Said to be the most competitive bidding process in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, earlier this week, the Japan Football Association withdrew its bid to host the tournament. The criteria for the FIFA Women’s World Cup bids included commercial and infrastructure factors, ranging from cost efficiency to stadiums and team facilities. The FIFA Women's World Cup has been held every four years since 1991, with the 8th edition played in France in 2019. To date, Australia’s best World Cup finish (men or women) was in 2015 when they beat Brazil in the Round of 16. New Zealand’s national team participated in the 1991 World Cup and qualified for four editions thereafter.

Source: Forbes June 25, 2020 15:56 UTC