Women's World Cup 2019: "The potential for women's football is limitless" (A. Ceferin, UEFA)

"The potential for women's football is limitless and, with this in mind, UEFA has taken the step of increasing the funding available to the national associations to help improve the women's game across the continent. Increasing the participation and the role of women in football has been one of my main objectives, both before and after I became UEFA president," said Aleksander Ceferin president of UEFA on 01/07/2019.

UEFA has three representatives (England, the Netherlands and Sweden) among the semi-finalists of the Women's World Cup 2019 (the fourth national team is the USA), after having had seven featuring in the quarter-finals (Norway, France, Italy and Germany were eliminated).

"UEFA has been doing its part by actively promoting the development of women's football. The UEFA Women's Football Development Programme (WFDP) has been running since 2012, with each association receiving €100,000 every year specifically for growing the women's game. From 2020, this figure will rise by 50%, with each association set to benefit from an annual €150,000," said the European body.