SYDNEY, June 26 — Australia and New Zealand were handed the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the Fifa Council on Thursday. Their joint proposal beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32...
Australia and New Zealand's joint proposal beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams. — Reuters pic
Japan, who had also put forward a bid to stage the event, pulled out on Monday after they were ranked below the joint bid by world governing body Fifa’s evaluation report. “Not only will it be the first ever co-confederation hosted Fifa World Cup and the first ever Fifa Women’s World Cup in the Asia-Pacific region, but we will unlock the huge potential for growth in women’s football in the Asia-Pacific region.”
Colombia, who were hoping to become the first South American nation to hold the tournament, were disappointed at the decision but vowed to keep fighting to host a major Fifa event.
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