FIFA responsible for undervaluing Women's World Cup, says Dodd

The Women's World Cup will be held from July 20-Aug. 20 in Australia and New Zealand.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Former FIFA Council member Moya Dodd has criticised Gianni Infantino's threat of a Women's World Cup broadcast blackout in Europe this year and said the governing body is responsible for the tournament being historically undervalued.

FIFA is selling TV rights to the women's tournament separately from the men's for the first time and president Infantino said Europe's "Big 5" nations face a blackout unless broadcasters improve on their "unacceptable" offers.