Women’s World Cup 2027
The Women’s World Cup 2027 runs from Thursday the 24th of June to Sunday the 25th of July 2027, in Brazil. Thirty-two teams, eight groups of four, 64 matches across eight host cities — and, unusually, a single time zone for the entire tournament.
Key dates
| Stage | Dates |
|---|---|
| Group stage | Thursday the 24th of June – Thursday the 8th of July |
| Round of 16 | Saturday the 10th – Tuesday the 13th of July |
| Quarter-finals | Friday the 16th – Saturday the 17th of July |
| Semi-finals | Tuesday the 20th – Wednesday the 21st of July |
| Third-place match | Saturday the 24th of July |
| Final | Sunday the 25th of July |
The opening match and the final are both at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.
One tournament, one clock
Every one of the eight host cities sits at UTC−3, and Brazil no longer observes daylight saving time, so that offset holds for the whole tournament. That makes 2027 structurally different from 2026, which spread across four time zones from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific — where the same round could air in the morning in one venue and after midnight in another.
In practice it means one piece of mental arithmetic covers the entire tournament. Once kickoff times are published, a 17:00 kickoff in Brazil will read as 21:00 in London, 22:00 in Berlin, 16:00 in New York and 05:00 the next morning in Tokyo and Seoul.
Format
Thirty-two teams are drawn into eight groups of four. The top two from each group reach the round of 16, and the tournament runs as a straight knockout from there. That is 64 matches in total — the same format the Women’s World Cup used in 2023.
Three of the 32 places are still open. They will be decided by the play-off tournament, which runs in two phases between November 2026 and March 2027.
What we’ll publish next
The fixture list is out, but kickoff times are not, and the group draw has not been held — so the matches carry placeholders rather than teams. When both land, every match will be converted to your local time with the same watchability colour coding this site used for 2026, and the calendars and printable schedules will follow.
The full match schedule is published: all 64 fixtures with dates and venues. Also: the eight host cities and the play-off tournament.