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Female shot coaches volition get much chances to enactment astatine the Women's World Cup and different tournaments aft FIFA passed a caller rule.
FIFA said connected Thursday (March 19, 2026) it volition necessitate astatine its women's tournaments that "at slightest 1 pistillate indispensable beryllium a caput manager oregon adjunct coach" of each team.
Just 10 of 32 teams astatine the 2023 Women's World Cup had a pistillate caput coach, including Sarina Wiegman of beaten finalist England.
"We indispensable bash much to accelerate alteration by creating clearer pathways, expanding opportunities, and expanding the visibility for women connected our sidelines," FIFA's Chief Football Officer Jill Ellis said successful a statement.
FIFA's argumentation volition purpose to dispersed globally what European shot assemblage UEFA has done wherever the women's crippled is much developed.
Though conscionable 7 of 16 teams astatine the Women's European Championship had a pistillate caput coach, each that appointed a antheral arsenic caput manager had to person a pistillate adjunct coach.
Wiegman guided England to clasp its European title, which was her ain 3rd successful a enactment and an eighth consecutive for pistillate caput coaches successful the contention dating backmost to 1997.
