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UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 6–31 July
Teams 16
Venue(s) 10 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (1st title)
Runners-up Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 95 (3.06 per match)
Attendance 574,865 (18,544 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Beth Mead
Germany Alexandra Popp
(6 goals each)
Best player(s) England Beth Mead
Best young player Germany Lena Oberdorf
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The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. It was the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament was hosted by England, and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021.[1] However, following the CO-19 pandemic in Europe and subsequent postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020 to summer 2021, the tournament was rescheduled for 6 to 31 July 2022.[2][3][4] England last hosted the tournament in 2005, the last to feature eight teams.[5][6]
Defending champions Netherlands, who won UEFA Women's Euro 2017 as hosts, were eliminated in the quarter-finals by France. Hosts England won their first UEFA Women's Championship title by beating Germany 2–1 after extra time in the final, held at Wembley Stadium in London.[7] As winners, they will compete in the inaugural 2023 Women's Finalissima against Brazil, winners of the 2022 Copa América Femenina.[8]
The video assistant referee (VAR), as well as goal-line technology, were used in the final tournament.[9]
Host selection
England were the only country to submit a bid before the deadline.[10] They were confirmed as hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 3 December 2018.[11][6][5]
Qualification
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
Qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Did not qualify
Suspended by UEFA after initially qualifying
A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Cyprus which entered for the first time at senior women's level, and Kosovo which entered their first Women's Euro), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[12] Different from previous qualifying competitions, the preliminary round had been abolished and all entrants started from the qualifying group stage. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:[13]
Qualifying group stage: The 47 teams were drawn into nine groups: two groups of six teams and seven groups of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament, while the remaining six runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
Play-offs: The six teams were drawn into three ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last three qualified teams.
The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 21 February 2019 in Nyon. The qualifying group stage took place from August 2019 to December 2020, while the play-offs took place in April 2021, previously scheduled for October 2020.[13][5]
Qualified teams
In February 2022, the Russian team was suspended following their country's invasion of Ukraine.[14] UEFA later announced on 2 May 2022 that Russian teams were banned from every European competition, disqualifying Russia from the Women's Euro 2022. Portugal, whom Russia defeated in the play-off, would take part instead.[15]
14 of the 16 qualified teams had also taken part in the 2017 edition. Northern Ireland was the only team to make its debut at the 2022 finals. Finland meanwhile returned after missing the previous tournament. Scotland was the only team present in 2017 that failed to qualify for these finals apart from the banned Russia.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Order Team Method of
qualification Date of
qualification Finals
appearance Last
appearance Previous best
performance FIFA ranking
at start of draw
1 England Hosts 3 December 2018 9th 2017 Runners-up (1984, 2009) 8th
2 Germany Group I winners 23 October 2020 11th 2017 Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013) 3rd
3 Netherlands Group A winners 23 October 2020 4th 2017 Champions (2017) 4th
4 Denmark Group B winners 27 October 2020 10th 2017 Runners-up (2017) 15th
5 Norway Group C winners 27 October 2020 12th 2017 Champions (1987, 1993) 12th
6 Sweden Group F winners 27 October 2020 11th 2017 Champions (1984) 2nd
7 France Group G winners 27 November 2020 7th 2017 Quarter-finals (2009, 2013, 2017) 5th
8 Belgium Group H winners 1 December 2020 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 19th
9 Iceland Group F runners-up[^] 1 December 2020 4th 2017 Quarter-finals (2013) 16th
10 Spain Group D winners 18 February 2021 4th 2017 Semi-finals (1997) 10th
11 Finland Group E winners 19 February 2021 4th 2013 Semi-finals (2005) 25th
12 Austria Group G runners-up[^] 23 February 2021 2nd 2017 Semi-finals (2017) 21st
13 Italy Group B runners-up[^] 24 February 2021 12th 2017 Runners-up (1993, 1997) 14th
– Russia[!] qualifying play-offs winner 13 April 2021 5th 2017 Group stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017) 24th
14 Switzerland qualifying play-offs winner 13 April 2021 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 20th
15 Northern Ireland qualifying play-offs winner 13 April 2021 1st — Debut 48th
16 Portugal[!] qualifying play-offs lucky loser 2 May 2022 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 30th
Notes
The best three runners-up among all nine groups qualified directly for the final tournament.
Russia originally qualified by winning their play-off 1–0 on aggregate. However, Russia were suspended by FIFA and UEFA on 28 February 2022. UEFA replaced Russia with Portugal on 2 May 2022.[16]
Final draw
The final draw took place in Manchester, England, on 28 October 2021 at 18:00 CEST.[17]
It was originally set on 6 November 2020, but had been postponed due to the C-19 pandemic.[18] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts were assigned to position A1 in the draw while the other teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying stage, calculated based on the following:[19]
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition (group stage only, excluding play-offs) (40%)
Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
England H 41,443 3
Netherlands TH 43,961 1
Germany 41,924 2
France 40,898 4
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
Sweden 39,714 5
Spain 38,913 6
Norway 38,758 7
Italy 36,399 8
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
Denmark 35,265 9
Belgium 34,951 10
Switzerland 33,693 11
Austria 33,693 12
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
Iceland 33,458 13
Russia[!] 30,117 15
Finland 29,765 16
Northern Ireland 19,526 27
H Hosts (assigned to position A1 in the draw)
TH Title holders
Notes
Russia were suspended by FIFA and UEFA on 28 February 2022, with Portugal being chosen by UEFA to take their place on 2 May 2022. This would not have affected the draw, since both teams would be placed in pot 4.
