Bangkok. Brazil will host the 2027 Girls’s World Cup, after the vast majority of the 211 members of FIFA opted this Friday for the South American nation, over a joint bid from Belgium, Holland and Germany.
The FIFA Congress selected a small group of two candidates to prepare the event. On the finish of final month, the US and Mexico had withdrawn their joint candidacy, whereas South Africa had completed the identical in November.
The members of the crew that promoted Brazil’s candidacy hugged and celebrated on the rostrum, when the consequence was introduced. They agreed that the election is a victory for ladies’s soccer, the nation and South America.
It was the primary time that each one FIFA members had the chance to decide on the venue for the Girls’s World Cup. Beforehand, the choice rested with the FIFA Council. There have been 207 member federations eligible to take part within the digital voting.
Brazil was a favourite within the vote, notably after it was higher evaluated final week in a FIFA report.
Debate on Gaza
The congress additionally heard a name from the Palestinian soccer federation (PFA) to droop Israel from the world physique and ban Israeli groups from collaborating in FIFA occasions.
PFA President Jibril Rajoub acknowledged that the Israeli Soccer Affiliation (IFA) has violated FIFA guidelines: “FIFA can’t afford to stay detached to those violations or to the continuing genocide in Palestine.”
His Israeli counterpart, Shino Moshe Zuares, for his half known as the Palestinian name “cynical, political and hostile”, insisting that FIFA has not violated any FIFA guidelines.
FIFA’s high chief, Gianni Infantino, acknowledged that the physique would obtain unbiased authorized recommendation on the matter and would resolve earlier than July 20 what measures to take.
Marta celebrates election
Brazilian Marta, the “queen” of soccer, celebrated her nation’s election because the host of the Girls’s World Cup and requested that the opening match be within the state of Rio Grande do Sul, hit by the worst local weather disaster in its historical past.
“I used to be very proud of the information and I’m positive that the 2027 Girls’s World Cup will probably be a hit and the Brazilian folks, as all the time, will probably be with open arms to welcome the worldwide soccer group,” the 38-year-old participant wrote on Instagram. .
Marta mentioned that “in contrast to the previous few weeks” the excellent news gave her “a motive to smile” and requested that, “if attainable,” the Brazilian crew’s first match be in Rio Grande Sul.
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– 2024-05-23 00:10:52
