{"id":52274,"date":"2023-12-09T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/three-bid-books-submitted-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-2027\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:57:00","slug":"three-bid-books-submitted-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/three-bid-books-submitted-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Three bid books submitted for FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, December 9, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Two joint-bid submissions and one single-bid submission received from member associations representing three confederations;\u00a0<em>Bid books available on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/FIFA.com\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA.com<\/a>;\u00a0<em>Host(s) to be appointed through an open vote by FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on 17 May 2024.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following the unprecedented success of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122,\u00a0<span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">the bidding process (<\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/47U6E1x\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/47U6E1x<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">)<\/span><span data-slate-string=\"true\"> for the 2027 edition of the tournament has reached a key milestone, with the following three bids from member associations across three confederations having been submitted ahead of the 8 December deadline:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Royal Belgian Football Association, the German Football Association and the Royal Netherlands Football Association (joint submission) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Brazilian Football Association <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mexican Football Association and the U.S. Soccer Federation (joint submission)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">All of the bid books and their respective executive summaries are available on <\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/FIFA.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">FIFA.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-slate-string=\"true\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Bid book 1 (<\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4agmoxE\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4agmoxE<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Executive summary 1 (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4afdNLg\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4afdNLg<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights assessment (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3tgR5ll\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3tgR5ll<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights strategy (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3tcTxtm\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3tcTxtm<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Bid book 2 (<\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/41cPhXl\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/41cPhXl<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Executive summary 2 (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3RBjR9Z\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3RBjR9Z<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights assessment (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3NjVlYg\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3NjVlYg<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights strategy (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3NiTZgp\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3NiTZgp<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Bid book 3 (<\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ta784x\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ta784x<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Executive summary 3 (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uPhgA5\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uPhgA5<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights assessment (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/47P3qMO\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/47P3qMO<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights strategy (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ThmQpe\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ThmQpe<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-slate-node=\"text\">Human rights explainer note\u200b (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/484uV4w\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/484uV4w<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">As part of the most robust and comprehensive bidding process in the history of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122, 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">In line with the <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Bidding Regulations (<\/span><\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3Rco8PD\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3Rco8PD<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">)<\/span><\/span><span data-slate-string=\"true\">, 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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">The technical aspect of the bid evaluation model includes an objective <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">scoring system<\/span><\/span><span data-slate-string=\"true\">\u00a0(<\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3R7JVI0\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3R7JVI0<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">) to rate and weight each of the infrastructure and commercial criteria. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">Subject to the successful designation of the three bids by the FIFA Council, the appointment of the host(s) will be decided through an open vote by the FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on 17 May 2024. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><span data-slate-string=\"true\">Further information on the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027\u2122 is available via the following link: <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Bidding process 2027 (<\/span><\/span><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/46Pbegk\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/46Pbegk<\/a><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\">) (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/FIFA.com\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><span data-slate-string=\"true\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/three-bid-books-submitted-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-2027tm?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, December 9, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212; Two joint-bid submissions and one single-bid submission received from member associations representing three confederations;\u00a0Bid books available on FIFA.com;\u00a0Host(s) to be appointed through an open vote by FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on 17 May 2024. Following the unprecedented success of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122,\u00a0the bidding process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1f5e72296291597\/200\/200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1f5e72296291597\/200\/200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}