27年女子W杯はブラジル開催 FIFA総会、ガザ問題も議論に

第10回大会の開催地を決める投票で、ブラジルは共同で立候補していたベルギー、オランダ、ドイツを119対78で上回り、代表団は歓喜に沸いた。
先月には米国とメキシコが共催招致の立候補を取り下げ、31年大会の開催を目指すと表明していた。
この日の総会ではパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区での紛争に関する議論も交わされ、パレスチナサッカー協会(PFA)が、イスラエルの資格停止とFIFA主催大会への出場禁止を要求した。
PFAの会長は、イスラエルサッカー協会(IFA)がFIFAの規則に違反していると主張し、「FIFAはこれらの違反行為や、パレスチナで起きているジェノサイド(集団殺害)に無関心でいてはならない」と訴えた。
IFAの会長は、いかなるFIFA規則にも違反していないと反論し、パレスチナ側の要求は「冷笑的、政治的、かつ敵対的」なものであると主張した。
FIFAのジャンニ・インファンティーノ会長は、この件について独立した立場からの法的な見解をあおぐ意向を示し、7月20日までに対応を決めるとした。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2024/05/17-17:58)
Brazil to host 2027 Women's World Cup as Gaza overshadows FIFA meeting

The Women's World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the war in Gaza.
After the success of Australia and New Zealand last year, FIFA members picked Brazil over a European bid in a push to expand women's football to new continents.
Delegates meeting in Bangkok voted by 119 votes to 78 to send the 10th Women's World Cup to the land of samba football, beating a joint bid from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
The decision sparked celebrations from the Brazilian bid team.
Brazilian Football Confederation President Ednaldo Rodrigues hailed it as a victory for Latin American football and for women's football in Latin America.
Brazil, home of women's football great Marta, scored higher than its European rival in FIFA's evaluation report.
FIFA inspectors had noted the tremendous impact on women's football in the region that South America hosting the Women's World Cup would have.
Brazil's bid includes 10 stadiums used for the men's World Cup in 2014, with Rio de Janeiro's famous Maracana lined up for the opening match and final.
But work needs to be done, in particular to the Amazonia stadium in Manaus which has stood almost unused for a decade.
Unlike their male counterparts, who have won five World Cups, Brazil's women have never lifted the trophy and made a group-stage exit in 2023.
Last year's tournament set records, including earning $570 million in commercial revenue.
On the pitch it defied fears that increasing the size from 24 to 32 teams would dilute the spectacle, with over 1.4 million fans streaming through the turnstiles to witness a host of shocks.
Gone were the lopsided scorelines that were a feature of previous World Cups, reflecting a growth in the standard of women's football.
Seven teams notched their first World Cup wins and the United States and Germany, who between them had won six of the previous eight tournaments, were both dumped out early.
The only sour note came in the aftermath of last year's final in Sydney, in which Spain beat England 1-0.
Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales sparked outrage when he forcibly kissed midfielder Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony, and now faces prosecution for sexual assault.
- Gaza debate -
The 74th FIFA congress, making its debut in Thailand, made its choice by open vote for the first time as the organisation seeks to move on from the corruption and shady dealing that dogged it in the past.
Delegates had their choice simplified last month when the United States and Mexico withdrew their joint bid, deciding instead to focus on trying to win the right to stage the 2031 edition.
As the Brazil tournament approaches, the focus will be on the huge financial disparity between men's and women's football.
Prize money for the 2023 Women's World Cup was a record $110 million, but that was still far short of the $440 million on offer to teams at the 2022 men's finals in Qatar.
The congress also heard a call from the Palestinian FA (PFA) to suspend Israel from the world body and ban Israeli teams from FIFA events.
PFA head Jibril Rajoub said the Israeli FA (IFA) had broken FIFA rules, adding: FIFA cannot afford to remain indifferent to these violations or to the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
His Israeli counterpart Shino Moshe Zuares rejected the call as cynical, political and hostile, insisting the IFA had not broken any FIFA rules.
FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino said the body would take independent legal advice on the matter and decide by July 20 what action to take, if any.
- Significant changes -
The congress also approved changes to FIFA statutes, removing the rule fixing the organisation's headquarters in Zurich, where it has been since 1932.
The rule now says the location of the HQ will be determined by a decision passed by the congress, opening the way for it to move from the Swiss city.
Delegates also voted to multiply the number of committees from seven to 35, reversing steps taken in 2016 to clean up FIFA after it was rocked by a wave of corruption scandals.
The remits of the new committees include women's football, the fight against racism and eSports, but critics say they risk re-establishing a patronage system the reforms had sought to abolish.
Infantino also floated the idea of an under-15 World Cup or festival, as well as a legends World Cup.

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