FIFA to require at least one woman on bench at all women’s competitions | OneFootball

FIFA has introduced a requirement for female representation on team benches across all its women’s competitions, including the Women’s World Cup and a planned Club World Cup.

The federation announced that each team must have a woman as head coach or at least one woman among the assistant coaches.

The obligation also requires one member of the team’s medical staff and two team officials on the bench to be women.

At the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, only 12 of the 32 teams were led by a woman, unchanged from 2019 in France.

The next Women’s World Cup will be staged in 2027 in Brazil. Two subsequent editions are earmarked for the United States in 2031, with backing from Costa Rica, Jamaica and Mexico, and for the United Kingdom in 2035.

As sole bidders, those hosts are due to be confirmed by the end of the year at an extraordinary congress.

Modelled on the men’s competition launched last summer in the United States, the inaugural Women’s Club World Cup will take place in January 2028, with the host still to be awarded.

Source: L'Équipe