The Tasmanian Football Community awoke to exciting news on Friday morning, with Australia and New Zealand officially announced as the host of the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 bringing with it the possibility of World Cup Football on Tasmanian soil.
The joint Australia/New Zealand AsOne2023 bid, beat out the bid from Colombia in the vote that took place in a meeting of FIFA delegates overnight.
Football Tasmania CEO Matt Bulkeley said the successful Australian/New Zealand bid would help take women’s football to the next level in Tasmania.
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