South Africa have expressed interest to host the 2023 FIFA World Cup after officially submitting a bid which has been confirmed by the World governing football body.
The Bayana Bayana were runners up in the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations after losing to Nigeria in the final on penalties.
They are among three countries to represent Africa in this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup to be staged in France in June. South Africa have been paired alongside Germany, Spain and China in Group B.
With the Women’s World Cup coming up in France, FIFA is already busy with plans and preparations ahead of the next edition.
FIFA has confirmed nine countries which are interested in hosting the competition.
“Following its invitation to all member associations (MAs) to express their interest in submitting a bid to host the final competition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, FIFA has received a total of nine expressions, namely from the following MAs (in alphabetical order by country):
Argentinian Football Association
Football Federation Australia
Bolivian Football Association
Brazilian Football Association
Colombian Football Association
Japan Football Association
Korea Football Association (expressing interest in a joint bid with DPR Korea Football Association)
New Zealand Football
South African Football Association,” FIFA said in a press release.
Source: FIFA
