the WORLD cup in female football has increased in popularity, and a further three countries launched on Friday, official WORLD cup værtsbud.
on Thursday announced Australia and New Zealand, the two countries seek joint hosting of the WORLD cup finals in female football in 2023.
Friday, there were then several bids, both of Brazil, Colombia and Japan announced that they will bid on the final round in four years.
According to The International Football association (Fifa) is the interest is unprecedented, according to female football and the WORLD cup experienced a revival in connection with the final tournament in the summer in France.
– France in 2019 was truly a turning point for women’s football, and now it’s up to Fifa to make sure to promote the incredible growth, said the Fifa president Gianni Infantino, in a communication from Fifa on Friday.
When played right to host the event in 2023, then for the first time, 32 nations will participate in the match for the WORLD title at the women.
In 2019, the participating 24 nations in the finals, and experienced record-breaking tilskuerinteresse for matches both in the stadiums in France and in the tv coverage.
In 2015, was also attended by 24 nations, but the former consisted of the women’s WORLD cup all-star squad of 16 countries. The first two finals in 1991 and 1995, however, had the participation of 12 countries.
the U.S. won the 2019 WORLD cup title for the fourth time overall and for the second time in a row, when the americans defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the final.
In the current format, is WORLD cup game since 1991.
Fifa informs on Friday that it will review the applications in January and February, and that there will be appointed a WORLD cup-hosted in connection with the Fifa meeting in June next year in Addis Ababa.
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