TOKOYO
\nJapan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has said his country will consider bidding to host the 2039 Women\u2019s World Cup after FIFA\u2019s decision not to allow Asian nations to pitch for the rights to the 2031 or 2035 editions of the competition.
\nThe game\u2019s governing body announced last week that bids for the 2031 rights would be permitted from countries in Africa and Concacaf, the regional body governing the sport in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean.
\nWith only African and European bidders being considered for the 2035 finals, the Japanese and other Asian federations wishing to organise the quadrennial event will have to wait until 2039.
\n\u201cThis is extremely disappointing news for us as we were aiming to host the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2031,\u201d Miyamoto said in a statement.
\n\u201cHowever, regardless of this decision, there is no change to our intention to expand women\u2019s football in Japan, increase the number of women playing football, and improve the level of competition.\u201d
\nThe Japanese co-hosted the 2002 edition of the men\u2019s World Cup with South Korea but the country has never hosted the Women\u2019s World Cup.
\nJapan\u2019s women\u2019s team, known as the Nadeshiko, has a strong track record on the international stage, winning the Women\u2019s World Cup in 2011 before finishing as runners-up four years later.
\nThe country also has an impressive record at youth level, reaching the final of the FIFA U20 Women\u2019s World Cup at each of the last three tournaments.
\n\u201cThere is no doubt that we are on a good track now,\u201d said Miyamoto.
\n\u201cWith an eye on hosting the Women\u2019s World Cup after 2039, we will continue to work to turn women\u2019s national teams of all ages into teams that can compete to be the best in the world, and to improve the environment for women\u2019s soccer all over the country.\u201d
\nThe next edition of the Women\u2019s World Cup will be played in Brazil in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TOKOYO Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has said his country will consider bidding to host the 2039 Women\u2019s World Cup after FIFA\u2019s decision not to allow Asian nations to pitch for the rights to the 2031 or 2035 editions of the competition. The game\u2019s governing body announced last week that bids for the 2031 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-466059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n