On 9 May 2023, Kurdistan Region was announced as the tournament host,[1] but was removed in September 2024 following their suspension by CONIFA.

On 30 April 2024, CONIFA announced that the tournament would be postponed until summer 2025 after security concerns meant that a large number of teams would not travel to the region.

[3][4] On 18 December 2024, CONIFA announced that the rescheduled 2025 tournament would be canceled, after potential hosts São Paulo failed to show proof of organisational or financial ability.

[5] In April 2023, following a visit to the region a month earlier announced that the Kurdistan Region would host the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup, the first since the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup due to the COVID-19 Pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup due to be held in Skopje, North Macedonia.

[7] In addition, one place is reserved to the host team, other to the current champion (Kárpátalja) and one wild card.