When is the next Women's Euros taking place, and when is the Women's World Cup? Hosts, dates and key details
Here is everything you need to know ahead the next Women’s Euros, including dates and hosts.
Chloe Kelly was England’s hero once again after the Arsenal forward stepped up to blast home the winning penalty in the Lionesses pulsating Women’s Euros final shootout win over Spain in Basel.
Scorer of the winning goal in the 2-1 Women’s Euro 2022 final three years ago, the 27-year-old proved to be the difference maker for her nation for the second Women’s Euros in succession. Mariona Caldentey’s first-half opener had put Spain on course for the victory, but was cancelled out by Alessia Russo’s excellent header which took the game into extra-time, though the sides could not be separated.
One of the best attended and most watched tournaments in women’s football history, hosts Switzerland have welcomed over half-a-million people to the country in order to attend games throughout the competition, with a capacity crowd of 34,203 attending Sunday’s final at St. Jakob-Park.
The first England team - men or women - to win a major tournament on foreign soil, head coach Sarina Wiegman also secured her third successive Women’s Euros win following her successes with the Netherlands in 2017, and England in 2022.
Taking place in Switzerland for the first time this summer, the tournament has taken place across eight different stadiums, and saw 25,000 fans take part in a special fan march last week when the Swiss took on Spain the quarter-final of the competition. But where will the next major women’s tournaments take place, and which stadiums are the games going to be played at?
When is the next Women’s Euros?
With the European Championship hosted every four years, the next Women’s Euros is set to take place in the summer of 2029. Typically held in either June or July, the full confirmed dates are not yet announced, with confirmation of this expected around December.
When is the next Women’s World Cup?
The next major tournament in women’s football will be the World Cup, and is the 10th edition of the competition. The FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to take place between June 24 to July 25, 2027.
Where will the Women’s World Cup be held?
The tournament has been confirmed to take place in Brazil, and will feature 32 teams competing across 10 to 12 venues, many of which were used in the 2014 Men’s World Cup. It will be the first Women's World Cup hosted in South America.
When will the next Women’s Euros be held?
As it stands, there is no confirmation on where the Women’s Euros 2029 will take place, with five nations still bidding to host the tournament.
The current nations in the running to be hosts for the Women’s Euro 2029 are: Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden [joint bid]. The winning bid will be announced in December.
How many teams will be in Women’s Euros 2029?
The Women's Euro 2029 will feature 16 nations, as confirmed by UEFA's format for recent tournaments. This follows the structure used in the 2022 and 2025 editions, where 16 teams compete in the final tournament, including a host nations, and a further 15 teams making the tournament via the qualification phase. UEFA's official website provides further updates as the tournament approaches.
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