2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the ninth FIFA Women's World Cup, an international women's football tournament that is scheduled to take place in 2023. 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, both Australia and Japan 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]

•  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".^[2]

•  Brazil

References

International women's association football FIFA World Cup Olympics Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup World Rankings Player of the Year Player of the Century FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Competitions Federations Codes Asia AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) Africa CAF Women's Championship U-20 U-17 North America, Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Oceania OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade See also International men's football