Los Angeles 2028/Football: "We will have 16 women's teams & 12 men's teams, as FIFA wanted" (IOC)

"We have traditionally had in the Olympic Games, 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams, but that will be reversed for Los Angeles 2028: we will have 16 women's teams and 12 men's teams," announced Kit McConnell (AUS/NZL), sports director for the IOC, in Lausanne (SUI) on 09/05/2025.

"We've seen incredible growth in women's participation in team...