The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 will be the first female final tournament with 24 teams participating.
Due to the addition of eight additional teams for the final competition, the qualification criteria has been revised and the FIFA Executive Committee has decided on the new slot allocation for the six confederations.
These following slots have been confirmed:
AFC: 5 slots
CAF: 3 slots
CONCACAF: 3.5 slots
CONMEBOL: 2.5 Slots
OFC: 1 Slot
UEFA: 8 Slots
HOST 1 Slot (Canada)
Providing coverage of women’s football from all around the world!
Big week-end with great matches like Urawa-Inac in Japan, Montpellier-Juvisy in France, Potsdam-Wolfsburg in Germany or Göteborg-Tyresö in Sweden !
Because they are in the OFC they have a great chance to be in the World Cup 2015. Australia used to be in the OFC but switched because they wanted greater competition. I am not sure whether it was a request from the men’s or women’s but given the fact that the men’s faction carries greater weight ( at least that is my guess).
My bad. SHOULD have kept the thought to myself after all, lol. We don’t get much soccer coverage here in the US so I’m not as up on the info as I should be.
The kiwis are in the OFC which they always win given the competition they face.