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France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019

Xinhua, March 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Federation International of Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday announced France has been awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 ahead of South Korea.

The announcement, delivered by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, came after a unanimous decision taken by the FIFA Executive Committee.

France also won the hosting right of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2018.

Initially, five countries and regions declared their interest in hosting the events, namely England, France, South Korea, New Zealand and South Africa, before the field narrowed down to two by October 2014, when France and South Korea submitted their official bid documents to FIFA.

According to FIFA, the criteria for Women's World Cup bids covered a range of areas including cost efficiency, promotion, the potential for creating an innovative and meaningful national football legacy program, the support and involvement of the football community, the existing infrastructure and viability of projects to improve it, as well as private and public support.

The FIFA Women's World Cup has been held every four years since 1991, with the 7th edition due to be played in Canada from June 6 to July 5, 2015. Endite