FIFA! France Will Host the Women’s World Cup in 2019

2019 Women’s World Cup! France has been named host of the 2019 Women’s World Cup by FIFA on Thursday. South Korea was also in the running to succeed Germany (2011) and Canada (2015).

FIFA and Sepp Blatter have appointed France to host the 2019 World Cup - AFP

This is a first for France. FIFA announced Thursday that the 2019 World Women’s Football Cup will be held in France. The French bid was preferred to that of South Korea. This will be the eighth edition of the race, the seventh this year taking place in Canada. The competition, scheduled for June, will bring together 24 nations for a total of 52 matches. The Grand Stade de Lyon will host the opening match and the final.

Women’s World Cup FIFA 2019

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“I thank the executive committee of FIFA and its President Joseph Blatter of their trust, said the president of the FFF, Christmas Graët, in a statement. This event is a great women’s football development lever and women’s sport in our country. It is both a reward and encouragement from football feminization plan, hired by the federation since 2011 “.

The 2019 Women’s World Cup will be held in nine of the eleven cities are candidates to host it: Auxerre, Grenoble, Lyon, Le Havre, Montpellier, Nancy, Nice, Reims, Rennes, Paris, Valenciennes. FFF recalls in a statement that France will also host the World Cup for women under age 20 in 2018, a competition of 16 teams that will take place in Brittany, Rennes, Saint-Brieuc, Vannes and Saint-Malo.