Australia and New Zealand will join forces in their bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup after reaching an 11th-hour agreement before the bid deadline on Friday.

Football Federation Australia have abandoned plans to bid for the tournament alone and will instead partner with New Zealand Football to co-host the expanded 32-team tournament.

Australia were knocked out at the round of 16 in this year's World Cup in France. Credit:AP

Accommodating eight additional teams is not the driving force behind the partnership of the two nations, but rather thoughts that a union presents their best hopes of winning the vote to host the World Cup.

The belief is that on their own, Australia or New Zealand may have struggled to impress the 37 members of FIFA's executive committee and that a joint bid forms their best chance of beating the two frontrunners, Colombia and Japan.