FIFA has officially launched invitations to tender (ITTs) in New Zealand, for the media rights to FIFA World Cup 26™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, as well as for the FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027™. Meanwhile, FIFA is also launching invitations to tender for the FIFA World Cup 26™ and the FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027™ in the Pacific Islands*.

The FIFA World Cup 26™, which will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and the FIFA World Cup 2030™, to be hosted in Morocco, Portugal and Spain, with three centenary matches taking place in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The upcoming tournaments will feature a record 48 teams and an unprecedented 104 matches, creating the most inclusive sporting event in history.

The FIFA Women's World Cup is the biggest female-only sporting event in the world. The 2027 edition will be hosted in Brazil, promising an unforgettable tournament. Thirty-two teams will compete in at least eight host cities representing different regions of the country.

Entities wishing to participate in the tender processes can request the ITTs by e-mailing NewZealandmediarights@fifa.org (New Zealand) and fwc26-media-rights@fifa.org and fwwc2027-media-rights@fifa.org (Pacific Islands). The bid submission deadline for both tenders is on Tuesday 27 May 2025 at 10am CEST.

Through the sale of media rights for its football tournaments, FIFA generates income which is essential to support and develop football around the world, including the FIFA Forward Development Programme.

*The Pacific Islands tenders include the following territories: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu; French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna; and American Samoa.