South Africa has indicated interest to bid to stage the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup, hoping to bring the event to Africa for the first time.
The NEC (National Executive Committee) via South African Football Association (Safa) chief executive Tebogo Motlanthe disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
South Africa was the first and so far only country on the continent to host the men’s World Cup, in 2010.
In July, South Africa became African champions for the first time after beating hosts Morocco in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat.
Almost two years ago Netherlands, Belgium and Germany launched a joint bid for the 2027 competition, and that will be among the South African proposal’s principle rivals.
Next year’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand will be the first finals with 32 teams, an increase of eight teams from France 2019.
South Africa’s women’s side, Banyana Banyana, went out in the group stage on their first appearance at the World Cup in 2019.