Venues
Meadow Lane in Nottingham and London Road in Peterborough were initially included on the list of stadiums when the Football Association submitted the bid to host the tournament. These were changed with the City Ground in Nottingham and St Mary's in Southampton due to UEFA requirements.[20][21] The City Ground was replaced by Leigh Sports Village when the final list of venues was confirmed in August 2019.[22] On 23 February 2020, Old Trafford in Trafford (Greater Manchester) was confirmed as the venue of the opening match featuring England, [23] with Wembley Stadium to host the final. For Euro 2022, UEFA announced 10 venues.[24][25][26]
London
(Wembley) Manchester
(Old Trafford) Sheffield Southampton
Wembley Stadium Old Trafford Bramall Lane St Mary's Stadium
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 74,879 Capacity: 32,702 Capacity: 32,505
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Brighton and Hove
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Falmer Stadium
Capacity: 31,800
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Milton Keynes
Stadium MK
Capacity: 30,500
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London
(Brentford) Rotherham Leigh Manchester
(Bradford)
Brentford Community Stadium New York Stadium Leigh Sports Village Academy Stadium
Capacity: 17,250 Capacity: 12,021 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 7,000
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Criticism arose regarding the geographical distribution of the host venues, with no stadiums being chosen in the North East or the Midlands.[27] Stadium size was also criticised, with major complaints coming from Iceland's Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir; the 7,000 capacity Etihad Academy Stadium being the main focus, which would be limited to 4,700 capacity for the tournament due to UEFA restrictions preventing the use of standing capacity. The decision to include the stadium was labelled "embarrassing" and "disrespectful", and did not reflect the growth of women's football.[28] The Leigh Sports Village would also be restricted to 8,100 instead of its typical 12,000 capacity due to the same restrictions.[29]
Match officials
On 19 April 2022, UEFA announced the selected match officials for the tournament.[30][31] On 27 April, Belgian official Ella De Vries was added as an assistant VAR.[32][33]
Referees
Croatia Ivana Martinčić
Czech Republic Jana Adámková
England Rebecca Welch
Finland Lina Lehtovaara
France Stéphanie Frappart
Germany Riem Hussein
Romania Iuliana Demetrescu
Spain Marta Huerta de Aza
Sweden Tess Olofsson
Switzerland Esther Staubli
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Venezuela Emikar Calderas Barrera
Wales Cheryl Foster
Assistant referees
Austria Sara Telek
Colombia Mary Blanco Bolívar
Croatia Sanja Rođak-Karšić
Cyprus Polyxeni Irodotou
Czech Republic Lucie Ratajová
England Sian Massey-Ellis
England Lisa Rashid
Estonia Karolin Kaivoja
France Élodie Coppola
France Manuela Nicolosi
Germany Katrin Rafalski
Greece Chrysoula Kourompylia
Hungary Anita Vad
Italy Francesca Di Monte
Netherlands Franca Overtoom
Poland Paulina Baranowska
Republic of Ireland Michelle O'Neill
Romania Petruța Iugulescu
Slovakia Mária Súkeníková
Slovenia Staša Špur
Spain Guadalupe Porras Ayuso
Sweden Almira Spahić
Switzerland Susanne Küng
Ukraine Maryna Striletska
Venezuela Migdalia Rodríguez Chirino
VARs
Belgium Ella De Vries
England Chris Kavanagh
France Benoît Millot
France Maïka Vanderstichel
Germany Christian Dingert
Germany Harm Osmers
Italy Maurizio Mariani
Italy Paolo Valeri
Netherlands Pol van Boekel
Netherlands Dennis Higler
Poland Bartosz Frankowski
Poland Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Portugal Luís Godinho
Portugal Tiago Martins
Spain Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Spain José María Sánchez Martínez
Support officials
North Macedonia Ivana Projkovska
Scotland Lorraine Watson
Squads
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent her participation in the tournament before her team's first match, she could be replaced by another player.[13]
Group stage
Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2022
Winner
Runner-up
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals
Group stage
The provisional match schedule was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019.[34]
The final match schedule was confirmed by the UEFA on 2 May 2022.[35]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):[13]
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
Lower disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient ranking for the final draw.
All times are local, BST (UTC+1).[36]
Group A
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group A
Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England (H) 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Austria 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3 Norway 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Host
6 July 2022
20:00
England 1–0 Austria
Mead 16'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 68,871[37]
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
7 July 2022
20:00
Norway 4–1 Northern Ireland
Blakstad 10'
Maanum 13'
Graham Hansen 31' (pen.)
