Women's World Cup 2023: Japan, Colombia or Australia-New Zealand, decision on Thursday 25/06/2020

Three bids (Japan, Colombia and the combined Australia-New Zealand duo) will be submitted to the FIFA Council, who will meet by videoconference to decide on the host country for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 on 25/06/2020, according to the international Federation on 10/06/2020, adding that "the Brazilian Football Association informed FIFA on Monday, 08/06/2020, of its decision to withdraw its bid."

FIFA stated that it had conducted "a detailed assessment of the bid books and visits to the bidding countries" for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (see Bid Evaluation Report available to download).

"FIFA has developed a robust evaluation model for the Women's World Cup 2023 bidding process that comprises the following key components:
• a technical evaluation: an assessment of the main infrastructure and commercial criteria, applying an evaluation system established by FIFA;
• a risk assessment: an assessment of the risks associated with certain criteria, including but not limited to human rights and sustainability, applying a specific rating;
• a description: a summary of relevant…