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FIFA Council Votes To Expand Women's World Cup Field

The FIFA Council "unanimously voted to expand" the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, a change that "will go into effect" for the '23 tournament. Nine potential host countries were "previously expected to submit proposals on Oct. 4." Countries now will "need to reconfirm their hosting interest in August, and the submission deadline for potential hosts will be pushed back to December to allow countries to reconfigure their plans for the additional eight teams added to the tournament." This means that the Bid Evaluation Report "will not be published until April, and the decision is not expected to be announced until May" (PROSOCCERUSA.com, 7/31).

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