Bet on the wrong bet? The 2027 Women's World Cup belongs to Brazil, and the Chinese Football Association will vote for the three European countries

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2024-05-17 16:16Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

At the 74th FIFA General Assembly held in Bangkok, Thailand on the afternoon of May 17, the Brazilian Football Federation defeated the Belgian Football Federation, the Dutch Football Federation and the German Football Association (the three countries jointly bid) in the bidding and voting for the 2027 Women's World Cup, so as to win the right to host the event. This is also the first time that the Women's World Cup has been held in South America. A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned that the delegation of the Chinese Football Association headed by Song Kai voted for the football associations of the three European countries. It is not difficult to see that the Chinese Football Association completed the vote with the strategic idea of actively cooperating with UEFA and European football.

The 74th FIFA General Assembly opened on the morning of the 17th, and as the "finale" of the conference, the voting for the right to host the 2027 Women's World Cup was held at 1 pm Beijing time on the 17th. This is also the first time that FIFA has voted for the host country of the Women's World Cup through a general meeting. Prior to this, FIFA had similarly produced the host country for the 2026 Men's World Cup in Moscow, Russia, in 2018. FIFA's move is also to attract the majority of member associations to participate in the decision-making of major international football affairs, so as to increase the enthusiasm of the associations to cooperate with FIFA.

A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned that the delegation of the Chinese Football Association led by Song Kai voted for the Belgian Football Association, the Dutch Football Association, and the German Football Association (the three countries jointly bid). Although the Brazilian Football Federation won 119-78 votes to win the 2027 Women's World Cup, this result is not a crucial thing for the Chinese Football Association. Through this vote, the Chinese Football Association has sent a clear signal to the outside world, that is, in terms of foreign exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese Football Association has established trust and tacit understanding with UEFA and relevant member associations of European football, and the two sides will further deepen their cooperation with each other.

In fact, just two days before the 74th FIFA General Assembly, Song Kai met with UEFA President Cheffrin, and the two sides had a sincere communication on the resumption and strengthening of cooperation between the Chinese Football Association and UEFA in the new cycle. Chefflin is also the first international football heavyweight that Song Kai and his entourage met during their trip to Bangkok. In this way, the meeting between the two is closely related to the voting results of the Chinese Football Association.

It is understood that just like Morocco, which voted for the 2026 Men's World Cup in Moscow six years ago, the Chinese Football Association's vote was also well thought out. Prior to this, the Chinese Football Association has actually established a good cooperative relationship with UEFA and some of its member associations in many aspects such as national team selection, youth training, coach training, etc., such as the German Lars, who is currently serving as the chief lecturer of the AFC-Chinese Football Association professional coach training course. Before that, German expert Stephen served as a technical consultant and lecturer of the Chinese Football Association for a long time. Kreis, the former Belgian technical director of the Chinese Football Association, is a core member of the technical team of the Belgian team that won the third place in the 2018 World Cup.

Compared with the South American Football Confederation (SANMEBOL) and its member associations, UEFA and its related member associations have a closer relationship with the Chinese Football Association, and they have given more help to Chinese football. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Chinese Football Association voted for the football associations of the three European countries.

Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Yun

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