FIFA announces USA to host first Women’s Club World Cup in 2028

FIFA to signifier inaugural Women’s Club World Cup, with 16 of football’s apical teams, successful United States successful 2028.

The United States volition big the inaugural women’s shot Club World Cup successful 2028, FIFA announced Thursday.

“The determination was taken successful presumption of its acquisition successful organising FIFA tournaments, the maturity of its infrastructure and services and the level of stakeholder involvement successful women’s shot successful the country,” satellite football’s governing assemblage said.

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The US has a proven way grounds of staging ample sporting events, notably cohosting the men’s World Cup earlier this year.

The archetypal women’s Club World Cup volition beryllium staged from January 5-30, 2028.

It volition bring unneurotic 19 top-tier clubs from each six continental confederations.

The AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North America) and CONMEBOL (South America) volition beryllium represented by 3 clubs apiece astatine the competition, 1 squad volition alert the emblem for the OFC (Oceania) and six of Europe’s champion sides volition correspond UEFA.

Seven clubs person already secured their berths astatine the tournament: Arsenal (England), Club America Femenil (Mexico), Barcelona (Spain), Gotham (United States), Naegohyang (North Korea), Corinthians (Brazil) and Wuhan Jiangda (China).

“These 7 clubs, and a twelve more, volition travel unneurotic to amusement the spot and extent of women’s nine shot to a planetary audience,” said FIFA main women’s shot serviceman Sarai Bareman.

“They volition person the accidental to archer their story, grow their instrumentality basal and correspond their nine connected the satellite stage. They person thoroughly earned this accidental to beryllium portion of past successful the United States.”

FIFA said the instauration of the tourney marked “a large milestone for the professionalisation and planetary enlargement of the women’s nine game, giving elite nine sides a existent satellite signifier to vie connected each 4 years”.

Initially slated for 2026, FIFA pushed the inaugural tourney backmost by 2 years truthful it enjoys a wide model pursuing the 2027 women’s World Cup and earlier the 2028 Summer Olympics successful Los Angeles.

The US has a proven way grounds of hosting ample sporting events, notably staging the men’s 2026 World Cup, which was won by Spain earlier this year.

Chelsea are the reigning men’s FIFA Club World Cup holders, aft beating Paris St Germain successful the 2025 final, which was besides staged successful the US.