FIFA have confirmed Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 Women's World Cup. The Australasian nations fought off competition from Colombia and will play host to the first ever Women's World Cup held in the southern hemisphere.
13 stadiums across the two countries were put forward as host venues with Sydney's Stadium Australia, which has a 70,000 capacity, to host the final.
On Monday New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said: “This is a historic bid, when you look at the fact it’s the first ever cross-confederation bid between ourselves and Australia. "This would be the first ever Fifa Women’s World Cup in this part of the world, and we have a story to tell. "We as a government have been focused on girls' and women’s
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