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The FIFA Council approved the application regulations as well as the presentations of the organizational requirements of editions 2031 and 2035 of the FIFA ™ Women’s World Cup.
The FIFA Council approved the application regulations as well as the presentations of the organizational requirements of editions 2031 and 2035 of the FIFA ™ Women’s World Cup.
Application procedures for the organization of editions 2031 and 2035 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup
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March 6, 2025
In view of the countries that hosted the last editions of the competition and the fact that Brazil will be the host country in 2027, the FIFA Council decided:
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2031: to invite associations members of FIFA affiliated to CAF and CONCACAF to apply for the organization of the 2031 edition;
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035: to invite associations members of FIFA affiliated to CAF and UEFA to apply for the organization of the 2035 edition;
The choice of hosts in the competitions concerned will take place during the 76th FIFA congress, scheduled for the second quarter of 2026.
FIFA FIFA Women’s Club World Cup and FIFA Women’s Champions Cup
After constructive exchanges with confederations and key stakeholders, the FIFA Council decided that the first edition of the FIFA ™ women’s club World Cup will be held in 2028. Organized on a quadrennial basis, the competition will have 19 participating clubs, six of which will play dams at the end of which the three winners will join the 13 clubs Final, this including a group phase (four groups of four) and a direct elimination phase to which the first two of each group qualify.
The distribution of places for the inaugural edition is as follows:
AFC, CAF, Concacaf and Conmebol: two direct places and a barragist place each
UEFA: five direct places and a barragist place
OFC: a barragist place
The FIFA Council has also approved the creation of the FIFA ™ women’s champions cup, which will take place in 2026 then every year without women’s club World Cup and which will see the six champions of the Confederations Interclub competitions clash for the title of world club champion.
The preliminary competition for the inaugural edition will include two direct elimination towers. In the first round, the AFC champions will welcome the OFC champions. The winner of this duel will then move to the CAF champions as part of the second round. The winners of this second round will then face the UEFA champions in the semi-finals, while the Concacaf champions will challenge those of the Conmebol. The “Final Four” (last square), which will be made up of semi-finals, a match for third place and the final, will be held on the following dates:
FIFA 2026 women’s champions cut: January 28, 2026 on February 1, 2026
FIFA 2027 FIFA Female Champions Cup: from January 27 to January 31, 2027
FIFA 2029 FIFA women’s champions cup: from January 24 to January 28, 2029
Other competitions
The FIFA Council has approved the addition of several final competitions in continental championships on the international matches for women’s football, which is available on inside.fifa.com. The dates of matches 3, 4 and 5 of the Intercontinental Cup of FIFA 2025 ™ were confirmed as follows:
FIFA Americas derby (Match 3) – December 10, 2025
Challenger Cup of FIFA (Match 4) – December 13, 2025
FIFA Intercontinental Cup final (Match 5) – December 17, 2025
The FIFA Council also confirmed the following competition dates:
FIFA Arabic Cup, Qatar 2025 ™: November 25-26, 2025 (qualification matches) and 1st
December 18, 2025 (final competition)
FIFA U-17 World Cup, Qatar 2025 ™: 3-27 November 2025
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Poland 2026 ™: September 5-27, 2026
