Spellbinding women soccer show in Australia

Article posted by Coliseum, November 29^th, 2024

The 2026 Women’s Asian Cup will take place between March 1^st-21^st, Football Australia announced recently with five stadiums to be used across Gold Coast, Perth and Sydney.

‘BESOCCER’ stated that featuring Asia’s top 12 teams, the tournament will be played at the 27,690 Cbus Super Stadium in Robina, Gold Coast, the 30,000-capacity CommBank Stadium in Parramatta, the 83,500-capacity Accor Stadium in Sydney, the 61,266-capacity Optus Stadium in Burswood, and the 20,500-capacity HBF Park in Perth. The venue for the final is to be decided.

The AFC Women’s Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women’s Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women’s football for the national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women’s international football competition and the premier women’s football competition in the AFC region for the national teams. The competition is also known as the Asian Women’s Football Championship and the Asian Women’s Championship.

The 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup will be the 21st edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women’s national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Australia was officially ratified as the host nation by the AFC Women’s Football Committee on May 15^th, 2024.

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)-based the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members.

Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal and beach soccer within Australia and is headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only established in 1961 as the Australian Soccer Federation. It was later reconstituted in 2003 as the Australian Soccer Association before adopting the name of Football Federation Australia in 2005. The name was changed to Football Australia in December 2020.

‘BESOCCER’ quoted James Johnson, Football Australia Chief Executive, as stating, “Hosting this premier event reinforces Australia’s commitment to growing women’s football and celebrating the incredible talent within the Asian football community. With world-class stadiums in iconic Cities and the unwavering support of our State Governments we are set to deliver a tournament that will inspire the players and the fans alike.”

Australia, which saw bumper crowds when it co-hosted the Women’s World Cup with New Zealand last year, was awarded the event in March.

It was the only country left in the running for 2026 after Uzbekistan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia all withdrew from the bidding. China will defend the title they won in 2020 when they beat South Korea in the final in India.

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