The Matildas’ path to potential Asian Cup success is a step nearer to being finalised after Soccer Australia revealed the host states for matches on the 2026 version of the match.
FA confirmed on Monday that NSW, Queensland and Western Australia had been nominated as the popular places for the continental competitors.
Twelve groups throughout three teams will participate within the match, which was final gained by China in 2022.
After being the one AFC member to enter an official bid, Australia was in March advisable as host – following on from the success of final 12 months’s Girls’s World Cup.
FA mentioned expressions of curiosity for potential venues started previous to the beginning of the World Cup, with all states and territories invited to make their pitch.
Victoria is probably the most notable absentee from the listing of nominated states, having additionally missed out on internet hosting video games past the quarter-finals of the World Cup as a result of AFL season.
Subsequent month’s A-League All Stars video games will likely be hosted in Victoria, although, whereas the Matildas and Socceroos have performed a number of matches in Melbourne in recent times.
“Internet hosting the Girls’s Asian Cup presents a golden alternative to proceed the dynamic progress and recognition of girls’s soccer in Australia,” FA chief govt James Johnson mentioned.
“Final 12 months’s Girls’s World Cup laid a sturdy basis, and we’re keen to construct upon this legacy to additional improve our soccer panorama each nationally and regionally.
“The backing from all ranges of presidency is essential as we sort out the surge in participation and the pressing want for improved services.
“This help is important to take care of the momentum and make sure the steady growth of the game throughout the nation.”
The selection of NSW, Queensland and WA bodes nicely for the Matildas, who final gained the Asian Cup in 2010 and have latest glad recollections in all three states.
Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium was the location of Australia’s nail-biting quarter-final penalty shootout win over France eventually 12 months’s World Cup, whereas Tony Gustavsson’s aspect loved a charmed run throughout Olympic qualification in Perth earlier this 12 months.
Sydney’s Accor Stadium hosted the Matildas’ file dwelling crowd of 75,784, for his or her World Cup opener towards Eire.