Reiten 54'
Report
Nelson 49'
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 9,146[38]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
11 July 2022
17:00
Austria 2–0 Northern Ireland
Schiechtl 19'
Naschenweng 88'
Report
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 9,268[39]
Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)
11 July 2022
20:00
England 8–0 Norway
Stanway 12' (pen.)
Hemp 15'
White 29', 41'
Mead 34', 38', 81'
Russo 66'
Report
Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove
Attendance: 28,847[40]
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
15 July 2022
20:00
Northern Ireland 0–5 England
Report
Kirby 40'
Mead 44'
Russo 48', 53'
Burrows 76' (o.g.)
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 30,785[41]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
15 July 2022
20:00
Austria 1–0 Norway
Billa 37'
Report
Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove
Attendance: 12,667[42]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Group B
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group B
Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Spain 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Denmark 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4 Finland 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
8 July 2022
17:00
Spain 4–1 Finland
Paredes 26'
Bonmatí 41'
L. García 75'
Caldentey 90+5' (pen.)
Report
Sällström 1'
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 16,819[43]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
8 July 2022
20:00
Germany 4–0 Denmark
Magull 21'
Schüller 57'
Lattwein 78'
Popp 86'
Report
Brentford Community Stadium, London
Attendance: 15,736[44]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
12 July 2022
17:00
Denmark 1–0 Finland
Harder 72'
Report
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 11,615[45]
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
12 July 2022
20:00
Germany 2–0 Spain
Bühl 3'
Popp 37'
Report
Brentford Community Stadium, London
Attendance: 16,037[46]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
16 July 2022
20:00
Finland 0–3 Germany
Report
Kleinherne 40'
Popp 48'
Anyomi 63'
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 20,721[47]
Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)
16 July 2022
20:00
Denmark 0–1 Spain
Report
Cardona 90'
Brentford Community Stadium, London
Attendance: 16,041[48]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
Group C
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group C
Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sweden 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
3 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
4 Portugal 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: UEFA
9 July 2022
17:00
Portugal 2–2 Switzerland
Gomes 58'
J. Silva 65'
Report
Sow 2'
Kiwic 5'
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 5,902[49]
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
9 July 2022
20:00
Netherlands 1–1 Sweden
Roord 52'
Report
Andersson 35'
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 21,342[50]
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
13 July 2022
17:00
Sweden 2–1 Switzerland
Rolfö 53'
Bennison 79'
Report
Bachmann 55'
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 12,914[51]
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
13 July 2022
20:00
Netherlands 3–2 Portugal
Egurrola 7'
Van der Gragt 16'
Van de Donk 62'
Report
C. Costa 38' (pen.)
Di. Silva 47'
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 6,966[52]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
17 July 2022
17:00
Switzerland 1–4 Netherlands
Reuteler 53'
Report
Crnogorčević 49' (o.g.)
Leuchter 84', 90+5'
Pelova 89'
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 22,596[53]
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
17 July 2022
17:00
Sweden 5–0 Portugal
Angeldahl 21', 45'
C. Costa 45+7' (o.g.)
Asllani 54' (pen.)
Blackstenius 90+1'
Report
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 7,118[54]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Group D
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group D
Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Iceland 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Italy 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: UEFA
10 July 2022
17:00
Belgium 1–1 Iceland
Vanhaevermaet 67' (pen.)
Report
Þorvaldsdóttir 50'
Academy Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 3,859[55]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
10 July 2022
20:00
France 5–1 Italy
Geyoro 9', 40', 45'
Katoto 12'
Cascarino 38'
Report
Piemonte 76'
New York Stadium, Rotherham
Attendance: 8,541[56]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
14 July 2022
17:00
Italy 1–1 Iceland
Bergamaschi 62'
Report
Vilhjálmsdóttir 3'
Academy Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 4,029[57]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
14 July 2022
20:00
France 2–1 Belgium
Diani 6'
Mbock Bathy 41'
Report
Cayman 36'
New York Stadium, Rotherham
Attendance: 8,173[58]
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
18 July 2022
20:00
Iceland 1–1 France
Brynjarsdóttir 90+12' (pen.)
Report
Malard 1'
New York Stadium, Rotherham
Attendance: 7,392[59]
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
18 July 2022
20:00
Italy 0–1 Belgium
Report
De Caigny 49'
Academy Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 3,919[60]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Knockout stage
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[13]
Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
20 July – Brighton and Hove
England (a.e.t.) 2
26 July – Sheffield
Spain 1
England 4
22 July – Leigh
Sweden 0
Sweden 1
31 July – London (Wembley)
Belgium 0
England (a.e.t.) 2
21 July – London (Brentford)
Germany 1
Germany 2
27 July – Milton Keynes
Austria 0
Germany 2
23 July – Rotherham
France 1
France (a.e.t.) 1
Netherlands 0
Quarter-finals
20 July 2022
20:00
England 2–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
Toone 84'
Stanway 96'
Report
González 54'
Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove
Attendance: 28,994[61]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
21 July 2022
20:00
Germany 2–0 Austria
Magull 25'
Popp 90'
Report
Brentford Community Stadium, London
Attendance: 16,025[62]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
22 July 2022
20:00
Sweden 1–0 Belgium
Sembrant 90+2'
Report
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 7,517[63]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
23 July 2022
20:00
France 1–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Périsset 102' (pen.)
