Women's World Cup Field Holds at 16
Before the Women's World Cup last September, FIFA announced that they would be watching the competition closely in view of expanding the field from 16 to 24 teams. Apparently they weren't impressed. This footnote comes out of the FIFA Football Committee's February 4th meeting:
"While reviewing the 2007 FIFA competitions, the Football Committee was happy to note that the symposium during the FIFA Women's World Cup in China had provided further impetus to develop the women's game. However, it was felt the quality of the game did not yet justify an increase of the number of teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup as the difference between the top teams and the weaker ones was still significant."
One wonders what concrete action FIFA will take to further develop the women's game.
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