32 Executive summaries

Overall, while the stadiums would require extensive upgrades and installations in order to ensure top-class
infrastructure for the tournament, it is worth noting that the bidder has provided expressions of willingness
on the part of the relevant local authorities to consider the necessary improvements. Details would need to be
confirmed in regard to the extent, cost and funding sources for this work.

Tea m and referee facilit ies

The bidder has put forward a total of 71 hotel and training site pairings, made up of 40 venue-specific pairings
(four for each candidate host city) and an additional 31 team/referee base camp pairings.

Overall, the proposed accommodation and training facilities were assessed as meeting the requirements for
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hosting a FIFA Women's World Cup , with the standard of accommodation varying from satisfactory to good,
and the training sites appearing generally satisfactory.

Some shortcomings were identified when it came to the hotels' leisure and fitness facilities, with only six of the
proposed base camp hotels and around half of the venue-specific hotels seeming to offer facilities currently
deemed suitable. Many of the hotels also have a shortage of function rooms and meeting spaces. When it
comes to the training sites, it is FIFA's assessment that most would need considerable renovation and upgrade
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work in order to reach the desired standards for a FIFA Women's World Cup , particularly in terms of pitch
quality, floodlight installation, changing room improvements, fitness facilities, privacy fencing, tribune building
and media areas. In addition, several of the proposed training sites have not submitted agreements to confirm
their availability and/or their compliance with the tournament-related terms and conditions. As a result, a
medium level of risk has been identified in this area

Accommodation

Based on FIFA's assessment of the proposals set out by the bidder, it would appear that nine of the ten candidate
host cities would be able to meet the accommodation requirements relating to the FIFA core group (comprising
FIFA staff, VIPs, Commercial Affiliates, media personnel and other key stakeholders). The exception to this is
Manizales, where the bidder has suggested accommodating the FIFA core group in a single hotel that has just
64 rooms — whereas the FIFA requirements call for a total of 160 rooms spread across at least two hotels.

When it comes to the standard of accommodation proposed, however, there would appear to be a shortage of
top-tier hotels in both Manizales and Cucuta. Furthermore, the lack of a nationally consistent hotel star-rating
system in Colombia means that the quality of some hotels may be lower (in comparison to international
standards) than indicated — particularly in Armenia, Pereira, Manizales, Bucaramanga and arcuta.

In terms of general spectator accommodation, Manizales was, again, the only candidate host city to fall
short of FIFA's minimum requirements. Overall, as the Colombia 2023 bid has documented sufficient levels
of accommodation to serve nine stadiums (with FIFA requiring a minimum of eight), it is FIFA's assessment that
the bidder has shown sufficient levels of operationally viable accommodation.