FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ bid evaluation report

CONTENTS 05. 07. 06. 01. 02. 03. 04. FOREWORD BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BID EVALUATION TASK FORCE1. Less than a year since Spain emerged triumphant at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ in Australia and NewZealand, FIFA has already laid the groundwork for the FIFA Congress to select the host(s) of the FIFA Women’s WorldCup 2027™ in the form of this Bid Evaluation Report.0 It was said of the FIFA Women's World Cup that "the sleeping giant has awoken" and the same can be said of women'sfootball generally. Many teams eclipsed their best previous performance, with sides from five of the six confederationsprogressing to the knockout stage, and established giants of the game exiting the tournament early. Matches werefaster-paced, the standard of coaching was higher, and players were fitter and tactically more astute. Women’s footballresoundingly proved that it has greater strength in depth than ever before. The month-long festival of football “downunder” was a record-breaking tournament, with more countries competing than ever before, record ticket sales andtwo billion fans watching on television. Now, as we begin our preparations for the landmark tenth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, the challenge forFIFA and the host(s) is to do justice to the legacy created by the 2023 instalment by once again raising the women’sgame to even greater heights and inspiring the next generation of women and girls. This is a challenge that our twobids, whose strength reflects the burgeoning status of the women’s game, are eager to take on. We would like tothank them for the warm welcome that they extended to us during our inspection visits to their countries and fortheir responsiveness in addressing our questions and requests for information. We should always remember that FIFA is made up of national football associations representing 211 countries fromaround the world. Each of them has the same duty to preserve, protect and promote football, and each has an equalright to be respected for doing so, in ways that are appropriate to its environment. In keeping with that principle, FIFAhas evolved the voting procedure for designating the host(s) of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. This foresees thatthe host(s) of the women’s tournament will be designated by the FIFA Congress for the first time, and that the resultof each ballot and the related votes will be made public. The bidding process that we launched in March 2023 was the most thorough in the history of the FIFA Women’sWorld Cup. It built on all of the key elements from the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 bidding process, such as thepublication of key content and documentation, the inclusion of robust rules of conduct and the implementation of acomprehensive evaluation model. Furthermore, the 2027 process was enhanced by additional integrity measures,including the requirement for each bidder to appoint a bid compliance and ethics officer to monitor its complianceand the establishment of the FIFA Bid Evaluation Task Force to evaluate all submitted bids. It has been our privilege to be members of the task force. When the bidding process concludes in Bangkok on 17 May,we trust that you will find that the evaluations have been conducted in an open and objective manner, and that wehave provided the details required for the FIFA Congress to make an informed decision on which of the bids offersthe best conditions for the successful hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. Yours faithfully, Sun WenTask Force Member Muhannad HamadTask Force Member Sarai BaremanTask Force Member 2.1CONCLUSION AND KEY OBSERVATIONS2. Introduction0 Pursuant to section 5.4 of the Bidding Regulations, the Bid Evaluation Task Force, supported by the FIFA administration,has prepared this summary of key findings in accordance with the regulatory framework of the bidding process. Acritical aspect of the role of the task force is to indicate in what manner and to what extent the bids fulfil the tournamentrequirements, so as to secure the best possible hosting conditions in the host country (or host countries) and therebyfurther develop the unique status of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as the biggest women’s sporting competition inthe world. Since this report serves to support an informed decision-making process by the members of the FIFA Council and thedelegates of the FIFA Congress, it is the duty of the Bid Evaluation Task Force to highlight its key observations relatingto the evaluation of the bids, which will also facilitate a comprehensive understanding of each bid. These observationsincorporate not only the technical scoring of each bid, but also a thorough assessment of the perceived risks, as wellas potential opportunities and challenges. The assessments of each of the components reviewed have also taken fullaccount of the incremental increase in quality that is expected of FIFA’s flagship women’s event from one edition to thenext. The tables set out on the following pages are designed t