May 8 – Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup was given a small boost, perhaps a surprising one, after being ranked slightly higher than the rival joint European bid submitted by Germany, Netherlands and Belgium (BNG) in FIFA’s technical report.
The Brazilians, who have been noticeable by their lobbying absence with international federations, achieved a ranking score of 395 out of 500, against the BNG bid of 373. For FIFA’s report the Brazilian bid was rounded up to 4.0 against the BNG’s rounding down to 3.7 – in reality the gap is even closer than FIFA’s spin would have you believe.
In the overview to the report, the bid inspectors say: “Taking all aspects into consideration, both bids have clearly demonstrated the capacity to successfully host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027.”
In what will be an open vote on the hosting by the FIFA membership at their Congress in Bangkok on May 17, the FIFA bid inspectors said that both “the Bid Evaluation Task Force has determined that both bids qualify for consideration by the FIFA Council and the FIFA Congress, due to both having exceeded the minimum hosting requirements in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 technical evaluation.”
The report was compiled by a three-person evaluation team led by FIFA’s chief women’s officer Sarai Bareman after extensive inspection visits by officials to the only two applicants earlier this year.
Although it will have no binding impact on the 211 Fifa members, it is a major pointer as to FIFA’s own preference.
Last week, Mexico and the United States withdrew from the race to concentrate their efforts on hosting the 2031 tournament where they are expected to face competition from China, Morocco, South Africa and potentially England and Spain.
FIFA said staging the tournament in Latin America would have “a tremendous impact on women’s football in the region.”
However, the report highlighted the BNG bid’s “compact tournament…
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Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-05-08 17:25:13
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