Report
New York Stadium, Rotherham
Attendance: 9,764[64]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Semi-finals
26 July 2022
20:00
England 4–0 Sweden
Mead 34'
Bronze 48'
Russo 68'
Kirby 76'
Report
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 28,624[65]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
27 July 2022
20:00
Germany 2–1 France
Popp 40', 76'
Report
Frohms 44' (o.g.)
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 27,445[66]
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Final
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
31 July 2022
17:00
England 2–1 (a.e.t.) Germany
Toone 62'
Kelly 110'
Report
Magull 79'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,192[67]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Goalscorers
There were 95 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.
6 goals
England Beth Mead
Germany Alexandra Popp
4 goals
England Alessia Russo
3 goals
France Grace Geyoro
Germany Lina Magull
2 goals
England Fran Kirby
England Georgia Stanway
England Ella Toone
England Ellen White
Netherlands Romée Leuchter
Sweden Filippa Angeldahl
1 goal
Austria Nicole Billa
Austria Katharina Naschenweng
Austria Katharina Schiechtl
Belgium Janice Cayman
Belgium Tine De Caigny
Belgium Justine Vanhaevermaet
Denmark Pernille Harder
England Lucy Bronze
England Lauren Hemp
England Chloe Kelly
Finland Linda Sällström
France Delphine Cascarino
France Kadidiatou Diani
France Marie-Antoinette Katoto
France Melvine Malard
France Griedge Mbock Bathy
France Ève Périsset
Germany Nicole Anyomi
Germany Klara Bühl
Germany Sophia Kleinherne
Germany Lena Lattwein
Germany Lea Schüller
Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Iceland Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
Iceland Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir
Italy Valentina Bergamaschi
Italy Martina Piemonte
Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk
Netherlands Damaris Egurrola
Netherlands Stefanie van der Gragt
Netherlands Victoria Pelova
Netherlands Jill Roord
Northern Ireland Julie Nelson
Norway Julie Blakstad
Norway Caroline Graham Hansen
Norway Frida Maanum
Norway Guro Reiten
Portugal Carole Costa
Portugal Diana Gomes
Portugal Diana Silva
Portugal Jéssica Silva
Spain Aitana Bonmatí
Spain Mariona Caldentey
Spain Marta Cardona
Spain Lucía García
Spain Esther González
Spain Irene Paredes
Sweden Jonna Andersson
Sweden Kosovare Asllani
Sweden Hanna Bennison
Sweden Stina Blackstenius
Sweden Fridolina Rolfö
Sweden Linda Sembrant
Switzerland Ramona Bachmann
Switzerland Rahel Kiwic
Switzerland Géraldine Reuteler
Switzerland Coumba Sow
1 own goal
Germany Merle Frohms (against France)
Northern Ireland Kelsie Burrows (against England)
Portugal Carole Costa (against Sweden)
Switzerland Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (against Netherlands)
Awards
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Earps
Williamson
Hegering
Gwinn
Karchaoui
Oberdorf
Walsh
Bonmatí
Popp
Mead
Bühl
UEFA Team of the Tournament[68]
UEFA Team of the Tournament
UEFA's technical observer team was given the objective of naming a team of the best eleven players from the tournament. Four players from the winning England squad were named in the team as well as five from runners-up Germany.[68]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
England Mary Earps Germany Giulia Gwinn
England Leah Williamson
Germany Marina Hegering
France Sakina Karchaoui England Keira Walsh
Germany Lena Oberdorf
Spain Aitana Bonmatí England Beth Mead
Germany Alexandra Popp
Germany Klara Bühl
Player of the Tournament
The Player of the Tournament award was given to Beth Mead, who was chosen by UEFA's technical observers.[69]
England Beth Mead
Young Player of the Tournament
The Young Player of the Tournament award was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999. The inaugural award was given to Lena Oberdorf, as chosen by UEFA's technical observers.[70]
Germany Lena Oberdorf
Top Scorer
The top scorer award, sponsored by Grifols, was given to the top scorer in the tournament. Beth Mead won the award with six goals scored in the tournament. Though she finished level with Alexandra Popp on goals, Mead had more assists in the tournament.[71] The ranking was determined using the following criteria: 1) goals, 2) assists, 3) fewest minutes played, 4) goals in qualifying.[72]
Top scorer rankings
Rank Player Goals Assists Minutes
1st place, gold medalist(s) England Beth Mead 6 5 450
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany Alexandra Popp 6 0 361
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) England Alessia Russo 4 1 265
Goal of the Tournament
The Goal of the Tournament was decided by UEFA's Technical Observer panel. On 5 August 2022, UEFA announced that England forward Alessia Russo's goal against Sweden had been named the goal of the tournament.[73]
England Alessia Russo (vs Sweden)
Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 England 6 6 0 0 22 2 +20 18 Champions
2 Germany 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Runners-up
3 France 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5 10 Third place
4 Sweden 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
5 Netherlands 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Spain 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
7 Austria 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
8 Belgium 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
9 Iceland 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10 Denmark 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
11 Norway 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
12 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
13 Italy 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
14 Portugal 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
15 Finland 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
16 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
Prize money
In September 2021, UEFA announced that the prize money for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 championship will be €16 million, double the amount of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 prize money.[74]
The prize money distribution for the teams is:[75]
Qualification to the final series: €600,000
Win a match in group stage: €100,000
Draw a match in group stage: €50,000
Reaching the quarter-final: €205,000
Reaching the semi-final: €320,000
Runner-up: €420,000
Champions: €660,000
The prize money is cumulative; if the champions also win all three of their group matches they will receive a total of €2,085,000.
