FIFA : three bids received to host the Women's World Cup 2027

• Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (UEFA);
• Brazil (CONMEBOL);
• United States and Mexico (CONCACAF).

These are the three bids - including two joint applications - received by FIFA to host the Women's World Cup 2027, announced the world organisation on 10/12/2023. The deadline for submission of bids was set on 08/12/2023. South Africa (CAF), which had submitted an expression of interest in April 2023, ultimately did not follow through.

"As part of the most robust and comprehensive bidding process in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA will now conduct a thorough evaluation process, including on-site inspection visits that are due to get underway in February 2024, before publishing its findings in a Bid Evaluation Report in May 2024. In line with the Bidding Regulations, the evaluation process will focus on the defined priority areas of the event vision and key metrics, infrastructure, services, commercial, and sustainability and human rights," added FIFA.

The FIFA Congress (which gathers all 211 member associations) will, for the first time, decide on the host country…