World Sevens Football (W7F) is a women's association football competition series format, which features existing clubs playing professional seven-a-side football.
Format World Sevens Football features a pitch half the size of a regulation (11-a-side) pitch and goals that are 2m tall and 5.5m wide. There is no offside rule. Games are played in two halves of fifteen minutes each, with rolling substitutions from an unlimited squad (with fourteen players for each match). In the case of games being tied, they go to 5 minutes extra time, and then sudden-death penalties. The organisers devised the format with the aim to appeal to "a new generation of fans."
Tournaments are invitational – with mainstream top-level women's football teams applying to be included – and feature eight teams split into two groups of four, with the groups followed by semi-finals and the final. The competition is not regulated by FIFA, and takes place outside the FIFA International Match Calendar, meaning there are no player release obligations for the clubs. The inaugural tournament was streamed live on DAZN. World Sevens Football was founded by Jennifer Mackesy and Justin Fishkin. Its player advisory council is composed of former internationals Anita Asante, Laura Georges, Tobin Heath, Kelley O'Hara, and Caroline Seger.
Estoril 2025 The inaugural tournament took place from 21–23 May 2025 at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in Estoril, Portugal. The site and dates were chosen due to their proximity to the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League final, set to be held in Lisbon on 24 May. Participating teams were finalised during the later stages of the Champions League knock-out rounds, as only the two finalists were ineligible to take part.
In April 2025, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Benfica, and Manchester United were all confirmed as participants. In May 2025, Manchester City, AS Roma, Paris Saint-Germain and Rosengård joined the tournament.
Teams All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).
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Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref. Breakout Player Simi Awujo (Manchester United) Golden Ball Momoko Tanikawa (Bayern Munich) Golden Boot Momoko Tanikawa (Bayern Munich) Golden Glove Ena Mahmutovic (Bayern Munich)
Fort Lauderdale 2025 The second tournament took place in December 2025, in Fort Lauderdale in the United States. Investment for five years of the format was made. In October 2025, AFC Toronto, Flamengo, Club América, Tigres UANL, the Kansas City Current, San Diego Wave FC, Deportivo Cali, and Nacional were confirmed as participants.
Teams All times are local, EST (UTC−5).
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Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref. Breakout Player Gia Corley (San Diego Wave) Golden Ball María Sánchez (Tigres UANL) Golden Boot María Sánchez (Tigres UANL) Golden Glove DiDi Haračić (San Diego Wave)
London 2026 The third tournament took place in England and featured eight WSL clubs: Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester City, London City Lionesses, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham and Manchester United.
Teams All times are local, BST (UTC+1).
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Group 2 </onlyinclude>
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref. Breakout Player Rachel Maltby (Aston Villa) Golden Ball Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea) Golden Boot Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea) Golden Glove Sabrina D'Angelo (Aston Villa)
See also 7's Football League – a seven-a-side football format in the Philippines, which has a women's division Queens League – a seven-a-side women's football format in Spain, with its own franchise teams The Soccer Tournament – a seven-a-side football format in the United States, which has featured women's and mixed teams
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