2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Copa do Mundo Feminina da FIFA 2027 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 24 June – 25 July |
Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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 in 1950 and 2014. It is also the first country to host eight different FIFA competitions.
Host selection
[edit]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.[4][5]
Voting
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Allowed to vote | Banned from voting |
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Voted for Brazilian bid | Brazil |
Voted for BNG bid | Belgium-Germany-Netherlands |
Abstained from voting | Not a FIFA member |
The voting took place on 17 May 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.
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Round 1 | ||
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119 | |
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78 | |
Abstentions | 10 | |
Total votes | 207 | |
Majority required | 104 |
Format
[edit]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
[edit]10 venues will be used for the tournament. They were also previously used for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with Natal and Curitiba being the only venues that hosted games being left out for Women's World Cup.[6][7] Although, the local government in Natal, have expressed an interest to become a venue for the Women's World Cup.[8][9]
The following are the host cities and stadiums selected for Brazilian bid:[10]
- 1 Belo Horizonte
- 2 Brasília
- 3 Cuiabá
- 4 Fortaleza
- 5 Manaus
- 6 Porto Alegre
- 7 Recife
- 8 Rio de Janeiro
- 9 Salvador
- 10 São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | Belo Horizonte | Fortaleza | Porto Alegre |
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Estádio do Maracanã | Arena BRB Mané Garrincha (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 |
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Salvador | São Paulo | Recife | Manaus | Cuiabá |
Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova (Arena Fonte Nova) |
Neo Química Arena (Arena Corinthians) |
Arena Pernambuco | Arena da Amazônia | Arena Pantanal |
Capacity: 47,915 | Capacity: 47,252 | Capacity: 45,440 | Capacity: 42,924 | Capacity: 42,788 |
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Teams
[edit]Qualification
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FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA, which organises its own qualifying competition. The host Brazil qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. An exception may be Russia, which is currently under suspension by FIFA and UEFA from all competitions since 28 February 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11][12]
The allocation of slots below is based upon the allocation for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13] The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.
- AFC (Asia): 6 slots
- CAF (Africa): 4 slots
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots (including hosts Brazil)
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 11 slots
- Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots
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
[edit]Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
Last appearance |
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Previous best performance |
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Hosts | 17 May 2024 | 10th | 2023 | 10 | Runners-up (2007) |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves expanded 32-team field for FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "FIFA vote awards Brazil 2027 Women's World Cup". ESPN. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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...
- ^ "Sem jogos, Curitiba ainda quer participar da Copa do Mundo Feminina em 2027". 20 May 2024.
- ^ Becker, Mariana (17 May 2024). "Curitiba deve ficar fora da Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027". RIC.com.br.
- ^ "FNF e trade turístico se unem para pleitear Natal como sede da Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027". ge. 3 August 2024.
- ^ Conceição, Luan (1 August 2024). "Natal mobiliza setor turístico em busca de vaga na Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027".
- ^ "The Brazilian Bid Book for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027" (PDF). FIFA.com. 9 December 2023.
- ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions" (Press release). FIFA. 28 February 2022.
- ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competition". FIFA. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.