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Highlights of history
- South Korean and North register interest
- Record nine countries admit submissions
A record number of nine countries told the governing body of football that they would like to host the tournament.
Each football badociation has until 16 April 2019 to submit its candidature file to FIFA.
North Korea and South Korea are planning to compete as a unified team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and wish to co-host the 2032 Summer Games.
Sport has provided many symbolic moments over the past year in the continuing rapprochement between two countries still technically at war.
Athletes from North and South Korea marched under a unified flag at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. In ice hockey, women competed as a unified team, helping to ease tensions on the peninsula.
In May 2018, North Korea and South Korea faced each other in the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Sweden, but instead of confronting each other, they regrouped to form a team and bowed to Japan. the semifinal.
The 2019 Women's World Cup takes place in France from June 7th to July 7th.
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