The Westfield Matildas have taken centre stage today, with the iconic Sydney Opera House being lit up in a spectacular celebration of Australia and New Zealand’s joint bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
The dazzling display of colour and light marks an incredible milestone for women’s sport in Australia, showcasing images of current Westfield Matildas, grassroots heroes and historic champions.
Auckland’s Sky Tower was simultaneously lit up in the colours of the bid brand in support of this ground-breaking bid to host the world’s largest women’s sporting event.
The FIFA Council will announce the host of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 at a virtual press conference streamed live on FIFA.com today at approximately 17.00pm BST.
Please see below a variety of assets from event:
What: The Sydney Opera House lights up in support of Australia and New Zealand’s joint bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
Assets: https://app.box.com/s/niimc747n2xsz31cykfefsxlvv5u6ml3
- Images and videos of the Sydney Opera House and NZ Tower lit up.
A video news release of the Opera House overlay
- Images from media event featuring the Hon Stuart Ayres MP (NSW Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney), Chris Nikou (Chairman, Football Federation Australia), James Johnson (CEO, Football Federation Australia), Stephanie Catley (Westfield Matildas), and Rebekah Stott (NZ Football Ferns).
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About Australia and New Zealand’s #AsOne Bidding Campaign:
Football Federation Australia (FFA) and New Zealand Football (NZF), with the support of the Governments of Australia and New Zealand, have joined together – As One – to submit a historic co-confederation Bid to host the first-ever 32-nation FIFA Women's World Cup ™ in 2023. The FIFA Women's World Cup™ is the largest women’s sporting event in the world, with 1.12 billion broadcast viewers for the 2019 event in France.
Two nations from two confederations, united in proposing a historic and exciting step forward for world football to deliver the greatest ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™.
This would be a tournament of firsts - the first ever co-Confederation hosted FIFA World Cup™, the first ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to be held in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first ever to held in the southern hemisphere.
Bridging two Confederations, we are perfectly positioned to unlock the commercial value of FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and deliver strong financial returns for FIFA.
The FIFA family will be in safe hands if Australia New Zealand is granted the honour of hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™:
Our nations have significant major event hosting experience
Our Governments have confirmed unprecedented levels of financial commitment to under-write the tournament
Our countries are deeply committed to developing women’s football
Australia and New Zealand embody gender equality on and off the pitch
Hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ in Australia New Zealand will propel the women’s game across the globe like never before.
We are asking all of Australia to #GetOnside As One in support of our bid to host this prestigious event. AsOne2023.com/GetOnside
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