2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will involve 24 national teams, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained. Although the official bidding process has not yet begun, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Thailand have confirmed their interests in potentially staging the tournament.

Host selection

The following countries have indicated interest in bidding:

•  Australia – After successfully staging the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, it was announced that Football Federation Australia (FFA) would bid for the 2023 Women's World Cup. FFA CEO David Gallop commented on the bid, saying "The runaway success of the Asian Cup puts us in a very good position to talk to federal and state governments about supporting a Women’s World Cup. These global events are part of the nation-building that football brings to the table". Gallop added "Women’s football has been identified as a key growth driver in schools, clubs and social forms of the game. Bidding for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is emerging as a central part of the WOFP. The project will galvanise our efforts across the women’s game and give us a showcase for the Matildas, who are incredible players and fantastic ambassadors".^[1] On 5 May 2015, with his release of FFA's Whole of Football Plan, a 20-year vision for football in Australia, it was announced that Australia would indeed bid for the 2023 Women’s World Cup hosting rights, doing so as the driver of women's football participation and professionalism in the country.^[2] Potential venues include 2015 Asian Cup venues Stadium Australia, Lang Park, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Newcastle International Sports Centre and Canberra Stadium, as well as other rectangular football venues Sydney Football Stadium, Parramatta Stadium, Perth Oval, Hindmarsh Stadium, Willows Sports Complex and Robina Stadium.
•  Colombia The Executive Committee of the Colombian Football Federation, headed by its president Ramon Jesurum Franco, presented on Tuesday, August 23 before the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino interest to formalize the candidacy of Colombia as host country of the Women's World Cup FIFA 2023. Colombia has previously hosted the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup ^[3][4][5] In 2017 the Colombian Women's Football League played its first season. One of the requirements to host the World Cup is to have a national women's league.^[6]
•  Japan – The Japan Football Association (JFA) had originally planned to bid for the 2019 tournament, but in December 2013, decided to bid only in 2023 to avoid conflict with the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. JFA Vice President Kozo Tashima commented on a potential 2023 World Cup making use of the facilities that will be renovated for the Olympics, saying "the new National Stadium will be available for us to use, and we can hold a much better tournament then".^[7]
•  New Zealand — Prior to their hosting of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, New Zealand officials expressed interest in bidding for the hosting rights of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[8] FIFA's director of tournaments, Colin Smith, called New Zealand a "major contender" to host the Women's World Cup should they bid.^[9]
•  Thailand – In mid-2015, following Thailand's debut appearance in the FIFA Women's World Cup, president of the Football Association of Thailand, Worawi Makudi, announced that Thailand would consider placing a bid to host the 2023 tournament.^[10]
•  South Korea

Broadcasting rights

•  Canada – CTV, TSN, RDS^[11][12]
•  United States – Fox, Telemundo^[13]

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