During the draw, organized in Auckland, the titles, holders of the title, inherited from the Netherlands, finalists of the 2019 edition.
Le Monde
The draw for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, carried out on Saturday October 22 in Auckland (New Zealand), rather succeeded in the French team. The Blue of Wendie Renard inherited a wealthy group with Brazil for the most tough rival. They will also face the Jamaica, an unprecedented opponent for them, and a barragist who will be determined in February after a tournament between Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Panama.
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The Blue could however find Germany, a nation which beat them in the semi-finals of the last euro, from the round of 16. The players of Corinne Diacre will start their tournament on July 23, in Sydney (Australia), against Jamaica and then will chain on July 29 against Brazil in Brisbane (Australia), before playing on August 2 against the winners of the dam. During the last World Cup, they had been eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals.
In search of a third title in a row, the Americans will meet the Netherlands, their opponent in the final of the 2019 edition, Vietnam and a barragist still to determine. In the short term, the path seems clear for the USA team of Megan Rapinoe which aims to play a new final on August 20 in Sydney. In the round of 16, the table places them against Sweden, South Africa, Italy or Argentina.
England, freshly crowned European champion, will face Denmark by Pernille Harder, a sometimes inconsistent team but which does not lack talent. China and a barragist complete the hen D. Euro finalist, Germany is also one of the teams to follow, in the same way as Spain of Alexia Putellas (currently injured), which has launched the ball But.
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New Zealand, organizer with Australia, will kick off the World Cup on July 20 in the legendary Eden Park of Auckland, sacred land of rugby, against Norway of Ada Hegerberg.
The table of this 2023 World Cup will be completed in February after an intercontinental dam tournament which will allow the last three qualifying places to be allocated. Whatever happens, there will be at least five newcomers to the starting line: Morocco, the Philippines, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia.
The Irish people will notably have much to face Australia of Sam Kerr, carried by its audience, Nigeria, which constitutes one of the strong places of women’s football in Africa, and Canada, which will appear with the label of reigning Olympic champion.
The International Football Football Federation (FIFA) hopes to confirm in Oceania the success of audience of the 2019 edition, which was held in France. But the global football governance body comes up against the reluctance of certain broadcasters who are reluctant to pay television broadcasting rights at their fair value.
The “diffusers offer us a hundred times less than what they offer us for the male World Cup”, denounced the boss of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, on the sidelines of the draw. The leader judged these offers “unacceptable”, especially since the television channels “push [football authorities] to do more for equality”.
The ninth female world cup will be unprecedented for several reasons: it will be the first edition at thirty-two teams, it will take place in the southern hemisphere and will be organized by two countries.