Brazil was declared the host of the 2027 Women's World Cup at the FIFA Congress on Friday, beating the joint bid of Belgium, Netherlands and Germany to become the first South American country to hold the tournament.
The Brazil bid received the backing of 119 member associations of the FIFA Congress to host the 10th edition of the competition, compared to 78 votes for the European bid.
"We knew we would be celebrating a victory for South American women's soccer and for women," said president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Ednaldo Rodrigues.
"You can be sure, with no vanity, we will accomplish the best World Cup for women."
Brazil was given a slight edge in the run up to Friday's vote after a FIFA technical evaluation released last week gave it a score of four out of five, versus 3.7 for the Belgium-Netherlands-Germany bid.
The race was whittled down to two last month after the United States and Mexico withdrew their joint bid to pursue the 2031 tournament instead.
The FIFA assessment scored each bid on criteria ranging from commercial viability, team facilities and accommodation, to broadcast sites, stadiums and fan festival venues.
It said Brazil's 10 stadiums were purpose-built and configured for major tournaments having hosted the 2014 men's World Cup and the bid had a strong commercial position and government commitment.
It highlighted the compact nature and support behind the Belgium-Netherlands-Germany bid, solid commercial viability, good infrastructure and short distances between venues, but also noted the smaller capacities of its 13 stadiums.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the Brazil tournament would be "the best Women's World Cup ever".
Meanwhile, Infantino described the prospect of a legal row over his organisation's plans for a 32-team men's Club World Cup next summer as a "futile debate".
FIFA has been told it faces legal action from the World Leagues Association, chaired by Premier League chief executive Richard Masters and world players' union FIFPRO if it does not reschedule the tournament, which is due to take place in the United States in June and July next year.
Infantino showed no intention of backing down as he addressed FIFA's member associations at Congress in Bangkok on Friday.
"Even with the new Club World Cup of FIFA with 32 teams and 63 matches every four years, FIFA is organising around 1% of the games of the top clubs in the world," he said.
"All other matches, 98, 99%, are organised by the different leagues, associations, confederations, by all of you - and that's good.
"But here comes the thing - the 1 or 2% of matches that FIFA organises is financing football all over the world. The revenues that we generate are not just going to a few clubs in one country. The revenues that we generate are going to 211 countries all over the world.
"There is no other organisation that does that. So I hope these figures - which you can of course check and calculate - should probably stop this futile debate which is really pointless and focus on what we have to do, what our mission is, which is to organise events and competitions and to develop football around the world, because 70% of you, the member associations of FIFA. would have no football without the resources coming directly from FIFA."
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