Australia and New Zealand's joint bidThe joint bid from Australia and New Zealand is the favourite to succeed on Thursday and they have promised “an unprecedented level of investment” in the tournament. Some may feel the long distances between some venues is a disadvantage for the Australia-New Zealand bid, as well as the four-hour time difference between Perth, in Western Australia, and New Zealand. This would be the first ever Fifa Women’s World Cup in this part of the world, and we have a story to tell. We are working hard with the intention of being host to the Women's World Cup in 2023." The joint Australia-New Zealand bid received the higher average score (4.1 out of 5.0) following Fifa’s technical evaluation of each bid.

Source: BBC June 24, 2020 08:26 UTC