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OPEN MEDIA AVAILABILITY WINDOWS DURING THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SITE INSPECTION VISIT
8 August 2013
FIFA site visits for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 will take place during the week of 12-17 August in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. To ensure that local media has an opportunity to meet delegates of both the National Organising Committee and FIFA, open media availability windows will be coordinated on successive days in each city. The windows are established to ensure media has an opportunity to meet delegates after they have conducted their working visits of local stadiums and potential training sites.
Media are asked to contact Richard Scott at 613.818.0305 per details of the visit.
KICK OFF MEDIA EVENT IN OTTAWAOn Tuesday 13 August in Ottawa, approx. 10.30 media opportunity
LOCATION: The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON
MEDIA WINDOWS IN HOST CITIES
On Wednesday 14 August in Winnipeg, approx. 16.00 media opportunity
LOCATION: Winnipeg City Hall
On Thursday 15 August in Edmonton, approx. 17.00 media opportunity
LOCATION: TBA
On Saturday 17 August in Vancouver, approx. 12.30 media opportunity
LOCATION: The Westin Bayshore Vancouver, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC
MARK YOUR EDITORIAL CALENDARS:
For out-of-town media, please feel free to connect with Richard Scott, Director of Communications, National Organising Committee, via 613.818.0305.
LOCATION: The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON
On Wednesday 14 August in Winnipeg, approx. 16.00 media opportunity
LOCATION: Winnipeg City Hall
LOCATION: TBA
LOCATION: The Westin Bayshore Vancouver, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC
For out-of-town media, please feel free to connect with Richard Scott, Director of Communications, National Organising Committee, via 613.818.0305.
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 match schedule unveiled
The official match schedule for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 was unveiled today at the City Hall of Montréal just less than one year before the start of the competition.
The opening match with hosts Canada will take place on 5 August 2014 at the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto. The two last matches, both the match for third place and the final, will take place in the famous Stade Olympique of Montréal on 24 August. The three-week competition will feature 16 teams and 32 matches from the opener through to the final.
All four Official Host Cities – Edmonton, Toronto, Montréal and Moncton – will host six matches in the group phase. Canada, as hosts seeded A1, will play at least two group matches in Toronto and one group match in Montréal.
“Canada is honoured to welcome the best young female soccer players from around the world next summer,” said Canadian Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal. “Our government is pleased to support this major international event that will showcase our cultural diversity and bring many economic benefits. We invite Canadians to join in as the excitement for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 starts to build across our nation in the coming months.”
“The announcement of the match schedule is an important moment on the road to the final tournament as the Host Cities now know the number of games they will host. And the fans can already save the dates and in November will be able to finally buy their tickets for the matches”, commented Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s Deputy Director of Competitions for Women’s Football.
“Our four Official Host Cities will do a wonderful job hosting the best young footballers in this important youth competition,” said Victor Montagliani, Chairman of the National Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014. “These 32 matches provide an important step on the development ladder to the national “A” teams and future FIFA Women’s World Cups.”
READ MORE : FIFA.com/Canada2014
British Columbia champions again
British Columbia has won another Canada Games Women's Soccer Tournament, again breaking the hearts of the Québec selects side.
Samantha Dion scored a pair of goals in the 3:2 victory, giving British Columbia its fifth championship in six editions of the women's tournament. It marked the second time in a row that B.C. defeated Québec in the final.
In the Thursday 8 August final, Dion (on a penalty) and Seina Kashima gave British Columbia a 2-0 lead before Amanda Pierre-Louis and Valérie Sanderson equalised for the hosts.
Just three minutes after the equaliser, though, Dion scored her second of the game to give the two-time defending champions a precious one-goal advantage.
British Columbia would never relinquish that lead.
Of note, all 18 players on the British Columbia side are current members of the Vancouver Whitecaps Elite Girls Program. Coach Jesse Symons is the first coach to win back-to-back tournaments.
Canadian U-20 coach Andrew Olivieri was in attendance for the last two days of the competition, having arrived from Montréal after helping unveil the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 schedule on Tuesday.
International referees at the Canada Games Women’s Soccer Tournament
Four Canadian international officials were appointed to the Canada Games Women’s Soccer Tournament in Sherbrooke, with trio Sheena Dickson, Suzanne Morisset and Marie-Josée Charbonneau working the championship final. Carol Anne Chénard, who previously worked at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011, was appointed the referee for the Canada Games bronze medal final.
British Columbia has won another Canada Games Women's Soccer Tournament, again breaking the hearts of the Québec selects side.
Samantha Dion scored a pair of goals in the 3:2 victory, giving British Columbia its fifth championship in six editions of the women's tournament. It marked the second time in a row that B.C. defeated Québec in the final.
In the Thursday 8 August final, Dion (on a penalty) and Seina Kashima gave British Columbia a 2-0 lead before Amanda Pierre-Louis and Valérie Sanderson equalised for the hosts.
Just three minutes after the equaliser, though, Dion scored her second of the game to give the two-time defending champions a precious one-goal advantage.
British Columbia would never relinquish that lead.
Of note, all 18 players on the British Columbia side are current members of the Vancouver Whitecaps Elite Girls Program. Coach Jesse Symons is the first coach to win back-to-back tournaments.
Canadian U-20 coach Andrew Olivieri was in attendance for the last two days of the competition, having arrived from Montréal after helping unveil the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 schedule on Tuesday.
FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015
The FIFA Women's World Cup is held every four years, with the next edition to be played in Canada in 2015. It marks the first major sporting event hosted in Canada from coast to coast, with matches to be played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montréal and Moncton. The FIFA Women's World Cup will feature the 24 best women's football teams in the world.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 will be preceded one year earlier by the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, one of two FIFA women’s youth tournaments. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup returns to Canada for the first time since 2002. The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 will feature 16 teams featuring players born 1994 or later.
The National Organising Committee for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 features Victor Montagliani (chair), Steven Reed, Janine Helland, Doug Redmond, Clare Rustad, Walter Sieber and Peter Montopoli.
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