Afrigather South Africa has formally stepped again from its bid to host the 2027 Girls’s World Cup, the nation’s soccer affiliation (SAFA) introduced on Friday. As an alternative, they’ve set their sights on getting ready a complete bid for the 2031 event, emphasizing the significance of presenting a well-prepared proposal.
SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao defined the choice, stating, “We felt that it was higher to current a well-prepared bid for the 2031 FIFA Girls’s World Cup and guarantee we put our greatest foot ahead, quite than producing a rushed presentation.”
This improvement leaves three contenders within the race for the 2027 Girls’s World Cup: a joint bid from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands; a bid from Brazil; and a joint bid by Mexico and the USA. The FIFA Congress is scheduled to make the ultimate resolution on the hosts on Could 17, 2024.
The choice by South Africa comes amid rising anticipation and controversy surrounding the Girls’s World Cup’s host choice. With the tournament simply 4 years away, there’s a notable distinction to the lads’s World Cup, the place hosts for 2026, 2030, and even 2034 have already been introduced. Canada, Mexico, and the USA will co-host the lads’s World Cup in 2026.
Australia and New Zealand efficiently hosted the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, with Spain rising because the champions. The bidding course of for the 2027 World Cup will proceed, with FIFA confirming the hosts in Could 2024, merely three years earlier than the event kicks off.
South Africa’s strategic resolution to withdraw from the 2027 bid displays their dedication to presenting a sturdy proposal for the 2031 Girls’s World Cup, setting the stage for an thrilling and aggressive bidding course of on this planet of soccer.
