Kiron elected from AFC in FIFA Council

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has elected Bangladesh Football Federation Women’s Committee chief Mahfuza Akhter Kiron as one of its representatives to FIFA Council, the global football regulator’s top body.

The 27th Congress of the Asian football body being held in Manama, Bahrain saw Kiron, also on AFC executive body, win the election against Australia’s Moya Dodd with 27 votes against 17, according to a press release. A clear favourite and front-runner, Dodd had already was already served on several FIFA bodies and also headed the AFC women’s committee besides serving as number two of the regional body.
The AFC has seven positions on the FIFA council, three of which are already taken and the other four were elected on Monday. One of those positions was reserved women’s seat for AFC as each of the six regional football body has one such position.
Kiron and Dodd, along with two others who withdrew earlier in the morning, were chasing the reserved women’s seat on FIFA’s top decision making body.

Kiron elected from AFC in FIFA Council

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has elected Bangladesh Football Federation Womens Committee chief Mahfuza Akhter Kiron as one of its representatives to FIFA Council, the global football regulators top body. The 27th Congress of the Asian football body being held in Manama, Bahrain saw Kiron, also on AFC executive body, win the election against Australias Moya Dodd with 27 votes against 17, according to a press release. A clear favourite and front-runner, Dodd had already was already served on several FIFA bodies and also headed the AFC womens committee besides serving as number two of the regional body. The AFC has seven positions on the FIFA council, three of which are already taken and the other four were elected on Monday. One of those positions was reserved womens seat for AFC as each of the six regional football body has one such position. Kiron and Dodd, along with two others who withdrew earlier in the morning, were chasing the reserved womens seat on FIFAs top decision making body.