
Canada –Netflix[25]
France –M6[26]
Sweden –SVT,TV4[29]
United Kingdom –BBC,ITV[30]
United States –Netflix[31]
