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There's no such thing as a men's World Cup, women are allowed to play too. You'll have a very hard time finding any women playing at this level though.
by rosnd 4y ago
There's no such thing as a men's World Cup, women are allowed to play too.
You'll have a very hard time finding any women playing at this level though.
- dbbk 4y agoThat's wild, I didn't know this. Though worth noting there is also a dedicated Womens' World Cup next year.
- rosnd 4y agoI think almost all sports that have separate women's competitions allow everyone to participate in "men's" competitions.
- shp0ngle 4y agoWhat about a golden retriever?
- wcerfgba 4y agoNope. Per Wikipedia: > The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
- turbonaut 4y agoAnd from the relevant FIFA regulations: “For FIFA men’s competitions, only men are eligible to play. For FIFA women’s competitions, only men are eligible to play.” https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3950e57162ea513d/original/ihf3yx6kw3insqt6r0i6-pdf.pdf https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3950e57162ea513d/original/ihf3...
- rosnd 4y agoAnd indeed there are no unisex competitions. >FIFA competitions are separated for men and women. This separation must be safeguarded and protected. I messed up here by trusting the first results on google while searching "can women play in the world cup" which brought up a bunch of Quora results saying that they can. I was a bit too eager to believe them because this is a thing in many other sports.