The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup delegation will inspect Adelaide’s potential venues and infrastructure this week
Australia and New Zealand will attempt to win the joint hosting rights of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Officials will arrive in Adelaide this week to assess whether games could be played there.
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A six-person FIFA delegation is expected to inspect whether Adelaide is worthy of hosting 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup matches.
Premier Steven Marshall is expected to greet the delegation on Tuesday.
“This is an important step in FIFA’s process for assessing the Australia and New Zealand joint bid for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023,’’ Mr Marshall said.
The delegation is also tipped to inspect and assimilate what Adelaide is like from the time they land at the airport, hiring a bus for transport.
Officials landed in Australia on Monday to conduct site visits of the joint Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football bid.
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The joint bid book claimed Hindmarsh Stadium would receive a $3.3 million upgrade for the tournament.
The capacity would be increased to 18,435, almost 2500 more seats than the current capacity.
The book also claimed Hindmarsh would be ideal for group stage matches a round of 16 clash.
Hindmarsh last year broke a state women’s soccer attendance record when 10,342 watched the Matildas beat Chile 1-0 in November.
The venue has already hosted two FIFA tournaments including the 1981 and 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Hindmarsh Stadium also hosted Sydney Olympic Games football matches in 2000 where a record crowd of 18,430 was set when Italy met Nigeria.
The France 2019 FIFA women’s World Cup broke a number of viewership records.
FIFA said 1.12 billion viewers watched coverage of France 2019 on TV at home on digital platforms, or out-of-home.
The final was seen live by over 260 million viewers.
The average attendance in France was about 23,500, with the final in Lyon attracting 57,900.
The FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup delegation has already this year visited rival bid nations Colombia and Brazil before leaving for Japan as the final site inspection on February 24.
FIFA’s final hosting World Cup decision will be made in May or June this year.