2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the 10th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation, after FIFA announced the expansion of the tournament in July 2019. Proposed bids. The bidding process has not started yet, but there have been some proposed bids for the World Cup. Confirmed bids. Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands. On 19 October 2020, the football associations  of Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to jointly bid for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. The intention is for the three countries to make further agreements about the organization before the end of this year and to record this in a covenant. Belgium and the Netherlands jointly hosted the UEFA European Championship in 2000, with Belgium having previously hosted in 1972. Germany hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011 and the UEFA European Women's Championship in 2001. Germany also hosted the FIFA Men's World Cup in 1974 and 2006, the men 's Euro in 1988, and will do so again in 2024. The Netherlands hosted the Women's Euro in 2017. Interested bids. Chile. After the successful participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, then-sports minister Pauline Kantor, announced the intention to propose a bid for 2027 edition, saying, "Particularly, yes. Absolutely. It is a dream for all the development that implies. The World Cup is not just an event. The World Cup also leaves infrastructure and leaves interest. I believe that a Women's World Cup would leave an interest in all the girls, who  continue and do it, but who could see themselves even more identified with their referents." Chile has hosted the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Santiago will host the 2023 Pan American Games and Parapan American Games from October to November of that year. The country is also co-bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) have expressed interest in a combined bid to host the World  Cup, with a statement from Norwegian Football Federation president Terje Svendsen saying, "We have a good Nordic co-operation and the Nordic countries have a leading position in women's football." Sweden hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, becoming the first country to host both men's and women's World Cups. The 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in Finland. In June 2019, the Nordic Council declared its support. If successful, it will be the second Women's World Cup to be held in multiple countries after Australia and New  Zealand in 2023. These countries have 10 over 20,000 seat stadiums planned to be in place for this event, so there is likely no venue cutting needs and all of the countries have at least one stadium suitable for FIFA size demands in the event. South Africa. Motivated by the success of the country's recent participation in FIFA women's tournaments, South African Football Association previously submitted a bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, but withdrew its bid in December 2019. SAFA CEO Hay Mokoena stated that South Africa would consider bidding for 2027 after the  women's league and national team become more competitive. South Africa has hosted the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup and could use the infrastructure that was built for the tournament. Previously interested bids. United States. Before his resignation, former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro expressed an interest in having the U.S. host the tournament, stating "I believe we can and should host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2027." However, it was not known where current president Cindy Parlow Cone could have stood on a possible bid. If it had been successful, this would  have seen the U.S. hosting the Women's World Cup one year after co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup and one year before Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympics again. The United States has previously hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and this tournament twice in a row in 1999 and 2003. It was reported on 6 August 2021 that U.S. Soccer was considering a bid for the 2031 Women's World Cup instead, effectively ending its proposal for 2027. Format. The Women's World Cup, starting from the 2023 edition, will open with a group stage consisting of  eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall is 64. The tournament will replicate the format of the Men's FIFA World Cup used between 1998 and 2022.