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 include 32 teams for the second time after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019.[2] Spain are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2023.

On 17 May 2024, FIFA announced that Brazil won the hosting rights, making this the first FIFA Women's World Cup in South America.[3][4] Brazil will become the sixth country—after Sweden, the United States, Germany, France, and Canada—to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former back in 1950 and 2014. It is also the first country to host eight different FIFA competitions.

Host selection

Main articles: 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bids and Brazil 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bid

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.[5][6]

Voting

Voting results:
Allowed to vote Banned from voting
  Voted for Brazilian bid
  Brazil
  Voted for BNG bid
  Belgium-Germany-Netherlands
  Abstained from voting
  Not a FIFA member

The voting took place on May 17, 2024, during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, and it was opened to all 204 eligible members. The Brazilian bid won with 119 valid ballots, while the Breaking New Ground bid received 78 valid ballots. Curaçao, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Libya, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, and Togo abstained while Norway and the Philippines were unable to vote due to technical difficulties.

74th FIFA Congress vote[3]
Nation Vote
Round 1
 Brazil 119
 Belgium,  Germany and  Netherlands 78
Abstentions 10
Total votes 207
Majority required 104

Format

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

The following are the host cities and stadiums selected for Brazilian bid:[7]

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10
São Paulo
9
Salvador
8
Rio de Janeiro
7
Recife
6
Porto Alegre
5
Manaus
4
Fortaleza
3
Cuiabá
2
Brasília
1
Belo Horizonte
  
Host cities & venues nominated in the Brazilian bid
Rio de Janeiro Brasília Belo Horizonte Fortaleza Porto Alegre
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Estádio Mineirão Arena Castelão Estádio Beira-Rio
Capacity: 73,139 Capacity: 69,910 Capacity: 66,658 Capacity: 57,876 Capacity: 49,055
Salvador São Paulo Recife Manaus Cuiabá
Arena Fonte Nova Arena Corinthians Arena Pernambuco Arena da Amazônia Arena Pantanal
Capacity: 47,915 Capacity: 47,252 Capacity: 45,440 Capacity: 42,924 Capacity: 42,788

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
  Teams qualified
  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(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.[8][9]

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

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals 		Last
appearance 		Consecutive
streak 		Previous best performance
 Brazil Hosts 17 May 2024 10th 2023 10 Runners-up (2007)

References

  1. ^ @gianni_infantino (17 May 2024). "Parabéns ao 🇧🇷 Brasil por ser o país escolhido para sediar a Copa do Mundo Feminina da FIFA 2027!". Retrieved 18 May 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves expanded 32-team field for FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (17 May 2024). "Brazil is chosen to host soccer's 2027 Women's World Cup following a vote by FIFA's 211 members". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFA vote awards Brazil 2027 Women's World Cup". ESPN. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. ^ Spencer, Jamie (29 April 2024). "USA and Mexico withdraw joint bid for 2027 Women's World Cup and look to 2031 instead". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024. The United States and Mexico will prioritise a bid for the 2031 Women's World Cup after officially pulling out of the race to host in 2027.
  6. ^ 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...
  7. ^ "The Brazilian Bid Book for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027" (PDF). FIFA.com. 9 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions" (Press release). FIFA. 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.

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