The South African Football Association have declared interest in hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in 2019. Since hosting the 1996 African Nations Cup, South Africa has a hosted a number of major tournaments including the 1999 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup where the likes of Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas and Sunderland’s John O’Shea showcased their skills at the Under-18 tournament. This was followed by the African Women’s Championship in 2000, 2004 and 2010, the African Youth Championships in 2011 as well as the African Nations Cup in 2013. But the two biggest events remain the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. According to a statement released by FIFA, South Africa is one of the five countries gunning for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “FIFA is delighted to see the impressive interest from its member associations in hosting a FIFA competition, after the bidding process was opened for eight tournaments including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019,” the statement read. “Five countries have declared an interest in hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, namely England, France, Korea Republic, New Zealand and South Africa. Of these countries, England, France, Korea Republic and New Zealand also want to host the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2018. In principle, FIFA prefers these two tournaments to take place in the same country. South Africa will host the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2018 in 2016.” One major tournament that Safa have yet to host or show interest in hosting is the annual FIFA Club World Cup. According to FIFA, India and Japan have expressed interest in hosting the tournament in 2015 and 2016; while Brazil, Japan and UAE want to host it in 2017 and 2018.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 16:01:04 +0000
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