The world’s largest women’s sporting event is coming to New South Wales after Australia and New Zeeland were announced as hosts of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™.
It will be the very first FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia, and Sydney will be hosting key matches including the final of the tournament.
The world’s largest women’s sporting event is coming to New South Wales after Australia and New Zealand won the rights to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. It will be the first FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia or New Zealand and Sydney is well positioned to host key matches including the Final, when match dates and venues are confirmed at a later stage. New South Wales has put forward Stadium Australia, the Sydney Football Stadium and Newcastle Stadium, with match allocations to be announced at a future date.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the winning of hosting rights was a massive coup for New South Wales. “We are ecstatic to be welcoming the world’s best female footballers to New South Wales in 2023 for this historic tournament, which will deliver enormous cultural, social and economic benefits to our state for decades to come,” Ms Berejiklian said.
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the tournament would attract players and their passionate fans from every corner of the globe. “This will be the first time that the FIFA Women’s World Cup features players from 32 nations, who bring with them supporters from all over the world,” Mr Ayres said. “This was a true team Australia effort. Our bid was the strongest and securing this World Cup reaffirms New South Wales as a destination of choice for global events. It will also play a significant role in helping our tourism economy bounce back”.
Acting Minister for Sport Geoff Lee said the tournament will help support the growth of women’s football across New South Wales. “This is a huge win for New South Wales which gives grassroots sport a powerful injection to drive participation higher in the cities and the regions,” Mr Lee said. “In 2023, there will be role models and heroes that young women will aspire to emulate and I’m sure this World Cup will inspire our next generation of Matildas. New South Wales loves their football and we look forward to welcoming the world to play the world game right here in our backyard.”
Football Federation Australia Chairman Chris Nikou said, “The FIFA Women’s World Cup™ 2023 in Australia and New Zealand will be ground-breaking in many ways. Not only will it be the first ever co-confederation hosted FIFA World Cup™ and the first ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in the Asia-Pacific region, but we will unlock the huge potential for growth in women’s football in the Asia-Pacific region. We would like to thank our governments and the Australian public who have supported the bid from the outset. We very much look forward to partnering with the New South Wales Government to leverage this once in a lifetime opportunity for women’s football, to grow the most popular sport in Australia.”
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is the eighth addition to the New South Wales Government’s 10 World Cups in 10 Years initiative, which continues to secure some of the biggest and best sporting events for the state.
