{"id":555313,"date":"2020-06-25T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=555313"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:38:43","slug":"womens-world-cup-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/25\/womens-world-cup-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s World Cup 2023 to Be Held in Australia and New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup, the FIFA Council has announced.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the tournament will be held in the southern hemisphere for the first time.<\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s World Cup to Be Held in Australia and New Zealand<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OFFICIAL<\/p>\n<p>Australia and New Zealand are hosting the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWWC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FIFAWWC<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AsOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4qMuhBTfI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/c4qMuhBTfI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football Federation Australia (@FFA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFA\/status\/1276180264289353736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>One Other Candidate<\/h3>\n<p>Colombia and a joint submission from Australia and New Zealand were the only two bids left in the process going into the online meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup competition will be the first to feature 32 countries, growing from 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/womensworldcup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Benefits<\/h3>\n<p>Both Australia and New Zealand have lots of experience of hosting major international sporting events. They also boast large stadia and plenty of modern facilities to accommodate fans on a large scale.<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s football is growing in Australia, with Football Federation Australia (FFA) setting a goal of reaching a 50:50 split in registered male and female players by 2027.<\/p>\n<h3>Drawbacks<\/h3>\n<p>There will be a lot of travelling involved for players and fans. There is a significant distance between some of the venues and a time difference to contend with, four hours at its maximum.<\/p>\n<p>The competition taking place in the southern hemisphere means it is inconvenient viewing for the northern teams&#8217; fans. A 6pm kick-off in Perth will air at 11am in England and 6am in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<h3>Reaction<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea Women star Sam Kerr, from Australia, could not hide her delight at the news her country would be hosting the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Me right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDSNNuEbgi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/SDSNNuEbgi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Kerr (@samkerr1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samkerr1\/status\/1276184033836204032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how those involved with the bid reacted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE moment ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRumipMVvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QRumipMVvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Westfield Matildas (@TheMatildas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMatildas\/status\/1276198221144969216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The scenes when three members of the New Zealand team discovered the news.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The moment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NZ_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NZ_Football<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FFA<\/a> were announced as hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1NewsSportNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@1NewsSportNZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXbrAHqwTi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qXbrAHqwTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Chang (@ChrisChang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisChang\/status\/1276198671160229888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"HsmPpgiKR-lzFhjkL8GONA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1252286276\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HsmPpgiKR-lzFhjkL8GONA',sig:'2-k2BcX9_o-zFpFowKXZElIYqEnKW-u3opLwwsUG1ls=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1252286276',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup, the FIFA Council has announced. This means that the tournament will be held in the southern hemisphere for the first time. Women&#8217;s World Cup to Be Held in Australia and New Zealand &nbsp; OFFICIAL Australia and New Zealand are hosting the 2023 @FIFAWWC! #AsOne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3509,"featured_media":555369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,2132],"tags":[32736,3941,5786,3690,3689,437],"class_list":["post-555313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","category-news","category-world-cup","tag-england","tag-england-women","tag-fif-womens-world-cup","tag-lionesses","tag-womens-world-cup","tag-world-cup"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663995,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555313\/revisions\/663995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}