2031 FIFA Women's World Cup

The host nation(s) for the 2031 Women's World Cup will be formally decided by the tenth extraordinary FIFA Congress on November 23, 2026, in Zürich, 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
• November 28, 2025: Member associations to submit their bids to FIFA
• February 2026: FIFA to organize on-site inspection visits to bidding countries
• March 2026: Publication of FIFA's bid evaluation report
• 2nd quarter: Designation of bids by the FIFA Council
• November 23, 2026: Appointment of the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup hosts at the tenth extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zürich, Switzerland^[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 games in Costa Rica and Jamaica. Mexico later joined the United States as hosts on May 27, 2025.^[7] Costa Rica and Jamaica also joined as hosts on October 20, 2025.^[8]

The expansion of the Women's World Cup from 32 to 48 teams comes with the success of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the number of participants was increased from 24 to 32 teams.^[9][10] The rapid growth of women's soccer in the 2020s led to the potential expansion following suit with the men's World Cup.^[11] 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, a decision confirmed one month later on May 9.^[9][10][12]

The teams will be split into 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.

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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 to be existing venues. The stadiums would have minimum seating capacities of 20,000 for most matches, 40,000 for the semifinals, and 65,000 for the opener and final.^[13] However, additional changes will be made to accommodate the expansion to 48.

In Costa Rica, the only city interested is San José.^[14]

In Jamaica, the only city interested is Kingston.^[15]

In Mexico, several cities are interested: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Pachuca, Querétaro, and Torreón.^[16]

In the United States, more than 30 regions have shown interest, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas–Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York/New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, the Tampa Bay Area, and Washington, D.C., with bidding set to begin in fall 2025.^{[needs update][17]} Managers of New Commanders Stadium in Washington, D.C., have specifically targeted completion of their facility in 2030 as to be eligible as a host venue.^[18][19]

On November 28, 2025, the bid book listed 20 possible stadiums the bidding committee had in mind with additional stadiums mentioned as well. No official statement has been made yet on when the host city selection process will begin.

A † denotes a stadium used for previous Women's World Cup tournaments.

A ‡ denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.

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 Costa Rica, Jamaica, 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 Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, and the United States)
• CONMEBOL (South America): TBD
• OFC (Oceania): TBD
• UEFA (Europe): TBD
• Inter-confederation play-off tournament: TBD

Qualified teams

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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)
Costa Rica		October 20, 2025[c]	3rd/4th	2023/2027	1/3	Group stage (2015, 2023)
Jamaica		October 20, 2025[d]	3rd/4th	2023/2027	1/4	Round of 16 (2023)

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Broadcasting

•  Canada – Netflix^[21][22]
•  China – China Media Group^[23]
•  United States – Netflix^[24]