The UK is on observe to host the 2035 Girls’s World Cup after being the one “legitimate” bidder for the match, in line with FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Eire submitted a joint expression of curiosity in March to stage the match throughout the house nations. Below FIFA’s rotation guidelines, the 2035 World Cup have to be held in both Europe or Africa.
Final week, Spain’s federation president, Rafael Louzan, talked about they have been contemplating a joint bid with Portugal and Morocco.
Nonetheless, with the deadline for bids passing on Monday, Infantino confirmed that solely the UK had formally submitted a bid for 2035, whereas the US is about to host the 2031 version.
Infantino confirmed this at a UEFA congress in Belgrade, and said under as quoted by the BBC:
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At the moment I can verify as a part of the bidding course of that we obtained one bid for 2031 and one legitimate bid for 2035.
The 2031 bid is the US of America and probably another Concacaf members, and the 2035 bid is from Europe and the house nations. So the trail is there for the Girls’s World Cup in 2031 and 2035 to happen in some nice nations and additional enhance the ladies’s soccer motion.
England FA chief expresses pleasure
FA chief government Mark Bullingham expressed his pleasure, saying:
We’re honoured to be the only real bidder for the FIFA Girls’s World Cup 2035. The exhausting work begins now to place collectively the very best bid by the top of the 12 months.
Formal bids have to be submitted this winter, with FIFA set to vote on the host in 2026. If confirmed, will probably be the primary Women’s World Cup held within the UK and the second World Cup within the house nations because the 1966 males’s match in England.
