The three qualifying bids are:

• joint submission by Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football;
• submission by the Colombian Football Association;
• submission by the Japan Football Association.

The Brazilian Football Association informed FIFA on Monday, 8 June, of its decision to withdraw its bid.

The evaluation report is now available here.

A Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) statement announced both the withdrawal of its own candidacy and that it will now support fellow South American nation Colombia in its bid to host the event.

Australia, which forms part of a joint bid with New Zealand, and Japan are Asia’s bidding nations, with the winning bid to be chosen on June 25.

It seems unlikely now, but Chinese Taipei were a major player in Asia a few decades back. More than that, they were a pioneer of women’s football in one of the game's traditionally strong regions.

The Japanese women’s national team of 2011 became Asia’s world champions at the senior level, overcoming tournament hosts and defending champions Germany in the quarter-final before outlasting the United States in a classic final and providing a boost to a nation still reeling from a painful natural disaster.

That remarkable win in Germany represented the peak of their success, but it was far from the Nadeshiko’s only breakthrough success, with first-time titles in the Asian Games and AFC Women’s Asian Cup and a FIFA World Player of the Year title for team leader Homare Sawa all materialising in an unprecedented four-year period.

The Steel Roses emergence on the international stage fundamentally changed the Asian game and played a pioneering role in the growth of women’s football as a whole.

In a decade of continental supremacy which has never been repeated, China PR were unbeaten against any Asian opponent – winning five AFC Women’s Championship titles, and three Asian Games gold medals - and claimed silver medals on the world stage at both the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Kohzo Tashima, Chairman of the Japan Bid Committee and President of Japan Football Association (JFA), Junko Imai, Vice Chairperson of Japan Bid Committee and Chairperson of JFA Women's Committee, and Director of Japan Bid Committee Junko Egawa, demonstrated the strength of Japan as a host nation, and shared their passion towards the development of women’s football.

Bid General Manager, Jane Fernandez, and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) President, Lambert Maltock, outlined their plans for a ground-breaking tournament of firsts, focused on the interests of the greatest players in the women’s game.

The bid’s player-centric hosting concept promises first-class facilities and infrastructure ensuring the players can perform at their very best.