The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the 12th edition of the

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, the quadrennial international women's

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championship contested by the national teams that represent the member associations of

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. The tournament will be hosted by

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and

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, and will be the second tournament to feature 48 national teams. The tournament marks the first time that England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosts the FIFA Women's World Cup, and will also be the fourth in Europe after Sweden in

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. England will also become the eighth country—after Sweden, the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico—to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former in

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Host selection

The host nation for the 2031 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be decided by the 76th

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on 30 April 2026 in

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, two years after the host selection for the 2027 edition. On 5 March 2025 the FIFA Council approved the bid regulations which restricted bids to

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and CAF members. The key dates include: * 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 * 30 April 2026: Appointment of the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup host(s) by the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada. On 3 April 2025, FIFA announced that the United Kingdom home nations bid was the only valid bid.

Format

The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup will be contested by 48 teams as part of an expansion starting with the 2031 edition.

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. 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

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which qualify teams through continental championships. The hosts

and

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): * CAF (Africa): TBD *

(North America, Central America and the Caribbean): TBD *

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(South America): TBD * OFC (Oceania): TBD *

(Europe): (including co-hosts

, and

) * Inter-confederation play-off tournament: TBD

Qualified teams

Marketing

Broadcasting

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2035 FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments FIFA Women's World Cup, 2035

International women's association football competitions hosted by England