Australia-NZ favored for 2023 Women's World Cup after Japan withdraws bid

Good news! Japan will not be saddled with the dept of holding another sporting event that has no international interest. Outside of Japan and the US, women’s soccer is lucky to draw as many fans as players on the pitch.

I really love women's soccer games, especially World Cups. The final game between Japan and US in 2011 was impressive.

Mr Kipling said -

 "Outside of Japan and the US, women’s soccer is lucky to draw as many fans as players on the pitch."

A quick fact check will put that to bed - eg Top European games draw big crowds.

And Australia has embraced the emergence of world class women's sports.

Womens Australian Rules Football final 2019 saw 50,000+.

Women's T20 Cricket final 2020 saw almost 90,000.

A Women's World Cup in Aus / NZ will see huge crowds esp for the premier games.

The two examples you post, the Australian Rules Final .... tickets were free and with the T20 final they were giving tickets away left, right and centre also

FIFA won't do that

Fifa or maybe the Australian soccer association WILL give tickets away! Every school, university and local club will receive tickets. Its the only way to fill the stadiums.

I’m not knocking women’s soccer or women’s sport in general. Just stating facts.

awomdeToday  01:20 pm JST

The two examples you post, the Australian Rules Final .... tickets were free and with the T20 final they were giving tickets away left, right and centre also

FIFA won't do that

Thanks for your reply.

I was actually answering Mr Kips call that no where outside Japan & US draws crowds to women's football.

I essentially said that's not true.

And I listed those sports as examples of interest in women's sports in Australia - regardless if the tickets were free or not. You will not attract 50,000 & 90,000 to a game if there's no interest. It's called "growing the game" and growing it is.

Australia's captain Sam Kerr - other than being one of the top footballers in the world - has legions of fans, most willing to part with cash to see her and other stars play.

And until now the largest women's match in Aust has drawn over 20,000.

No one should be worried about lack of crowds.

Kipling was a fiction writer.

These games will get tremendous support down under. They will make money.