Ballarat's soccer leaders are pushing to see the city become a base for the 2023 Women's World Cup.
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Ballarat City chair David Sproules is leading a chorus to see Ballarat host one of the 32 countries set to compete for soccer's ultimate prize.
Sproules said the club was very excited about the possibility.
"The women's game is a really high priority for Ballarat City to support the region," he said.
"We think something like this would be enormous for Ballarat."
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The call comes after a joint bid between Australia and New Zealand to host the event was deemed the best overall by the game's governing body FIFA.
Sproules said the club had held discussions with the City of Ballarat regarding the possibility which were well received.
He said it would be a great opportunity to make improvements to Morshead Park and grow female participation rates in Ballarat.
"We would love to have more girls playing and there is a real opportunity to bring more in," he said.
"We think the Women's World Cup could be a great carrot to engage the women's side of the game."
The Australia-New Zealand project plan received a score of 4.1 from a maximum of five points. The score edged out rival bidders Japan (3.9) and Columbia (2.8).
FIFA will announce the official host country of the 2023 Women's World Cup on June 25.
"There is a possibility Japan might beat us but we are hopeful," Sproules said.
It wouldn't be the first time Ballarat has served as a base for a soccer nation.
In 2015 Bahrain's national soccer team set up camp at Morshead Park as part of their preparations for the Asian Cup.
The country would later play an Asian Cup warm-up match against Jordan at the same venue.
Ballarat District Soccer Association president Herman Bogers said Ballarat was capable of hosting a country again.
"We had Bahrain based here some years ago for the Asian Cup, so we know we can do it and look after them," he said.
The 2023 Women's World Cup would utilise up to 100 training sights across Australia and New Zealand.
It is expected that the sights would benefit from investments in enhanced lighting, upgrades to female-friendly facilities and improvements to the quality of the fields of play.
Bogers said the BDSA fully supported the possibility.
"I think women's football is still untapped," he said.
"There is potential to grow and I think if we had a team based here it would only benefit the local women's game."
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