Australia and New Zealand joint bid among four submissions to host 2023 Women's World CupNew Zealand defender Rebekah Stott and Australia's Stephanie Catley of Australia will hope to be playing in a home World Cup in 2023A joint bid from Australia and New Zealand is among four submissions to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. Brazil, Colombia and Japan have also made their own respective bids to host the tournament ahead of Friday's FIFA deadline. "With the FIFA Women's World Cup generating an unprecedented interest across member associations, we are ensuring that the process to select the hosts is seamless, objective, ethical and transparent. USA defended their World Cup title this summerThe 2023 tournament will be the first edition of the women's showpiece to feature 32 teams. The United States defeated the Netherlands to win a record fourth Women's World Cup when it was held in France this summer.

Source: Sky sports December 13, 2019 17:59 UTC