European members of the FIFA Council could be set to vote for Colombia to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Thursday ahead of Australia and New Zealand’s far superior technical bid. Only 35 Council members will take part in the vote when the group gathers via video conference on Thursday, with the representatives from Colombia and New Zealand ineligible. It is also about opening a huge new frontier for the game, and as one, we are ready to host a FIFA Women’s World Cup that will set new records,” New Zealand Football president Johanna Wood said. “This would be the best attended Women’s World Cup ever – with more than 1.5 million spectators – and record commercial revenues and broadcast audiences because of our unique location across two continents and four time-zones. The impact of the Covid-19 outbreak is the common theme among a number of other items which the FIFA Council will discuss via video conference call on Thursday.

Source: Express June 24, 2020 15:33 UTC