Voting procedure for the

designation of the host(s) of the

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™
PREAMBLE

By the deadline of 8 December 2023, FIFA had received three bids in relation to the bidding process

for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ final competition:

• A joint bid by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the German Football Association and

the Royal Netherlands Football Association;

• a single bid by the Brazilian Football Association; and

• a joint bid by the Mexican Football Association and the U.S. Soccer Federation.

The following steps will take place in accordance with the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ Bidding

Regulations approved by the FIFA Council on 14 March 2023 (hereafter “Bidding Regulations"):

(i) The Bid Evaluation Task Force, supported by the FIFA general secretariat, will evaluate all

submitted bids and will submit to the FIFA Council and the FIFA Congress a written report

outlining its evaluation (with the exception of any withdrawn bids) (hereafter the “Bid

Evaluation Report”). In the event that, based on the results of the technical evaluation, a bid

is assessed as having failed to meet the minimum hosting requirements, the bid will be

excluded from the Bidding Process and will not be eligible for consideration by, nor

presentation to, the FIFA Council or FIFA Congress.

(ii) The FIFA Council will review all bids presented to it and the Bid Evaluation Report and

designate a maximum of three (3) bids for submission to the FIFA Congress for the final

decision.

(iii) The FIFA Congress shall review all bids presented to it and the Bid Evaluation Report and select

the host association(s) of the final competition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™. This

vote will take place at the 74th FIFA Congress scheduled for 17 May 2024.

The present document will define in more detail the voting procedure to be followed by the FIFA

Council and FIFA Congress in connection with awarding the right to host the FIFA Women’s World

Cup 2027™ final competition.

I. AUTOMATIC DESIGNATION BY THE FIFA COUNCIL

1. As FIFA has received three bids in relation to the bidding process and the role of the FIFA Council

is to shortlist a maximum of three bids, all bids which are assessed as meeting the minimum

hosting requirements (see par (i) of the Preamble) will be automatically designated for

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 submission to the FIFA Congress for the final decision without the need for a formal designation

by the FIFA Council.

II. PROCEEDINGS AT THE 74TH FIFA CONGRESS

2. In accordance with section 5.5.3 of the Bidding Regulations and article 68 paragraph 2 d) of the

FIFA Statutes, the FIFA Congress shall review all eligible bids and the Bid Evaluation Report and

shall, taking into consideration the defined criteria for the selection decision referenced in

section 5.5.4 of the Bidding Regulations, vote on the selection of the host(s) of the FIFA Women’s

World Cup 2027™ final competition. If no bids are submitted to the FIFA Congress, the vote will

not proceed.

A. CONFLICT OF INTEREST

3. In the event that a delegate of the FIFA Congress has a conflict of interest, the delegate will not

perform their duties in connection with the vote. This includes participating in any debate or

voting in connection with this agenda item.

4. A member association (and its delegates) will be considered to have a conflict of interest if the

member association has submitted a bid that is part of the vote.

5. Delegates of the FIFA Congress who will not perform their duties owing to a conflict of interest

will notify the FIFA general secretariat immediately and no later than one (1) week prior to the

date of the vote.

B. PROCEEDINGS

6. Proceedings with regard to this agenda item of the FIFA Congress will be opened by the chair

of the FIFA Congress. The chair will confirm the eligible bid(s) based on the Bid Evaluation

Report.

7. Following the introduction by the chair, each bidding member association will be given the

opportunity to present their respective bid to the FIFA Congress. Such presentations shall be

limited to a maximum of 15 minutes each (per bid) and shall be presented in alphabetical order

(by country name). For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the three bids submitted are

all eligible for presentation to the FIFA Congress, they will be presented in the following order:

• Belgium/Germany/Netherlands 2027 Bid

• Brazil 2027 Bid

• Mexico/USA 2027 Bid

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8. Following the presentations, the FIFA Secretary General, a representative of the FIFA general

secretariat designated by the FIFA Secretary General or a member of the Bid Evaluation Task

Force will provide a short report. Such report will include, in particular, a summary of the results

of the evaluation of the bids and the Bid Evaluation Report.

C. VOTE

9. The voting part of the agenda item of the FIFA Congress will be introduced with a detailed

explanation of the voting procedure by the FIFA Secretary General.

10. Voting shall be conducted by electronic means.

11. In accordance with article 68 paragraph 2 d) of the FIFA Statutes, an absolute majority (more

than 50%) of the member associations present and eligible to vote is necessary in the first ballot.

If an absolute majority is not reached in the first ballot, then the bid with the lowest number of

votes in the first ballot is eliminated.

12. In the second ballot, or if fewer than three bids are presented to the FIFA Congress, a simple

majority (more than 50%) of the valid votes cast is sufficient. In accordance with article 11

paragraph 1 of the Standing Orders of the Congress, blank paper ballots, invalid votes or

electronic votes manipulated in any other way as well as abstentions are to be disregarded

when calculating the simple majority.

13. At the conclusion of each ballot, if one of the bids receives the necessary majority, the

respective member association(s) will be awarded the right to host the FIFA Women’s World

Cup 2027™ final competition. The other bids will be deemed rejected by FIFA. This decision is

final.

14. In the event that a ballot involves three bids and two or more bids receive the same lowest

number of votes, only the bid that received the lowest overall weighted score in the technical

evaluation of the Bid Evaluation Report will be eliminated.

15. In the event that a ballot involves two bids and both bids receive the same number of votes, a

further ballot will be taken. If, at the conclusion of such further ballot both bids again receive

the same number of votes, the bid with the highest overall weighted score in the technical

evaluation of the Bid Evaluation Report will prevail and the respective member association(s)

will be awarded the right to host the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027™ final competition.

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 16. Following the decision, proceedings with regard to the agenda item will be concluded.

17. In accordance with Section 5.5.3 of the Bidding Regulations and article 68 paragraph 2 d) of the

FIFA Statutes, the result of each ballot and the related votes by the members of the FIFA

Congress shall be made public. This will occur shortly after the vote and/or the conclusion of

the FIFA Congress.

III. FINAL PROVISIONS

18. The present procedure is issued in the required official languages of English, French and

Spanish. In the case of any discrepancy in the interpretation of the English, French or Spanish

texts of this procedure, the English text will be authoritative.

19. This procedure was approved by the FIFA Council on 14 March 2024.

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