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Favourites, playing times, peculiarities – the Women’s World Cup starts tomorrow morning
The ninth Women’s World Cup will take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20th to August 20th. A rundown of everything you need to know to have a say.
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The Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia is coming up.
Before the tournament starts, we will provide you with all the information.
All stadiums, all favourites, new rules and match times.
From July 20th to August 20th the ninth World Cup for Women will take place in Australia and New Zealand. The women’s national team wants to reach at least the round of 16 in their second World Cup participation – despite the massive winless crisis. We’ll tell you everything you need to know.
Who are the favourites?
There are some. From Europe it is certainly the European champions from England and the Germans. A number of other nations can also be expected, including vice world champions the Netherlands, France, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Norway, Sweden and Spain. And then of course there are the US champions. Ex national team coach Nils Nielsen believes opposite 20 minutes: “European teams will have problems in the cold and so far from home.” He believes in a surprise from Australia.
Who are the stars of the Women’s World Cup? For example, Trinity Rodman (USA), …
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… Mary Earps (England), …
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… Megan Rapinoe (USA), …
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… Marta (Brazil), …
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… Ada Hegerberg (Norway), …
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… Alexia Putellas (Spain), …
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… and Sam Kerr (Australia). And then of course there are many more, such as Alex Morgan (USA), Alexandra Popp (Germany), Lucy Bronze (England), Jule Brand (Germany) and Wendie Renard (France).
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How good are the Nati opponents?
In Group A, the Swiss meet the Philippines, Norway and the hosts New Zealand. Despite the Nati’s winless crisis, there is a ray of hope. The opponents of the Swiss are not in top form either. The Philippine national team (world ranking 46) is taking part in a World Cup for the first time. In 2023, the country won five and lost four in nine games. The successes, however, included against Hong Kong and Tajikistan, weak contenders in women’s football.
Norway (world ranking 12) is nominally the best team in Group A. The Northern Europeans have already shown their class this year. In five games there was one win, two draws and two bankruptcies. The draws were against France and Sweden, two top nations in women’s football.
21.07.2023: Philippines – Switzerland
07/25/2023: Switzerland – Norway
07/30/2023: New Zealand – Switzerland
And the hosts from New Zealand (world number 26) have played nine games so far in 2023. The record is even more frightening than that of the national team: seven defeats, one draw, one win. New Zealand often had no chance against the USA, Portugal and Nigeria there were high applause.
Who else is kicking?
32 teams are taking part in this World Cup, more than at any other women’s football tournament to date. At the first World Cup tournament in 1991, which took place in China, just twelve teams played for the trophy. As of 1999 in the US, 16 participated, in Canada (2015) was increased to 24. So now for the next increase – which will also benefit eight World Cup debutants: Haiti, Ireland, Morocco, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Vietnam and Zambia. You can see all groups in the picture gallery.
Group A
Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines
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Group B
Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Ireland
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Group C
Spain, Zambia, Costa Rica, Japan
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Group D
England, China, Denmark, Haiti
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Group E
USA, Netherlands, Portugal, Vietnam
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Group F
France, Brazil, Jamaica, Panama
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Group G
Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
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Group H
Germany, South Korea, Morocco, Colombia
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Are there long stoppage times again?
The average stoppage time per game at the men’s World Cup last winter in Qatar was a whopping eleven minutes. And even at the Women’s World Cup, players and fans have to be prepared for long stoppage times. The referees are required to adequately compensate for interruptions of any kind.
Another new feature is that after video evidence, the referees will explain their decisions in English over the stadium microphones. Specifically, the decision, the reason for it, the players involved and a brief description of the incident are announced.
There were long stoppage times in Qatar – that will be the case again in New Zealand and Australia.
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What’s the mode?
The game is played in eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the round of 16 and play the top two from the other groups in knockout format.
In which stadiums will the games be played?
The World Cup games will take place in a total of ten stadiums, six in Australia and four in New Zealand. In Auckland, New Zealand, the World Cup between the hosts and Norway will open on July 20 at Eden Park. The Australians will then take on Norway at Australia Stadium in Sydney. Switzerland plays at Eden Park in Auckland and Dunedin Stadium in Dunedin. Especially about this one: It is known as “The Glasshouse” and is considered the first completely closed natural grass stadium in the world.
Stadium Australia, Sydney
83,500 fans: one round of 16, one quarter and one semi-final each, as well as the final and the opening game.
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Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
52,263 fans: 5 group games, one round of 16 and one quarter final as well as the game for 3rd place
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Eden Park, Auckland
48,276 fans: 5 group games, one round of 16, one quarter-final and one semi-final
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Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
42,512 fans: 6 group games and a round of 16
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Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
39,000 fans: 6 group games, one round of 16 and one quarter-final
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Melbourne Rectangular Stadium:
30,052 fans: 4 group games and 2 round of 16
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Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin
28,744 fans: 6 group games
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Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25,111 fans: 5 group games
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Perth Oval, Perth
22,225 fans: 5 group games
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Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18,435 fans: 3 group games and a round of 16
What is special?
For the first time in history, a women’s World Cup will be held jointly by two countries. Another novelty is that the finals will take place in the southern hemisphere. The Australian venues Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney are in three different time zones – also special. In addition, there is a 10-hour time difference between us and New Zealand. The games take place between 3 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. according to Swiss time.
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