Following the success of the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, UK Athletics announced that it would submit a bid to host the event again in 2019. London was competing against Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for hosting rights, with a bidding deadline of 30 September 2017. However, the day before the bidding deadline, London abandoned the 2019 bid, citing scheduling issues and a lack of funding to support the bid. With Kuala Lumpur also pulling out, bidding was reopened, and the event was ultimately awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.