Brazil awarded 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

(Photo credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)Brazil will host the 2027 Women's World Cup, the FIFA Congress voted Friday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Members chose Brazil over a joint bid by Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The United States and Mexico withdrew their joint bid last month with an eye toward 2031.

Brazil has never hosted a Women's World Cup but was the site of the men's event in 1950 and 2014.

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