Australia Reaffirms Interest To Host FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has welcomed the unanimous decision made by the FIFA Council to expand the FIFA Women’s World Cup from 24 to 32 nations, commencing with the next edition of the tournament to be held in 2023.

Following the FIFA Council’s decision to expand the size and format of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, FFA has intended to reconfirm its position as a Bidding Nation for the tournament in 2023 and is awaiting the updated requirements documentation due to be delivered by FIFA later this month.

FFA Chair Chris Nikou said: “Australia stands ready to work with FIFA to deliver an historic 32 nation FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. The groundwork that has been completed by our Bid Team, which includes gaining the official support of the New South Wales Government as recently as Tuesday this week, means that Australia is well advanced in many of the elements required to Bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. This follows an earlier commitment of support for FFA’s bid by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, including the provision of $5m in funding to prepare a bid.

“FFA will await the updated documentation from FIFA and, once received, will work diligently with relevant stakeholders to adjust features of our original and ongoing planning to address the expanded competition requirements.”