Broadcasting
Europe
Territory Broadcaster References
Albania RTSH [76]
Armenia AMPTV
Austria ORF [77]
Azerbaijan ITV
Belgium
RTBFVRT
[78]
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
Bulgaria BNT
Croatia HRT
Cyprus CyBC
Czechia ČT
Denmark
DRTV 2
[79]
Estonia ERR
Finland Yle [80]
France
TF1Canal+
[81][82]
Germany
ARDZDFDAZN
[83]
Greece ERT
Hungary MTVA
Iceland RÚV
Ireland RTÉ [84]
Israel IPBC
Italy
RAISky Sport
Kazakhstan Kazakh TV
Kosovo RTK
Latvia LTV
Lithuania LRT
Malta PBS
Montenegro RTCG
Netherlands NOS [85]
North Macedonia MRT
Norway
NRKTV 2
[86]
Poland TVP
Portugal
RTPCanal 11
[87]
Romania TVR
Russia Match TV
Serbia RTS
Slovakia RTVS
Slovenia RTV
Spain RTVE [88]
Sweden
SVTTV4C More
[89]
Switzerland SRG SSR
Turkey TRT
Ukraine MGU
United Kingdom BBC
Outside Europe
Country Broadcaster
Free Pay
Australia — Optus Sport[90]
China China Central Television Super Sports Shankai
United States Univision (Spanish)[76] ESPN or ESPN +(English)
TUDN (Spanish)
International* UEFA.tv[91] —
Latin America and the Caribbean — ESPN and Star+
Middle East and North Africa — beIN Sports
South Asia — Sony Six
Sub-Saharan Africa — W-Sport
* Only available in countries without broadcasting deals.
See also
UEFA Euro 1996
UEFA Women's Euro 2005
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The 20 greatest female football players of all time
1) Marta (Forward, Brazil)
It should be no surprise that Brazil gave the world two of the greatest players, male and female. Pele established his legacy years ago. Marta Vieira da Silva is still in the process of forging hers as the planet’s most talented player. Marta, nicknamed “Pele in skirts” by the Brazilian master, can do it all. The world has lost track of how many times she has turned a defender around and left her in the dust. That includes dribbling confounding foes with her superb skill, creating goals thanks to her vision, and scoring them thanks to a tenacious desire to succeed.
Her personal accolades are remarkable, earning the Fifa female world player of the year five consecutive times (2006 to 2010). Marta also won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2007 Women’s World Cup and is the competition’s all-time scoring leader with 15 goals. The only thing missing from her trophy cabinet is a major championship, although Brazil have come close several times. The Brazilians took second to Germany at the 2007 World Cup and mined silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, losing to the United States both times. Having turned 30 in February, Marta is expected to be at full throttle at the Rio Olympics.
2) Mia Hamm (Forward, USA)
Mia Hamm (left) wrestles with China defender Bai Jie at the 1999 World Cup final.
Mia Hamm (left) wrestles with China defender Bai Jie at the 1999 World Cup final. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
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Hamm, who finished with a world-record 158 international goals when she retired in 2004, was a double threat. Pacey and skillful, she was nominally a forward but often played like a midfielder. If defenders allowed her to run inside, she would go to goal. If they managed to force her outside, she would deliver a lethal, spot-on cross to a teammate on the far side. It certainly didn’t hurt that Hamm was bolstered by a talented supporting cast, some of whom have made this top 20 list. Regardless, her skill, vision and innate scoring ability made her the most dangerous and the best-known women’s player of her generation. Hamm, who made her international debut at 15 in 1987, earned 275 caps while starring for the USA.
She won the Fifa women’s world player of the year the first two years of the award in 2001 and 2002. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Hamm also played a vital role for two Women’s World Cup winning teams in 1991 and 1999, converting a penalty in a shootout in the latter final. She was also part of two Olympic gold-medal winning sides (1996, 2004) and earned a silver medal in 2000. Hamm is part of the ownership group of the Los Angeles Football Club, which is scheduled to start playing in Major League Soccer in 2017.
