WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand soccer chief Andrew Pragnell says their joint bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup with Australia could be a template for cross FIFA confederation cooperation and that the event could transform the game in Oceania.
NZF Chief Executive Pragnell told Reuters the timing was right to launch a bid to host the World Cup, which has been expanded to 32 teams from 24 after the 2019 tournament in France drew massive television audiences and commercial interest.
"Certainly for New Zealand the timing was right ... to partner with Australia. It was for them also." "When you look across the Asian federation, they really are a diverse and eclectic mix of nations, both small and big.
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