Overview

• The four-match finals stage runs 28 January to 1 February 2026 with two semi-finals, a third-place game and a final.
• The specific stadium in London has not yet been announced.
• Arsenal, Europe’s entrant after winning the UEFA Women’s Champions League, will face the team emerging from an Asia–Oceania–Africa play-off path.
• Asian champions Wuhan Jiangda host Oceania representatives Auckland United in China this month, with the winner meeting Africa’s champions in December to decide Arsenal’s opponent.
• The other semi-final pairs North American champions NJ/NY Gotham against the winners of the women’s Copa Libertadores, and FIFA has also set the 2026 Women’s African Cup of Nations for 17 March to 3 April, overlapping scheduled WSL rounds.