FIFA-Strasse 20 - P.O. Box - 8044 Zurich - Switzerland Tel: +41-(0)43-222 7777 FIFA Congress FIFA Congress votes on future of FIFA Women’s World Cup™ hosting and looks to explore new competition opportunities 21 May 2021 All future FIFA Women’s World Cup™ hosts to be decided by FIFA Congress FIFA to explore new opportunities for the FIFA World Cup™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup President Infantino outlines 11 areas for action in football The 71st FIFA Congress has unanimously voted to bring the bidding process for the hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in line with the process for the men’s FIFA World Cup™. The allocation of all future hosts will be voted on by the FIFA Congress, just as is the case with the FIFA World Cup, and will no longer be decided by the FIFA Council (as was still the case most recently in June 2020, when Australia and New Zealand were announced as hosts of the 2023 edition in a transparent vote).