Safa steps up plans to host Women’s World Cup
Local football body preparing to meet with the government in the next weeks to garner support for the right to host the soccer showpiece
The SA Football Association (Safa) are preparing to meet with the government in the next weeks to finalise their bid to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup. SA are one of a record nine countries that have submitted a formal expression of interest to Fifa but now have until mid-April to submit their bidding registration to the world football governing body. “We have to sit down with [the] government to properly prepare our document and we hope to do that in the next weeks‚” said Safa acting CEO Russell Paul. “The first act was to just submit an expression of interest and it didn’t come with any detail from Fifa,” said Paul. “But if you don’t have an interest they are not going to tell you what they want from a host country.” Next step in the process Safa need the government support before they submit the completed bidding registration document, which is the next step in the process. “That must be in Zurich by April 16,” Paul said. “After that, Fifa will dispatch hosting documents to the ...
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