The United Kingdom bid for the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup is a joint bid to host the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup by the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The bid was announced on 3 April 2025. The slogan of the bid is titled: "All Together".
Background In May 2023, The Football Association announced their intention to bid following the success of their women's team at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and the large attendance at Wembley Stadium for the 2022 Women's FA Cup final. This would be England's first time hosting the women's tournament, though they have significant hosting experience including the 1963 UEFA U-18, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1983 UEFA U-18, 1993 UEFA U-18, UEFA Euro 1996, 2001 UEFA U-16, 2018 UEFA U-17, and several matches of UEFA Euro 2020. A bid alongside Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland similar to their successful UEFA Euro 2028 bid was also proposed. The home nations of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) pushed their bid from 2031 to 2035 following the confirmation of hosting restrictions on 5 March 2025. On 3 April 2025, FIFA declared the United Kingdom bid the sole valid bid for 2035. Due to UEFA's boycott of FIFA competitions due to the FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, it is unknown if an alternative host, which would have to be from CAF, will be selected if the boycott is maintained by the 10th Extraordinary FIFA Congress on 23 November 2026, when the hosts will be officially announced.
England have previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1966, while Scotland had hosted matches for the UEFA Euro in 2020. England, Scotland and Wales will co-host the UEFA Euro in 2028 along with the Republic of Ireland.
Proposed 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.
Manchester United have expressed interest in hosting this final in their yet-to-be built 100,000 seater stadium, though reports have indicated the FA prefers Wembley Stadium. Other interested cities currently include Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sunderland, and Wrexham.
No venue in Northern Ireland currently meets the minimum capacity requirement, with the largest existing stadium, Windsor Park, having only 18,500 capacity. Plans for the redevelopment of Casement Park into a 34,500 capacity venue for the UEFA Euro 2028 were stalled and resulted in Northern Ireland withdrawing from hosting the tournament.
On 28 November 2025, the formal bid submission proposed 22 venues in 16 cities, including some planned and provisional stadiums. It's not known yet how many venues will be used for the tournament. The bid submission also highlights that 63 million people live within two hours of any proposed venue.
+List of host cities and stadiumsCountry City Stadium Capacity Image London Wembley Stadium 90,000 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 62,850 Emirates Stadium 60,704 Stamford Bridge 40,022 Selhurst Park 25,486(to be renovated) Manchester Old Trafford 74,197 Etihad Stadium 61,470(after renovation) Birmingham New Birmingham City Stadium 62,000 Villa Park 50,000(after renovation) Leeds Elland Road 53,000(after renovation) Liverpool Hill Dickinson Stadium 52,769 Newcastle St James' Park 52,305 Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000 Brighton & Hove American Express Stadium 31,876 Nottingham City Ground 30,404(to be renovated) Bristol Ashton Gate 26,462 Belfast Windsor Park 18,500(to be renovated) Glasgow Hampden Park 51,866 Edinburgh Easter Road 20,421 Cardiff Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff City Stadium 33,280 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 15,500(to be renovated)
See also 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup England women's national football team Northern Ireland women's national football team Scotland women's national football team Wales women's national football team
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References
External links The UK 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup bid website Official FIFA Women's World Cup website