3) Michelle Akers (Forward/defensive midfielder, USA)
Michelle Akers (center) used her speed and height to deadly effect.
Michelle Akers (center) used her speed and height to deadly effect. Photograph: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Talk about leaving a huge legacy. Akers defined not one, but two, positions in women’s soccer. In her younger days, Akers was a lethal striker. At 5ft 10in, her speed was deceptive because she could outrun defenders with her long stride. She struck twice in the first Women’s World Cup final in 1991, including the game-winner in the final minutes of a 2-1 triumph over Norway. After she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome in 1994, Akers began a second life as a defensive midfielder, preventing goal opportunities instead of finishing them.
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She helped the red, white and blue to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and to the 1999 World Cup crown as well. Little surprise that Akers was named Fifa’s female player of the 20th century along with China’s Sun Wen. In the USA’s second international match ever in 1987, Akers scored the team’s first goal and went on from there. She retired just before the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
We can only wonder what more magic Akers could have produced had she not been struck down by illness (until then she was scoring at almost a goal a game). A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Akers retired at the age of 34, having scored 105 times in 153 international games.
4) Birgit Prinz (Forward/attacking midfielder, Germany)
Birgit Prinz helped German football hit new heights in the 21st century.
Birgit Prinz helped German football hit new heights in the 21st century. Photograph: Eirik Forde/Bongarts/Getty Images for DFB
As stoppage time was running down in Germany’s 2-1 win over Brazil in the group stage of the 2000 Sydney Games, Prinz almost became the first women to register an Olympic hat-trick. Maren Meinert and Prinz found themselves on a break towards the Brazilian goal. But instead of passing to her teammate, Meinert took the shot, and put it wide. Prinz gave her team-mate a look of disbelief. That was classic Prinz, who had a killer instinct. Every shot she took she expected to score, and heaven forbid if a team-mate failed to release the ball at the right time.
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Prinz was a difficult player to mark because she knew when to shoot, and she combined a physical presence with impressive pace. She demonstrated that in her international debut at 16, striking the game-winner in the 89th minute, 17 minutes after coming on as a substitute. It should come as no surprise that Germany won the 2003 and 2007 Women’s World Cup, with Prinz earning the Golden Ball in the former and the Silver Ball in the latter. In 214 international appearances, she found the net 128 times.
At club level, Prinz scored 282 goals in as many matches for FSV Frankfurt, FFC Frankfurt and the Carolina Courage. Her trophy case is ridiculously overloaded with three Fifa world player of the year honors (2002, 2003 and 2004). She was also named German player of the year eight years running. Prinz retired in 2011 at the age of 34.
5) Sun Wen (forward, China)
Wen Sun attempts a pass past the Australian defence during the first round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003.
Wen Sun attempts a pass past the Australian defence during the first round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003. Photograph: Robert Laberge/Getty Images
During China’s golden age of soccer, Sun Wen became her team’s go-to player when they needed a goal. She certainly didn’t disappoint, connecting 106 times in 152 international matches. Sun, who had the ability to conjure up assists for her team-mates, was so good that she pulled off the rarest of doubles at a major tournament. At the 1999 Women’s World Cup, she earning the Golden Ball and Golden Boot (sharing the prize with Marta).
Sun’s goals were not only came in quantity, but quality too. After the striker scored a spectacular, 32-yard free kick in China’s 1-1 draw with the USA at the Sydney Olympics, April Heinrichs, then the American head coach, gave Sun high praise. “I’d pay for her to come to play in the United States in the WUSA [Women’s United Soccer Association],” she said. “She’s so well-rounded. She’s composed and a great leader who leads by example for 90 minutes.”
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Sun’s mobility that game was hampered by a brace and bandage wrapped over her left knee. Yet, she found ways to make life difficult for the US. Sun never won a major tournament as China finished second to the USA in the 1996 Olympics and was runner-up to her rivals, losing in a shootout at the 1999 Women’s World Cup final.
6) Abby Wambach (forward, USA)
Abby Wambach poses with fellow US sporting great Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant at this year’s ESPY Awards
Abby Wambach poses with fellow US sporting great Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant at this year’s ESPY Awards. Photograph: Buckner/Variety/REX/Shutterstock
Abby Wambach could be likened to a human battering ram, playing as though her body was invulnerable, although it wasn’t. Wambach never saw a heading opportunity she didn’t like, and she scored more than a third of her goals in the air en route a world-record 184 international strikes in 255 matches (and, by the way, she had 75 assists).
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Perhaps her most dramatic header was that spectacular goal she scored in stoppage time after 120 minutes against Brazil in the 2011 World Cup quarter-finals. It leveled the game and forced a shootout, which the Americans won. Fifa later declared it the greatest Women’s World Cup goal.
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Wambach made sure part of the Americans’ quest was about winning gold for their retiring players. She came through in dramatic fashion, striking for the game-winner in extra-time against Brazil in the final.
