2035 FIFA Women's World Cup
{{short description|2035 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup}}
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| year = 2035
| other_titles = 2035 Corn Domhanda na mBan FIFA
2035 Cupa na Cruinne nam Bàn FIFA
Cwpan y Byd Merched FIFA 2035
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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,{{cite web |title=UK set to host Women's World Cup in 2035 after FIFA reveals home nations are 'sole bidders' for tournament |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12098/13341020/uk-set-to-host-womens-world-cup-in-2035-after-fifa-reveals-home-nations-are-sole-bidders-for-tournament |website=Sky Sports |access-date=3 April 2025}} and will be the second tournament to feature 48 national teams.
Host selection
{{main|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.{{Cite news |date=16 December 2022 |title=FIFA Council endorsed international match calendar principles and competitions |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/fifa-council-match-calender-competitions |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=FIFA+ |publisher=FIFA}}{{Cite news |date=14 February 2023 |title=FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-highlights-record-breaking-revenue-in-football |access-date=14 February 2023 |publisher=FIFA}} On 5 March 2025 the FIFA Council approved the bid regulations which restricted bids to UEFA and CAF members.{{Cite web |title=FIFA Council approves unprecedented prize money pot for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ and takes key decisions on women's competitions |url=https://inside.fifa.com/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/council-approves-unprecedented-prize-money-pot-club-world-cup-key-decisions-womens-competitions |website=inside.fifa.com}}
The key dates include:{{Cite news |date=March 5, 2025 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2031™ and FIFA Women's World Cup 2035™ Overview of the Bidding Processes |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/673a0ccd145454fc/original/FWWC-2031-2035-Overview-of-the-Bidding-Processes.pdf |access-date=March 5, 2025 |work=FIFA}}
- 31 March 2025: Member associations to submit their expressions of interest to host the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup
- 30 April 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.{{Cite web |title=UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as only 'valid' bid |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9venlzl7kjo |access-date=2025-04-03 |publisher=BBC Sport}}
Format
The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup will be contested by 48 teams as part of an expansion starting with the 2031 edition.{{Cite news |last=Keogh |first=Emily |date=3 April 2025 |title=Infantino: USA set to host 2031 Women's World Cup, UK gets 2035 |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/44515026/uk-set-host-2035-women-world-cup-rival-bids-drop-out}}
Venues
In its hosting requirements document, FIFA stipulated that the 32-team competition will have a minimum of eight stadiums—of which at least five were existing venues. The stadiums would have minimum seating capacities of 20,000 for most matches, 40,000 for semifinal matches, and 65,000 for the opening match and final.{{cite web |date=March 6, 2025 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2031 Overview of Hosting Requirements |page=4 |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/628c84048c494ca5/original/FWWC-2031-Overview-of-Hosting-Requirements.pdf |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=April 20, 2025}} However, additional changes will be made to accommodate the expansion to 48.
Teams
=Qualification=
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.
- AFC (Asia): 8 slots
- CAF (Africa): 7 slots
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 5 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 20 slots (including the 4 host nations)
- Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots
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
=Qualified teams=
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| Team
!Qualified as !Qualification date !data-sort-type="number"|Appearance !Last !Consecutive !Previous best performance | ||||||
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| align=left| {{fbw|ENG}} | Hosts | {{dts|2025|4|3|format=dmy}} | 7th/8th/9th | 2023/2027/2031 | 6/7/8 | {{Sort|02|Runners-up (2023)}} |
| align=left| {{fbw|NIR}} | Hosts | {{dts|2025|4|3|format=dmy}} | 1st/2nd/3rd | None/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | Debut |
| align=left| {{fbw|SCO}} | Hosts | {{dts|2025|4|3|format=dmy}} | 2nd/3rd/4th | 2019/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | {{Sort|06|Group stage (2019)}} |
| align=left| {{fbw|WAL}} | Hosts | {{dts|2025|4|3|format=dmy}} | 1st/2nd/3rd | None/2027/2031 | 1/2/3 | Debut |
Marketing
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/}}
{{FIFA Women's World Cup bids}}
{{FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Football in England}}
{{Women's Football in Scotland}}
{{Football in Wales}}
{{Football in Northern Ireland}}
{{Football in the United Kingdom}}
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Category:FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments
Category:International women's association football competitions hosted by England