Story highlights South and North Korea register interest

Record nine countries admit submissions

(CNN) South Korea and North Korea have expressed an interest in jointly bidding to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

A record nine countries have told football's governing body they want to host the tournament.

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa have formally declared their interest, while the Korean Football Association and the DPR Korea Football Association have also suggested they could bid, according to FIFA

Each football association has until April 16, 2019 to submit its bidding registration to FIFA.

North and South Korea are planning to compete as a unified team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and are bidding to co-host the 2032 Summer Games.

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