2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup

"2026 FIFA Women's Club World Cup" redirects here. For the tournament to be held that year, see 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup.

FIFA Women's Club World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBA
DatesJanuary–February 2028
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 19 (from 6 confederations)
2032 →

The 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup is the planned inaugural edition of the FIFA Women's Club World Cup, an international club association football competition organized by FIFA. It will be contested by 19 women's club teams in January and February 2028. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in early 2026 but was delayed by two years.

Background and format

FIFA initially announced plans to establish a global women's club competition in May 2021.[1] It would be structured similarly to the men's Club World Cup, which is scheduled to become a quadrennial tournament beginning with the 2025 edition. The FIFA Council approved the updated women's football calendar at the 74th FIFA Congress held in Bangkok in May 2024, which included the inaugural Women's Club World Cup in early 2026.[2] The first edition of the quadrennial tournament was to be played in January and February 2026 and involve 16 teams.[3]

On March 5, 2025, the FIFA Council moved the inaugural Women's Club World Cup to 2028 and created a new annual Women's Champions Cup to begin in the January/February 2026 slot. The Women's Club World Cup was expanded to 19 teams with qualification determined by the Women's Champions Cup, which would take place in the three years between World Cups.[4][5] The two-year delay followed a lack of progress in announced plans for the inaugural tournament, which had yet to have a host, sponsors, or television broadcasters announced.[6]

Six clubs are planned to participate in the play-in phase, with the three winners joining 13 other clubs in the next stage, which will consist of four groups of four, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout stage.[5]

Slot allocation

The slot allocation for the inaugural edition will be as follows:[5]

Qualified teams

Group stage direct entrants
Confederation Team(s) Qualification Qualified date(s)
AFC (2 slots) Wuhan Jiangda[7] Winners of the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League May 24, 2025
TBD
CAF (2 slots) TBD
TBD
CONCACAF (2 slots) Gotham FC[8] Winners of the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup May 24, 2025
Winners of the 2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup[9] May 23, 2026
CONMEBOL (2 slots) TBD
TBD
UEFA (5 slots) Arsenal[10] Winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League May 24, 2025
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Play-in stage participants
Confederation Team(s) Qualification Qualified date(s)
AFC (1 slot)
CAF (1 slot)
CONCACAF (1 slot)
CONMEBOL (1 slot)
OFC (1 slot) Best OFC Women's Champions League winners in the OFC four-year ranking
UEFA (1 slot)

Play-in stage

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Team 1 Team 2
Team 3 Team 4
Team 5 Team 6

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 From play-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 From play-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 From play-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
1A
 
 
 
2B
 
Winner QF1
 
 
 
Winner QF2
 
1C
 
 
 
2D
 
Winner SF1
 
 
 
Winner SF2
 
1B
 
 
 
2A
 
Winner QF3
 
 
 
Winner QF4
 
1D
 
 
2C
 

References

  1. ^ "A Women's Club World Cup "coming soon" says FIFA's Infantino". Reuters. May 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "First Women's Club World Cup to take place in 2026". BBC Sport. May 15, 2024. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Inaugural Women's Club World Cup to be held from Jan-Feb 2026, FIFA says". Reuters. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Kassouf, Jeff; Foster, Matt (March 5, 2025). "FIFA Women's Club World Cup delayed to 2028; new Champions Cup launched". ESPN. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "FIFA Council approves unprecedented prize money pot for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and takes key decisions on women's competitions" (Press release). FIFA. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  6. ^ Linehan, Meg; Slater, Matt (March 5, 2025). "FIFA Women's Club World Cup delay and new Champions Cup explained". The Athletic. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25 - Wuhan Jiangda take title with shootout win". the-AFC. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Gotham FC wins inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup". Concacaf. May 25, 2025. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  9. ^ "Concacaf confirms key details for 2025/26 W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. May 12, 2025.
  10. ^ "Arsenal to play in 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup". July 23, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
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