A requirement that at least one woman must be part of each country's technical coaching team.

This is what European football associations must relate to in order to qualify for or participate in the 2023 World Cup.

Karl-Erik Nilsson, Deputy Chairman of Uefa, explains why they chose to fill the requirement.

- From the beginning, it is about ensuring that there are women who can become coaches at national team level.

It was first introduced among the youth national teams.

It is also done so as to ensure that in national federations there are coaching courses where there is a chance for women.

It is primarily not created for northern European federations where we have more of a habit of boys and girls together, but instead other member countries in Fifa and Uefa where women have had it a little harder, he says to SVT Sport.

The International Football Association, Fifa, has made a similar decision.

Unlike Uefa, however, it initially requires at least one woman in the national federations' total leadership staff, rather than the technical coaching team.

The rules of both associations, on the other hand, only apply to the women's national teams and not to the men's side, something that has been criticized by Kosovars Asllani and SVT Sports expert Markus Johannesson, among others.

"A first step"

Why does it only happen on the women's side?

- It is mainly because it was considered that this was the best method to ensure that women are produced.

Then you have to evaluate this and see if there is reason to take it further.

This is a first step in seeing the effects.

Now Uefa is pointing the whole hand with a demand.

Is it not better to inject funds and, through motivation, actively recruit more women?

- Well, this type of decision restricts the fact that each national federation must be allowed to decide for itself.

But since it has been slow with the recruitment of women in the football world in general, this is a way to force women who are trained and can get a place as a coach.

The best thing is always that you do not have to go in and decide.

"Up to each league captain"

From the outside, it may seem that one relates to the mindset that "women can only lead women".

Shouldn't it be about individuals being able to lead individuals?

- Just right.

That is exactly the purpose.

Sometimes you need to take action to get a good recruitment base.

If we look at the total management staff on the men's side, we have 28 leaders, of which two are women.

On the women's side, there are 20 leaders, of which seven are women.

Why are there so few women?

- It is, as I mentioned, so that we want to restrict as little as possible in being able to make decisions for ourselves in how to form their staffs.

It is up to each national team captain and its national team management to do just that.

In the recruitment base, traditionally, there are more men to choose from than there are women.

Therefore, for example, the decision on this rule has been made to broaden the recruitment base.

There is no doubt that as mixed organizations as possible are the very best.