Ghana has been selected to host the second edition of the Women's Under-19 World Championship in 2004. The first will take place from August- September in 2002 in Canada.

The Under-17 World Championship was awarded to Finland for 2003 and Peru for 2005, while the United Arab Emirates and Korea have applied to host the World Youth Championship in 2003.

In a related development the FIFA Executive Committee has condemned the widespread practice of forging or misusing passports to enable footballers to play in other countries.

At a meeting in Zurich under the chairmanship of the FIFA President Joseph Blatter, the executive heard that the abuse of passports is most prevalent in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Holland.

The Committee called upon national associations to act quickly and effectively against clubs and players found guilty of such offences. Fifa would extend sanctions imposed at national level by national associations for these offences.

The Committee reiterated its view that organisation of the FIFA World Cup should be rotated among the six continental confederations as approved in principle by last year's ordinary congress.

The Committee agreed that such rotation should start in Africa, but more exact details of the rotation, including the starting date, will be elaborated by Fifa and the Confederation General Secretaries for presentation to the Executive Committee at its next meeting in Buenos Aires, Brazil, from July 5 to 6, this year.