Brazil and 3 other candidates seek to host the 2027 Women’s Cup

FIFA confirmed this Monday (24th) that it had received four applications – including Brazil’s – from interested parties in hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup. (Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany; and Mexico and the United States). “We are thrilled with the expressions of interest received, not least because they come from member associations with a strong footballing tradition representing four confederations, thus confirming the consistent popularity of women’s football around the world,” said Fatma Samoura, FIFA secretary general. , in a statement on the entity’s website. 🇧🇪🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇷🇿🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽FIFA has received four expressions of interest to host the 2027 @FIFAWWC: — FIFA (@FIFAcom) April 24, 2023 of 2027 represent four FIFA member associations: African Football Confederation (CAF), Football Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean America (Concacaf), South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Union of European Football Associations (Uefa ). This year’s edition of the World Cup – from July 20 to August 20 – will be held in Australia and New Zealand, affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). FIFA will send, as of today (24th), a Bidding Term to the federations that claim to host the 2027 World Cup. May 19th. The definition of the host of the 2027 World Cup already has a date set: it will take place after a public vote in the FIFA Congress, on May 17 of next year. On the last 14th, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) made official the country’s candidacy with Fifa. At the end of March, upon receiving the World Cup Cup Tour in Brasilia, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva not only declared his support for the event, but also signed the decree creating the National Strategy for the development of women’s football in the country. The program seeks to encourage the participation of women in management positions, in refereeing and in the technical direction of teams, in addition to setting up specific training centers for women, with their own methodologies and pedagogical guidelines adapted to women’s needs.

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