The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today taken several important decisions concerning upcoming FIFA competitions.
Following the amazing success of the 2019 edition, the decision was taken last year to expand the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to 32 teams and thus continue to foster the growth of women’s football. FIFA has since worked closely with the confederations to formulate a proposal for the allocation of slots and the Bureau of the FIFA Council has today confirmed the following berths for the 2023 edition:
Direct slot allocation (29 of the 32 participation slots)
- 6 direct slots for the AFC;
- 4 direct slots for CAF;
- 4 direct slots for Concacaf;
- 3 direct slots for CONMEBOL;
- 1 direct slot for the OFC; and
- 11 direct slots for UEFA.
The two host countries, Australia and New Zealand, will automatically qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, and their slots have been taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations, namely the AFC and the OFC…