Chinanews.com, June 26th, local time, 25th, FIFA announced the host country of the 2023 Women's Football World Cup. Due to the successive launch of Brazil and Japan Football Associations, Australia and New Zealand defeated the Colombian Football Association 22:13 in the voting. The right to host the World Cup ultimately fell to both countries. At that time, the Women’s World Cup will not only be jointly hosted by the two countries for the first time in history, but will also be expanded to 32 teams for the first time.
In the vote on the right to host the 2023 Women's World Cup on that day, Australia and New Zealand, as joint sponsors, won 22 of the 35 valid votes in the first round of voting. Colombia, another bidding country, won 13 votes. Brazil and Japan were originally sponsors of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, but both countries announced their withdrawal on the eve of the vote.
The 2019 Women’s World Cup is hosted by France. The World Cup was a great success and the U.S. women’s football team won the championship. The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be expanded to 32 teams. At the same time, this is the first time that the Women’s World Cup will be jointly hosted by two countries that belong to different continents (Australia, AFC, and New Zealand, Oceania). (Finish)