Soccer Women's World Cup candidate site evaluation report Japan is the second evaluation June 10 23:35

The FIFA = International Football Federation has released an evaluation report of three candidate sites aiming to host the Women's World Cup in 2023, and Japan has quantified the items such as match venues and accommodation facilities with an average score of 5 out of 5 points. Was the second evaluation.

Regarding the invitation of the Women's Soccer World Cup in 2023, Brazil withdrew its candidature on the background of the financial deterioration due to the spread of the new coronavirus on 8th of this month, and proposed both Japan and Colombia aiming for the first time, and co-sponsorship. There are a total of three potential sites in Australia and New Zealand.

On the 10th, FIFA has compiled an evaluation report based on the site visit that was held this February in addition to the respective holding plans.

As a result, Japan received a rating of 3.9 out of a total of 5 points, which is the second average score that quantified items such as match venues and accommodation facilities.

Australia and New Zealand, which proposed co-sponsorship, received the highest ratings of 4.1, and Colombia was 2.8.

In addition, in the risk assessment in each of the 17 items, Japan was evaluated as low risk except for the two items, “government support” and “sustainability”, which were judged as medium risk.

On the other hand, in Australia and New Zealand, “government support” was the only medium risk.

The 2023 Women's World Cup will take place with more teams participating in the game, from 24 to 32, and the venue will be decided online this year by a FIFA board member voting.