2031 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the 11th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's soccer championship contested by the national teams that represent the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be the first to involve 48 national teams, including that of the host nation.

2031 FIFA Women's World Cup

Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2031
Tournament details
Host countries	Mexico United States
Dates	TBD
Teams	48 (from 6 confederations)
← 2027 2035 →

The main hosts will be Mexico and the United States with other CONCACAF members possibly hosting games as well, which will be the third FIFA Women's World Cup the United States will host after 1999 and 2003. The latter host, which was originally China, was moved because of the SARS outbreak there. The United States already hosted the men's 1994 FIFA World Cup and is set to co-host the men's 2026 FIFA World Cup with Mexico and Canada. The country has also hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016, the 2024 Copa América, and every CONCACAF Gold Cup. This will be the first time Mexico will host the FIFA Women's World Cup, thus becoming the seventh country—after Sweden, the United States, Germany, France, Canada, and Brazil—to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the former in 1970, 1986, and 2026.

Host selection

Main article: 2031 and 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup bids

The host nation for the 2031 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be decided officially by the 76th FIFA Congress on April 30, 2026 in Vancouver, two years after the host selection for the 2027 edition.^[1][2] On March 5, 2025, the FIFA Council approved the bid regulations which restricted bids to CONCACAF and CAF members.^[3] The key dates include:^[4]

• March 31, 2025: Member associations to submit their expressions of interest to host the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup
• April 30, 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 program to take place
• Q4 2025: Member associations to submit their bids to FIFA
• February 2026: FIFA to organize 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
• April 30, 2026: Appointment of the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup hosts at the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada^[5]

On April 3, 2025, FIFA announced that the United States bid was the only valid bid with other CONCACAF nations eligible to host games.^[6] The United States bid had been announced alongside Mexico and had explored a limited number of matches in Costa Rica and Jamaica. Mexico later joined the United States as hosts on May 27, 2025.^[7]

Format

See also: 2026 FIFA World Cup § Format and expansion

The expansion of Women's World Cup from 32 to 48 teams comes with the success of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the number of participants was increased from 24 to 32 teams.^[8][9] The rapid growth of women's soccer in the 2020s led to the potential expansion following suit with the men's World Cup.^[10] During the March 5, 2025, FIFA Council meeting, FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated that the tournament would possibly be expanded to 48 teams depending on decisions made in the lead-up to the host selection.^{[citation needed]} On April 3, 2025, the tournament was expanded to 48 teams starting from the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup and it was confirmed one month later on May 9, 2025.^[8][9][11]

This will be the first FIFA Women's World Cup to include 48 teams, an increase from 32 teams, mirroring the expansion of Men's World Cup since 2026. The teams will be split in 12 groups of 4 teams, with the top two of each group and the eight best third-placed teams progressing to a new round of 32. The total number of games played will increase from 64 to 104, and the maximum number of games played by teams reaching the final will increase from seven to eight.

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.^[12] However, additional changes will be made to accommodate the expansion to 48.

In the United States, several regions have shown interest to host including Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York/New Jersey, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with bidding set to begin in fall 2025.^[13] Out of these cities, all but two will host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Teams

Qualification

FIFA's confederations organize their own qualifying competitions, with the exception of CAF and CONCACAF, which qualify teams through continental championships.^{[further explanation needed]} The hosts Mexico and the United States qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving most of the remaining FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so.^{[further explanation needed]}

• AFC (Asia): TBD
• CAF (Africa): TBD
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): TBD (including co-hosts Mexico and the United States)
• CONMEBOL (South America): TBD
• OFC (Oceania): TBD
• UEFA (Europe): TBD
• Inter-confederation play-off tournament: TBD

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Last appearance	Consecutive streak	Previous best performance
United States	Co-hosts	April 3, 2025[a]	10th/11th	2023/2027	1/11	Champions (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019)
Mexico		May 27, 2025[b]	4th/5th	2015/2027	1/2	Group stage (1999, 2011, 2015)

Marketing

Broadcasting

•  Canada – Netflix^[14]
•  United States – Netflix^[15]

Notes

1. On April 3, 2025, FIFA announced that the United States bid was the only valid bid. However, the official host will be officially appointed on April 30, 2026.
2. It was revealed that Mexico joined the United States as co-hosts on May 27, 2025. However, the official host will be officially appointed on April 30, 2026.