World football’s governing body Fifa has launched a tender process for media rights in the UK to the next edition of the Women’s World Cup, which will be hosted by France in 2019.
The invitation to tender covers television, IPTV, internet, mobile and radio rights for the tournament.
Following a question and answer period running from today (Tuesday) to October 28, submissions to Fifa must be received by 5pm CET on November 3. Negotiations with any preferred bidders will then commence from November 7.
Public-service broadcaster the BBC held rights to the 2015 Women’s World Cup. The tournament was staged in Canada with England progressing to the semi-finals for the first time before being defeated 2-1 by Japan.