Germany, Holland, Belgium bid to co-host 2027 Women’s World Cup

THREE European countries Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have announced a joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The countries’ football associations stated that they had presented plans to world governing body FIFA and will draft further details, such as the host cities, in the coming months.

Last year, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands said they were working on a joint bid .

The 2023 edition will be held in Australia and New Zealand.

Belgium and the Netherlands were the first countries to jointly host a major evrn in Europe when the co-hosted the men’s European Championship in 2000 just months after Nigeria and Ghana made history as the first-ever co-hosts with the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations.

Germany hosted the Women’s World Cup in 2011, while the Netherlands staged the Women’s Euro 2017 championship. Belgium has never held a major women’s tournament.

“Women’s football in our countries is indeed in differing phases of development, but we share the aspiration to give the sport a boost nationally and globally by organising this World Cup,” said the three countries in a joint statement.

England will host the next European Championships in 2022. The tournament was due to be played in 2021 but has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.