European trio bid for 2011 event
Monday, March 5, 2007
Article summary
Germany, France and Switzerland are bidding along with Australia, Canada and Peru to stage the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with the hosts picked on 31 August.
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Germany, France and Switzerland are among six bidders to stage the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
August decision
Those nations will compete with Australia, Canada and Peru for the honour of staging the sixth edition of the tournament, and the six bidders now must submit a 'Form of Bidding Agreement' by 3 May and present their definitive bid by 1 August. The FIFA Executive Committee will decide the host country on 31 August, eleven days before this year's final tournament in China which will involve European qualifiers Germany, England, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, the only UEFA nation to have previously staged the global event.