England may bid to host 2031 Ladies’s World Cup – Debbie Hewitt

Soccer Affiliation chair Debbie Hewitt says England “would take into account” bidding to host the 2031 Ladies’s World Cup.

Having received final yr’s European Championship on house soil, Sarina Wiegman’s aspect will bid for the worldwide title in Australia and New Zealand this summer time and will quickly be in rivalry to host one other showpiece occasion.

Hewitt instructed the Instances: “We need to be often known as a centre for efficiently internet hosting main occasions.

“It has a massively constructive impression on the nation and on native communities who take part, so why wouldn’t we have now ambitions to host a Ladies’s World Cup, significantly as the ladies’s sport is rising?”

Requested whether or not that meant a potential bid for the 2031 match, Hewitt stated: “We would definitely take into account it.”

The bidding course of is not going to open till the host of the 2027 match is set subsequent Might. Ought to a joint bid from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium achieve success, there is not going to be a second successive European host so England must wait till 2035 on the earliest.