FIFA has announced that it will launch an Invitation To Tender (ITT) on 11 April 2022 for the sale of media rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ in selected territories in Europe and Central Asia. Interested parties will be invited to make an offer on one or more of the following territories: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Further information about the rights being offered, the bid process and submission of bids will be provided in the ITT.
Media companies or organisations wishing to participate in the tender process can request the ITT by email. Interested parties should contact FWWC23-media-rights@fifa.org.
The 2023 edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand and will take place at 9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums across the two countries from 20 July to 20 August 2023.
Following the amazing success of the 2019 event, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 will be the first edition of the tournament to feature 32 teams (previously 24) following the decision by FIFA to expand the tournament to accelerate the growth and development of the women’s game.
The tender process will allow FIFA to select the media companies that are best placed to achieve FIFA’s overall objectives to deliver high quality, comprehensive coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ to help accelerate the growth and development of women’s football.
Bid submissions to FIFA must be received by 10:00 CEST on Tuesday, 17 May 2022.
Through the sale of media rights for its football tournaments, FIFA generates income which is essential to support and develop the game around the world, for instance through the FIFA Forward and FIFA Women’s Development Programme.