{"id":879,"date":"2019-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:19:37","slug":"whitepaper-womens-football-2019","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper: Women&#8217;s Football 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-944672648-1.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Jun 06, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Whitepaper: Women&#8217;s Football 2019<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/brands-sponsorship-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brands &amp; Sponsorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/strategy-and-commercialisation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strategy &amp; Commercialisation<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/&#038;text=Whitepaper: Women's Football 2019\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Whitepaper: Women's Football 2019. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-womens-football-2019\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">Download the latest Nielsen Sports and Leaders whitepaper examining where fan interest is gaining momentum and how commercial investments are growing around women&#8217;s football.<\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>By almost any measure, the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup is poised to be the biggest yet. France is hosting the eighth edition of the tournament across nine cities \u2013 Lyon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Rennes and Valenciennes.<\/h4>\n<p>This whitepaper, put together by <strong>Nielsen Sports<\/strong> and Leaders, offers a snapshot of the health of women\u2019s football as the World Cup gets underway, examining current interest levels, the makeup of fans and what the future may bring as it increasingly professionalises.<\/p>\n<p>With prime-time coverage expected across Europe, viewership is set to be up on the last tournament. At the same time, genuine commercial momentum is building with FIFA partners and team sponsors, notably Adidas and Nike, launching the most ambitious activation programmes yet seen for a women\u2019s football event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/l\/856843\/2020-08-04\/52hmt\"><button>Download Whitepaper<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s club football is also growing around the world, an important development which looks set to ensure there is less of a spike in interest in women\u2019s football around major international events like the World Cup as the club game sustains interest in the periods between them.<\/p>\n<p>There have been record attendances over the last year in Mexico, Spain, Italy and England, with rising interest levels and unprecedented investment from sponsors, while at a regional level, in Europe, UEFA is this season hosting the Women\u2019s Champions League final in a different city from the men\u2019s event for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>This whitepaper examines the landscape as women&#8217;s football stands ready for its latest surge in popularity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download the latest Nielsen Sports and Leaders whitepaper examining where fan interest is gaining momentum and how commercial investments are growing around women&#8217;s football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":880,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[25,56],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-879","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands-sponsorship-sport-business","category-strategy-and-commercialisation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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