In her later years, Wambach became the spokesperson for the team, putting situations, controversies and challenges into proper context with her team-mates and the media. Her unofficial philosophy was that it wasn’t about her, even though it often was, especially in 2012 when she was voted Fifa world player of the year. After earning two Olympic gold medals, Wambach finally completed her elusive quest of winning the World Cup with the USA at the 2015 competition in Canada before retiring late last year.
7) Homare Sawa (Forward, Japan)
Homare Sawa
Homare Sawa, top, celebrates after scoring at the 2011 World Cup. Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP
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Overshadowed by flashier players, Sawa let her game do the talking. She was smooth as silk on the ball while starring for Japan during an illustrious 23-year international career, from 1993 to 2015. Sawa gave notice to the rest of the world in her international debut against the Philippines, scoring four times in a win. She retired at the age of 37, collecting 83 goals in 204 appearances, both Japanese records.
Sawa, who was equally effective creating or scoring goals due to her superior skills and vision, finally earned her just desserts as one of the world’s greats when Japan captured their first Women’s World Cup crown in 2011. She scored in the 117th minute of the final, before Japan beat the US on penalties. As for individual honors, Sawa took home the Golden Ball and Golden Boot. Not surprisingly, she was named 2011 Fifa world player of the year. Sawa also earned a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, losing out to the USA.
8) Kelly Smith (Forward, England)
Kelly Smith was the outstanding English female player of her generation
Kelly Smith was the outstanding English female player of her generation. Photograph: Lars Baron/Fifa via Getty Images
Little wonder that Kelly Smith was chosen as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2008. She was a special player, the first English female player to make an international impact in modern times. She was lethal with both feet, scoring 46 goals in 117 appearances over a remarkable two-decade international career (1995-2015).
A striker who wasn’t afraid to set up her team-mates, Smith made headlines with Seton Hall University in New Jersey, which wasn’t known for its women’s soccer until the 1990s. Smith became the first athlete in any sport to be named Big East offensive player of the year and newcomer of the year in the same season. With her college team-mates providing limited attacking talent to complement her awesome ability, Smith still finished with a school-record 76 goals in 51 matches.
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Smith wound up playing in several soccer leagues – pro, semi-pro and amateur – in the United States before returning home for Arsenal Ladies (where she scored an astounding 73 goals in 66 games from 2005-2009). She helped England qualify for their first Women’s World Cup in 2007 and also played in the tournament in 2011. She also was a member of a combined Great Britain side that reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 London Olympics. Smith retired from internationals at the age of 36 in 2015.
9) Christine Sinclair (Forward, Canada)
Christine Sinclair is one of the all-time top scorers in international football
Christine Sinclair is one of the all-time top scorers in international football. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images
So, just how fabulous is Christine Sinclair? Perhaps Abby Wambach said it best several years ago: “I think she’s the best all-around player in the world … I think she is probably is the most underrated player in the whole world.” In fact, if there is one player who has a shot at Wambach’s international goal scoring record (184 goals), it’s the 33-year-old Sinclair, who enters the Rio Olympics with 162 goals in 230 matches.
When she is at the top of her game, Sinclair can be devastating, playing like a midfielder, bringing the ball forward towards the opposition goal. Like many of her contemporaries, Sinclair made her international debut as a teenager, as a 16-year-old at the Algarve Cup.
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Her most memorable performance might have been her hat-trick in that unforgettable 4-3 semi-final loss to the USA at the 2012 Olympics, when Canada won the bronze medal. Sinclair endured a disappointing Women’s World Cup in her native country in 2015, scoring twice as Canada were eliminated in the quarter-finals. She and her team-mates certainly can make up for it with another medal in Rio.
10) Nadine Angerer (Goalkeeper, Germany)
Nadine Angerer
Nadine Angerer has made a habit of saving important penalties. Photograph: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
When starting goalkeeper Silke Rottenberg suffered a knee injury that kept her out of the 2007 Women’s World Cup, Nadine Angerer took her place and Germany didn’t miss a beat. Moreover, Germany and Angerer didn’t concede in six games – a record – en route to the team’s second successive world title. Angerer also saved Marta’s penalty to preserve a clean sheet in a 2-0 triumph in the final.
As it turned out, stopping penalties became one of Angerer’s specialties. Named Germany captain after Prinz retired in 2011, Angerer made two vital peanlty saves against Sweden to help Germany to the 2013 European crown. “Nadine is such a leader on her team, a role model,” said former USA coach Tony DiCicco, who was a goalkeeper himself, adding that Angerer did not have “any glaring weaknesses”.
11) Kristine Lilly (Midfielder/forward, USA)
Kristine Lilly puts in a cross during the USA’s 5-0 win over Nigeria at FIFA Women’s 2003 World Cup, one of her 352 internationals.
Kristine Lilly puts in a cross during the USA’s 5-0 win over Nigeria at FIFA Women’s 2003 World Cup, one of her 352 internationals. Photograph: Al Messerschmidt/WireImage
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Lilly just went on running and running. She played in a world record 352 internationals, a mark that may never be broken (scoring 130 goals as well). Lilly probably will be best remembered for her headed clearance off the line in extra time of the 1999 Women’s World Cup final. She played on two world champion sides (1991, 1999) and has two Olympic gold medals and a silver in her collection.
