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2035 FIFA Women's World Cup

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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
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Teams48 (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

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Main article: 2031 and 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup bids

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

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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

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List of candidate host cities
City Stadium Caacity
England Manchester New Trafford Stadium 100,000
England London Wembley Stadium 90,000
Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium 73,931
Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield Stadium 67,144
England London London Stadium 62,500
England Liverpool Anfield 61,276
England Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 61,000
England London Arsenal Stadium 60,704
Scotland Glasgow Hampden Park 51,866
England Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
England Birmingham Villa Park 42,918
England Leeds Elland Road 37,792
England Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,384
England Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
Northern Ireland Belfast Windsor Park 18,500
Wales Wrexham Racecourse Ground 13,341

Teams

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Qualification

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FIFA's confederations organise their own qualifying competitions, with the exception of CAF and CONCACAF which qualify teams through continental championships. 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. Wales and Northern Ireland will participate for the first time ever, but may still qualify for 2027 or 2031.

The allocation of slots below was announced by the FIFA Council in April 2025. The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.

A twelve-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): 3 slots

*1 additional play-off place is allocated to the confederation hosting the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals 		Last
appearance 		Consecutive
streak 		Previous best performance
 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

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Broadcasting

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "FIFA Council endorsed international match calendar principles and competitions". FIFA+. FIFA. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football". FIFA. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as only 'valid' bid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ^ Keogh, Emily (3 April 2025). "Infantino: USA set to host 2031 Women's World Cup, UK gets 2035".
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