FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said the United States and the United Kingdom are poised to be named as hosts of the Women’s World Cup in 2031 and 2035, respectively.
Infantino told the UEFA Congress in Belgrade on Thursday that the joint bid from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was the only “valid bid” of interest for the 2035 tournament after the deadline passed, with the United States also putting forward the only bid for the 2031 edition.
“As part of the bidding process, we received one bid for ’31 and one bid, valid bid, I should add for ’35,” he said.
“The ’31 bid is from the United States of America and potentially some other Concacaf members together and the ’36 bid is from Europe from the Home Nations so the path is there for the Women’s World Cup to be taking place in ’31 and ’35 in some great countries and some great nations to boost even more the women’s football movement.”
The UK has never hosted a Women’s World Cup. England hosted the Women’s Euros in 2022, winning the tournament on home soil. The men’s team last hosted the World Cup in 1966. The 2035 bid could pave the way for the men’s team to…
