The Colombia bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was a unsuccessful bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup by Colombian Football Federation. The single bid was announced on 12 December 2019.[1] The bid entailed playing at 10 venues in 10 host cities, with the final held at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.
| Colombia bid | |
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| for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
 Colombia 2023 bid logo | |
| Bid details | |
| Bidding nation | Colombia |
| Bidding federation | Colombian Football Federation |
| Proposed venues | 10 (in 10 cities) |
| Bidding decision | 25 June 2020 in an online meeting of the FIFA Council |
| Bid result | |
| Unsuccessful - 13 votes of 35 | |
Background
editIn 2016 the Colombian Football Federation indicated an interest to formalize the candidacy of Colombia as host country.[2] Colombia previously hosted the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[3][4] One of the requirements to host the World Cup is to have a national women's league, and in 2017 the Colombian Women's Football League played its first season.[5] On 26 January 2019, Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez indicated that he had every intention of applying for Colombia to host the 2023 Women's World Cup.[6]
Proposed venues
editThe following host cities, venues and capacities were included in the Bid Book submitted to FIFA:[7][8]
| Armenia | Barranquilla | Bogotá | Bucaramanga | Cali |
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| Centenario | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | Nemesio Camacho el Campín | Alfonso López | Pascual Guerrero Olympic |
| Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 46,692 | Capacity: 39,512 | Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 38,558 |
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| Cartagena | Cúcuta | Manizales | Medellín | Pereira |
| Jaime Morón León Olympic | Santander General | Palogrande | Atanasio Girardot | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 32,163 | Capacity: 31,611 | Capacity: 44,863 | Capacity: 30,297 |
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Controversy
editFalsehoods in the candidacy
editIn the document sent for evaluation, some media pointed out a series of inaccuracies in it, for example, they cited that Colombia had organized the 2019 Pan American Games, being these played in Lima,[9] besides indicating euphemisms such as "The Colombian women's tournament is among the most successful in the continent with 20,60 players, with an average attendance of 28,000 spectators in the finals of each championship". In Colombia, the Women's League has had three editions, being short tournaments with players earning minimum wages and needing additional jobs to survive, which raises doubts about its success.[10]
Result
editColombia was unsuccessful in its bid for the hosting rights to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on 25 June 2020. In a vote of 35 eligible members of the FIFA Council, the bid received 13 votes to Australia and New Zealand's 22. Council members from CONMEBOL and UEFA voted for the bid. FIFA President Gianni Infantino voted for the Australia-New Zealand bid, alongside all council members from the Asian and Oceanian confederations, as well as those from CONCACAF and the Confederation of African Football. [11]
References
edit- ^ "Colombia to bid for 2023 Women's World Cup". The Japan Times. 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Colombia se postula para ser sede del Mundial Femenino 2023" [Colombia is postulated to host the 2023 Women's World Cup]. Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Federación presentó la petición de ser sede del Mundial femenino 2023". Futbolred (in Spanish). 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Liga Colombiana en 2017 y Mundial Femenino en marcha". GOAL Colombia. 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Colombia tendrá liga femenina de fútbol". Eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Colombia se postulará ante la FIFA para organizar el Mundial Femenino de 2023" (in Spanish). 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Colombia bidding to host the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™" (PDF). Colombian Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Executive Summary" (PDF). Colombian Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ https://www.colombia.com/deportes/noticias/barranquilla-en-problemas-para-los-juegos-panamericanos-de-2027-427373
- ^ https://www.colombia.com/deportes/noticias/barranquilla-en-problemas-para-los-juegos-panamericanos-de-2027-427373
- ^ "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.