Dubai: The Australian Football Federation (FFA) has shown that Jane Fernandez will continue to lead the 2023 Women’s World Cup office.
The ninth edition of the four-year world national women’s soccer championship will be held jointly across Australia and New Zealand between July 10 and August 20, 2023, and the festival will expand from 24 to 32 for the first time.
The United States is the protective champion, having won the last two tournaments in 2015 and 2019.
Friday’s announcement about Fernandez proceeding to its FFA agreement through FFA CEO James Johnson.
“As executive director of the FWWC candidacy, Jane has done a remarkable job of managing a technically very good offer that helped protect the co-host rights of the tournament and we are very pleased that she has agreed to continue with the FFA and register with our control team.” Johnson said in his welcome note.
“Jane is a highly qualified and experienced professional in the primaries and we look forward to seeing her play a key role in understanding our vision for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, as she did before in her role as director of AFC Australia Asian 2015. Cup Tournament.”
Nine countries had first expressed an interest in hosting the event, adding Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, South Korea (with interest in a joint offer with North Korea) and South Africa. Belgium and Bolivia withdrew, while New Zealand and Australia offered a joint offer. However, Brazil and Japan subsequently withdrew their bids in June 2020 before the final vote.
“The FFA has established an ambitious vision for football in Australia. In our XI Recently Published Principles, we highlight our commitment to gender equality in football and the desire to create more opportunities for senior administrative positions in our game,” Johnson said.
“Jane’s appointment, following our successful announcement as co-organizer of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, is one of the many steps we will take towards our goal. We are very happy to begin to realize this as a legacy when organizing the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. Jane is a perfect ambassador for our game and we hope her example will motivate women and women in football in Australia and beyond,” she added.
The australian-New Zealand joint candidacy won Colombia 22-13 when the FIFA Council introduced the new hosts on 25 June 2020. This is the moment when a Women’s World Cup will be held in the Southern Hemisphere.
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