France to Host 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

France have been confirmed as the host nation for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The decision was made by the FIFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Zurich led by FIFA President Joseph Blatter and its Executive Committee.

France beats Korea Republic  to the hosting right after the initial five countries interested in hosting the competition were narrowed down to just two living out England, South Africa and England.

The criteria for the FIFA Women's World Cup™ bids according to FIFA coveres a range of areas including cost efficiency, promotion, the potential for creating an innovative and meaningful national football legacy programme, the support and involvement of the football community, the existing infrastructure and viability of projects to improve it, as well as private and public support..

The FIFA Women's World Cup™ is the biggest single-sport event played by women. The number of participants in the qualifiers has almost tripled from 45 teams in 1991 to 128 in 2015 and the number of qualification matches risen considerably from 110 in 1991 to 398 in 2015. 

Canada 2015 will be another leap forward as it expands to 24 teams, eight more than previous tournament and 12 more than when it first started in 1991 in China, reflecting the increased levels of participation as well as the higher standards across all age groups. 

Japan are the current world champions and were the first team from outside Europe and North America to achieve this feat. The six editions so far have had four different winners: Germany (twice), Japan,Norway and the USA (twice).