The announcement was made by the Brazilian Minister of Sports, the former volleyball player Ana Moser, in an interview granted on Monday night to a television and which was reproduced this Tuesday on the portfolio’s social networks.
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“That It is our intention and we want to make a great effort to make it”, Moser said when asked if Brazil will apply to organize the event.
The minister added that the candidacy proposal is being “built” by the Government with the country’s sports entities, mainly with the CBF, and with the authorities of the cities interested in hosting some of the World Cup matches.
He added that Brazil has until this month to express its interest to the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA). and until May to respond to the so-called “order notebook”, which are the requirements that the country has to meet as a candidate.
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Brazil already hosted the men’s soccer World Cups in 1950 and 2014, but until now it had never considered the possibility of applying for the women’s version.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be played from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand by 32 teams, including Brazilwho was paired in Group F with the French, the Jamaican and the Panamanian.
Despite always being considered one of the favorites and having some of the most renowned soccer players in the world, such as Marta -six times chosen as the best in the world by FIFA-, Cristiane and Formiga, Until now, the Brazilian women’s team has not achieved any relevant international title.
To try to overcome that frustration, the CBF hired the Swedish Pia Sundhage, two-time Olympic champion with the United States, as its women’s coach in 2019.
The entrance Brazil wants to organize the next Women’s World Cup was first published on newspaper TODAY.
