July 13th will usher in a new dawn at the DFB, as the women take centre stage in Germany just two days after the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Final in Johannesburg. "The men will have to take a back seat for a year," confirmed DFB President Dr. Theo Zwanziger at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™ Organising Committee's New Year event in Frankfurt on Tuesday. "It's going to be a year of Girl Power."
Zwanziger's dream is for Joachim Low's Germany to emerge triumphant in the men's final in South Africa on 11 July, two days before the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2010 begins in Germany on 13 July. Another year down the line and the DFB can look forward to staging yet another major sporting event as the FIFA Women's World Cup comes to Germany for the very first time between 26 June and 17 July 2011. Anticipation levels are rising by the day and the excitement among the 200 guests at the OC's New Year party at the DFB headquarters was palpable.
At this rate, the atmosphere in the host cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Augsburg and Dresden come June 2011 is set to be every bit as special as the summer fairytale that was Germany 2006 almost four years ago. "Germany will once again prove to the rest of the world what a hospitable and friendly host it is," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a video message from Berlin. She invited the whole football community to enjoy the tournament featuring the 16 best women's teams in the world. "Everybody should be there when Queen Football rules the world," she continued.
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