Australia and New Zealand have been successful in their historic joint bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Key points:
- The joint Australia-New Zealand bid won 22 of the 35 votes from the FIFA Council
- The trans-Tasman bid was favourite to win after being awarded a strong capability score
- Sydney's Stadium Australia is expected to host the final
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.
Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 FIFA Women'''s World Cup - ABC News