{"id":287921,"date":"2025-11-28T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287921\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:47:08","slug":"uk-set-to-host-first-world-cup-since-1966-after-fa-launches-unopposed-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287921\/","title":{"rendered":"UK set to host first World Cup since 1966 after FA launches unopposed bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK looks set to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup after the FA launched an unopposed bid.<\/p>\n

The English FA, Irish FA, Scottish FA and FA of Wales have officially submitted their joint bid for the tournament.<\/p>\n

The competition would be the largest single-sport event ever staged in the UK, and the first FIFA World Cup hosted in the country since 1966.<\/p>\n

The bid includes 22 proposed stadiums, split up between 16 host cities.<\/p>\n

England will host 16 stadiums, three in Wales, two in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland, if the plans are approved.<\/p>\n

It would also be the most accessible tournament ever, with 63 million people living within two hours of a proposed venue.<\/p>\n

The bid is built on the powerful vision of “All Together”, a rallying cry for women\u2019s football and sport more broadly to empower worldwide.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister issued a statement in support of the plans.<\/p>\n

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The UK looks set to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup after the FA launched an unopposed bid<\/p>\n

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Sir Keir Starmer, said: “Our bid to host the 2035 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup shows the UK\u2019s passion for football.<\/p>\n

“The Lionesses\u2019 success has inspired girls across our country, and we\u2019ll build on that momentum by welcoming millions of football fans from around the world to a tournament that will benefit communities and businesses in host cities up and down the UK.<\/p>\n

“With significant investment in school sport and grassroots facilities through our Plan for Change, we\u2019re creating opportunities for girls to play for their national team.”<\/p>\n

The competition is predicted to be eight times bigger than Euro 2022, which took place in England<\/p>\n

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The bid includes 22 proposed stadiums, split up between 16 host cities<\/p>\n

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The deadline to submit a bid is today, with the UK being the current sole bidder.<\/p>\n

Manchester United’s proposed 100,000-seater stadium is included in proposals, despite not yet being under construction.<\/p>\n

Plans for a new Trafford stadium were announced in March earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The winning bid will be announced at the 76th FIFA Congress, due to take place in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday, April 30.<\/p>\n

\"WorldEngland last won the World Cup in 1966, the only time they hosted the tournament | PA<\/p>\n

Birmingham City’s Powerhouse Stadium was also named in the plans.<\/p>\n

The 62,000-seater, set to cost \u00a31.2bn according to club chairman Tom Wagner, was announced last month.<\/p>\n

The Women’s World Cup has never been hosted in the UK.<\/p>\n

The UK has hosted one World Cup, in 1966, when England’s men’s team won the title on home soil, defeating West Germany 4-2 in the final at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK looks set to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup after the FA launched an unopposed bid.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[102644,218,50,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-287921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-best-of-britain","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}