2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

MELBOURNE: The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup promises to be an historic event on multiple levels.

The announcement on Thursday that Australia and New Zealand will play host means that this edition of the Women's World Cup will be the first in the Southern Hemisphere, and the first to feature in the Oceania Football Confederation. It will also be the first edition to feature 32 teams, up from 16 teams as recently as 2011.