Bid chair puts SA in pole position for 2027 World Cup: Newly appointed chairperson of SA’s bid committee for the 2027 Women’s World Cup Tumi Dlamini has detailed why they feel they have better chances than the US and Brazil to win hosting rights.
In April, Fifa confirmed they had received four bids to host the 2027 women’s World Cup, with the hosts set to be appointed at its congress in May next year. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands submitted a joint expression of interest to host the tournament, while the other joint bid includes the United States and Mexico. SA and Brazil were other two nations who threw their names in the hat.
Speaking at a media conference, after being publicly named as the bid committee’s chairperson by Safa chief executive Lydia Monyepao at the weekend, Dlamini, implied that only the joint bid of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands will give SA a run for its money, arguing the US, who’ve submitted a joint bid with Mexico, and Brazil may not really have the appetite for this global showpiece.
“You have to look at who else is bidding for the 2027 women’s World Cup. If you look at, for instance, the US will be hosting the Olympics in 2028 and it’ll be hosting the next men’s World Cup in 2026. There’s a thing called spectator fatigue and there’s a thing called government fatigue for hosting these huge sporting events,” Dlamini explained.
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