- Hampden Park and Easter Street amongst 22 venues throughout Nice Britain and Northern Eire hoping to host matches on the event.
- Scotland head coach Melissa Andreatta believes the affect of bringing the World Cup to the nation can be ‘felt for many years’.
- In the meantime, debutant Maria McAneny scored in stoppage-time to grab a 1-1 pleasant draw for the Scots towards Ukraine in Jerez.
Hampden Park and Easter Street have been included within the UK’s bid to host the 2035 Ladies’s World Cup.
Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Eire’s joint bid stands unopposed and may very well be ratified by a vote in a Fifa congress in 2026.
Ought to the UK’s bid be confirmed, the 2035 event would be the second time a World Cup has been held within the house nations after the 1966 males’s event in England.
In whole, 22 stadiums had been listed in Friday’s announcement — 16 in England, three in Wales, two in Scotland and one in Northern Eire.
From 2031, the Ladies’s World Cup can be contested between 48 groups — in step with the lads’s format — and require 15 stadiums. The event would contain 104 matches contested by the 48 groups over 39 days.
No monetary particulars had been made out there.
Hampden Park has been named as one in all 22 stadiums set to host video games on the event
Easter Street — house of Hibernian — is the opposite Scottish consultant on the shortlist
From 2031, the Ladies’s World Cup will host 48 groups, in step with the lads’s format
A joint assertion from the CEOs of The FA, Irish FA, Scottish FA and FA of Wales stated: ‘A Ladies’s World Cup within the UK has the ability to turbo cost the ladies’s and women’ recreation each within the UK and globally.
‘Our bid additionally demonstrates our dedication to leaving an enduring legacy, within the run as much as 2035, and the years afterwards.’
Scotland head coach Melissa Andreatta added: ‘The affect of bringing the World Cup to our nation can be felt for many years, driving participation, funding and equality at each degree of the game.’
In the meantime, Scotland scored a stoppage-time equaliser by means of debutant Maria McAneny to grab a 1-1 pleasant draw towards Ukraine in Jerez.
Andreatta’s facet had fallen behind to a purpose from Roksolona Kravchuk late within the first half and heading in direction of defeat till McAneny fired in throughout the sixth minute of added time following a scramble at a nook.
Scotland had made a constructive begin at Estadio Municipal de Chapin, with a close-range effort from Martha Thomas saved by Ukraine keeper Kateryna Samson earlier than Sophie Howard despatched her header simply over.
Ukraine took the lead within the thirty ninth minute. Kravchuk performed a neat change with Yana Kalinina to be launched by means of the Scotland defence and on into the penalty space, the place she slotted previous Sandy MacIver.
Andreatta made a couple of adjustments throughout the second half, together with sending on Miri Taylor for her Scotland debut — the Aston Villa midfielder having switched from representing England at youth degree — together with Celtic’s McAneny.
Melissa Andreatta noticed her facet struggle again to earn a draw towards Ukraine on Friday night
Ukraine went shut once more on the hour when Glasgow Metropolis ahead Nicole Kozlova fired broad from six yards following one other harmful cross into the Scotland field.
Scotland created a few late probabilities when Lauren Davidson was despatched clear, however noticed her chip over Samson drop simply broad after which had a header saved.
Andreatta’s facet, although, finally had been rewarded when McAneny fired into the roof of the web from six yards after Georgia Brown’s shot was parried out following a scramble at a nook, which had seen Scotland keeper MacIver go up.
Scotland end their Spanish coaching camp with one other pleasant towards China on Tuesday.
