Fifa selects the joint bid after Japan withdraws from hosting the ninth women's soccer competition
Australia and New Zealand have considerable experience when it comes to hosting major international sporting eventsMegan Rapinoe of US celebrates with the Golden Ball trophy after winning the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup match against the Netherlands at Stade de Lyon, France July 7 2019. Picture: QUALITY SPORT/GETTY IMAGESAustralia and New Zealand will host the 2023 women's World Cup after the countries' joint bid was chosen by Fifa on Thursday.
Seven cities in Australia will host games, and five in New Zealand. There will be two stadiums in Sydney. Four groups will be based in each country during the first phase. It was followed by Japan, on 3.9, but the Japanese bid was withdrawn on Monday, with the head of the country's football association, Kozo Tajima, noting that key support was moving towards Australia and New Zealand.Fifa's evaluation report gave Colombia a score of just 2.8 out of five as it raised doubts about the ability to provide investment required to carry out “necessary improvements” and also highlighted security worries in the South American country.
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