FIFA will choose this Friday between the candidacy of Brazil or the combined Germany-Belgium and the Netherlands to organize the 2027 Women’s World Cup, during the Congress to be held in Bangkok, where he will make a plea against racism in football.
Brazil, favorite candidate
Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup starts with an advantage after receiving a better score in FIFA’s technical evaluation report published at the beginning of the month.
FIFA gave a positive assessment of the Brazilian bid stadiums “specifically built to host large-scale international competitions” used for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
As well as the support of the Government and the Brazilian Football Confederation and the legacy, with the motto “As natural as football”, whose candidacy focuses on an event that inspires women and girls and calls for social awareness among those issues like sustainability, inclusion. and social responsibility.
If selected, Brazil will be the first South American country to host the tournament.
The 2030 Men’s World Cup, for which the only candidacy is the joint bid of Spain, Portugal and Morocco, is not on the agenda of the open Congress and will be the subject of an examination at another Congress before the end of this year, with no definite date yet
Commitment to women’s football
In the days before the Congress, the FIFA president also showed his “commitment” to the development of women’s football after hosting the historic World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023, marking a new and an after for this sport and where Spain She. was declared world champion.
“Football is popular because it is accessible to everyone and we want to achieve the same at all levels of this sport, on and off the field of play,” Infantino said Wednesday at a Leadership Forum for women in football management positions.
In Thailand, the FIFA Council approved the creation of the first Women’s Club World Cup, which is scheduled to be held between January and February 2026 at a venue yet to be determined and with the participation of 16 teams.
During the Council, a series of reforms related to family reconciliation and their status as women were also ratified “unanimously”, giving rights to non-biological mothers and recognizing the impact of menstruation to the players.
It also approved a reduction in the number of international windows, from six to five, of the women’s international calendar for the years 2026-2029, which will “facilitate less disruption to national leagues and reduce travel.”
Source: La Verdad
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