Already hosts of the next 2026 Men’s World Cup alongside Canada, the United States and Mexico announced, Wednesday, April 19, their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup.
The Mexican and American soccer federations revealed their plans a month ahead of the May 19 deadline set by FIFA for candidate countries to host the event to officially submit their bids.
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“The United States has always been a world leader in women’s soccer and we would be honored to host the premier women’s soccer world event with Mexico.”said the president of the American Federation, Cindy Parlow Cone, in a press release.
“Hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup gives us an incredible opportunity to cap off two historic years of FIFA World Cups in the Concacaf region, helping us to continue to develop football within the associations of our confederation. »added M.me Parlow Cone.
The president of the Mexican Football Federation, Yon de Luisa, believes that the organization of this tournament will help develop women’s football in Mexico. “It is with pleasure that we are once again teaming up with the United States Soccer Federation to bring this World Cup to our region, which will undoubtedly be historic”he said.
The organization of the 2027 World Cup should be decided during the FIFA congress in May 2024. The United States and Mexico will compete with the joint bid of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands , as well as South Africa and Brazil.
Broadcast of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, “the fastest possible resolution” hoped for by the FFF
The Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (July 20 to August 20) still has no broadcasters in France. Thursday, April 13, the leaders of the French Football Federation (FFF) “hoped that the process [allait] accelerate. »
The president of the FFF’s high-level women’s commission, Jean-Michel Aulas, recalled that “FIFA’s ambition [organisatrice de la compétition] in terms of TV rights and the broadcasters’ proposals are not aligned”. Voluntarist, the president of Olympique Lyonnais explained that Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF, « a[vait] written directly to FIFA to get things done”.
The new French football boss assures us to wait “the fastest possible resolution” of this problem. “We want women’s football and its showcase, the French team, to be seen as widely as possible.insisted Philippe Diallo. It would be an important signal in the context of our own tender for the broadcasting of national women’s football.open until May 4.