The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ promises to be an historic event on multiple levels. The June 2020 announcement by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that Australia and New Zealand will play host to the world’s biggest women’s sporting event, means that the 2023 edition will be a tournament of firsts: * the first in the Southern Hemisphere * the first to be co-hosted by two confederations (AFC and OFC) * the first edition to feature 32 teams (up from 24 teams in 2019).