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Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 FIFA Women's World CupShareAustralia and New Zealand have been successful in their historic joint bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The trans-Tasman bid beat out that of Colombia by 22 votes to 13 at the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich early this morning.The tournament will be the first co-confederation-hosted FIFA World Cup (Australia, being part of the Asian football confederation and New Zealand a member of the Oceanic branch), as well as the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Asia-Pacific region.After in recent days, Australia and New Zealand were up against Colombia alone. The joint bid was favourite to win after the technical audit scores were released at the beginning of June, which indicated the capability of a country to host the large-scale event.Australia .Colombia, which did not qualify for the 2019 Women's World Cup, received votes from most of the nine voters from European soccer body UEFA.In hosting the event, the Matildas and the Football Ferns will not be required to win qualifying matches and are automatically through to the opening round.It was also announced that the 2023 World Cup would be larger than previous tournaments, with the number of teams at the group stage of the final tournament expanding from 24 to 32 teams.FIFA Council president Gianni Infantino hailed the expanded tournament."It will be even more global and have much positive impact on the development of women's football," Mr Infantino said.Football Federation Australia chairman Chris Nikou said the successful bid was an enormous opportunity to grow football in the region."FIFA today has made not one, but two countries very happy," Mr Nikou said."Our pledge to the FIFA family is that no stone will be left unturned to produce the best World Cup and grow the women's game globally and in the Asia-Pacific region."New Zealand Football Federation president Johanna Wood promised the two nations would work together to deliver a tournament to remember."Chris and I and the whole bidding team are extremely delighted with the result," she said."We've always said with this bid, that it is as one and making history and creating opportunities."Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a joint statement on what they said was a landmark decision for women's sport. "This is a huge positive for the footballing and sporting industries on both sides of the Tasman as we recover and rebuild from COVID-19," they said. "The 2023 event will be the largest, and no doubt the best, Women's World Cup that has ever been staged."Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter had earlier told the Nine Network's Today show that the team had gathered in Sydney to receive the news together."It would be extraordinary to have a FIFA Women's World Cup on home soil. We just dream of playing in a World Cup, let alone in our own backyard," Carpenter had said.And on Friday morning the good news was met with capital letters, emojis and exclamation marks aplenty as players from the Matildas and the Football Ferns celebrated.Matildas star Sam Kerr tweeted a gif of her celebrating a goal with a backflip, it followed another tweet that said "we did it. We freaking did it"."THE WORLD IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA &amp; NEW ZEALAND IN 2023 We did it!" tweeted utility Matilda Jenna McCormick.The reaction of some of the members of the New Zealand squad was recorded and comprised of screams of joy, followed by chants of "yes".Football Ferns skipper Ali Riley posted a tearful selfie and joked with Matildas counterpart Sam Kerr about celebrating with a backflip.The win was sweet redemption in many ways for Australian soccer after falling short in bidding for what will become the Qatar 2022 World Cup.In 2010, Australia vied for the hosting rights of the 2022 men's tournament, but received just one vote during a secret ballot, and was knocked out in the first round.The bid was backed by $46 million of Federal Government funds but controversy followed as Qatar was chosen instead.That bidding process opened up an and resulted in FBI raids on the offices of the governing body and a slew of arrests.Regardless, many past and present Socceroos shared the joy of the Matildas and Australian soccer fans alike, with one of Australia's most celebrated players, Tim Cahill leading the way saying he was "lost for words".Eden Park in Auckland is expected to host the opening game of the tournament, with Stadium Australia in Sydney pencilled in for the final.The planned redevelopment of the Sydney Olympic stadium into a 70,000-seat, rectangular facility , but FIFA demands the World Cup final is played in a venue with a minimum capacity of 55,000 — and 25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020Thu 25 Jun 2020 at 4:00pm, 25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020Thu 25 Jun 2020 at 11:34pmMore on:

Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 FIFA Women's World CupShareAustralia and New Zealand have been successful in their historic joint bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The trans-Tasman bid beat out that of Colombia by 22 votes to 13 at the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich early this morning.The tournament will be the first co-confederation-hosted FIFA World Cup (Australia, being part of the Asian football confederation and New Zealand a member of the Oceanic branch), as well as the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Asia-Pacific region.After in recent days, Australia...

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