Brazil on Friday won the right to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, beating a joint Belgium-Netherlands-Germany bid in a vote at FIFA’s annual congress.

Delegates voted 119 to 78 to send the 10th edition of the tournament to South America for the first time, sparking jubilant celebrations by the Brazilian bid team in the Bangkok conference hall.

Pierre Daccache, with AFP

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