12) Hege Riise (Midfielder, Norway)
Hege Riise in action against the US.
Hege Riise in action against the US. Photograph: Al Messerschmidt/WireImage
Norway’s best ever player, Riise was the centerpiece of the country’s wins at the 1995 Women’s World Cup and the 2000 Olympics. The attacking midfielder started playing soccer with boys’ teams at the age of six before joining a girls’ side at 14. When she retired from international soccer in 2004, Riise had scored 58 goals in a Norwegian-record 188 matches.
13) Sissi (Midfielder, Brazil)
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Few players were as deadly at set pieces as Sisleide Lima do Amor. Better known as Sissi, the Brazilian midfielder came to prominence as her national side was gaining recognition and beginning to turn heads around the world. Joining the Brazilian national team at 16, Sissi’s most memorable moments came at the 1999 Women’s World Cup when she shared the Golden Boot with China’s Sun Wen, while helping Brazil to a third-place finish. She also was a member of Brazil’s fourth-place side at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
14) Briana Scurry (Goalkeeper, USA)
Briana Scurry was a reassuring presence at the back for USA
Briana Scurry was a reassuring presence at the back for USA. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
One of only three goalkeepers who have won the Women’s World Cup (1999) and an Olympic gold medal (1996 and 2004) – the USA’s Hope Solo and Norway’s Bente Nordby are the others – Scurry proved to be a steadying presence while helping the Americans to victory after victory during a memorable 15-year career. Scurry finished with 173 caps, and secured 71 clean sheets.
15) Carin Jennings-Gabarra (Midfielder, USA)
Carin Jennings-Gabarra of the USA dribbles up the pitch during their semi-final match against Germany at the inaugural FIFA World Championship for Women’s Football in 1991.
Carin Jennings-Gabarra of the USA dribbles up the pitch during their semi-final match against Germany at the inaugural FIFA World Championship for Women’s Football in 1991. Photograph: Tommy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
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Before there was a Fifa women’s world player of the year award, you could have made a great case for Carin Jennings-Gabarra as being the planet’s best player. She was outstanding in the very first Women’s World Cup in 1991, earning Golden Ball honors via a virtuoso performance in the midfield. She was a double threat, recording five goals and five assists. Jennings-Gabarra, who collected 53 goals in 117 international appearances, was forced to retire due to injuries after the USA won the 1996 Olympic gold medal. She is currently the women’s soccer coach at the US Naval Academy.
16) Joy Fawcett (Defender, USA)
Joy Fawcett won two gold medals with the US
Joy Fawcett won two gold medals with the US. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Fawcett will be remembered as a fierce central defender. For many years, Fawcett partnered with Carla Overbeck to form one of the finest defensive tandems in women’s soccer. She did a lot of the little things that got lost in the limelight of her attack minded team-mates. The first US international to become a mother, Fawcett never lost a beat after she returned from giving birth. A member of two Women’s World Cup championship teams (1991 and 1999) and two Olympic gold medalists (1996 and 2004), Fawcett scored 27 times in 239 international matches.
17) Pia Sundhage (Forward/midfielder)
Pia Sundhage was a formidable player before taking up her coaching career
Pia Sundhage was a formidable player before taking up her coaching career. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Fifa via Getty Images
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Before she directed the USA to the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medals and to a second-place finish at the 2011 Women’s World Cup, Sundhage was a world-class forward who also performed in midfield and even on defense. She scored 71 times in 146 international matches, helping the Swedes to a third-place finish at the 1991 World Cup. Sundhage was so good that her image appeared on a Swedish stamp in 1988. A year later she put her stamp on an international friendly win over England, becoming the first woman to score in an international game at Wembley.
18) Hope Solo (Goalkeeper, USA)
During a Concacaf women’s soccer symposium in 2012, a five-minute video was shown to attendees, highlighting Solo’s stunning saves. It was well deserved. Solo has combined excellent positioning and quick reflexes to become the first woman to recorded 100 international shutouts. She has helped the USA to the 2008 and 2012 Olympic titles and hopes to add a third gold medal in Rio.
19) Lily Parr (Forward, England)
Lily Parr practises with a javelin as part of her training with Preston Ladies
Lily Parr practises with a javelin as part of her training with Preston Ladies. Photograph: B Marshall/Getty Images
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Before women’s international soccer took a foothold, Lily Parr was a true pioneer. She was a regular scorer for the Preston Ladies and Dick, Kerr’s Ladies in England. Women were banned from playing soccer on affiliated grounds in 1921, but that didn’t stop her teams from raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Despite being a chain smoker, Parr played at an extremely high level, helping her teams dominate games. A Preston newspaper reported that Parr had tallied 967 goals out of the team’s total of 3,022 goals, a devastating ratio.
20) Silke Rottenberg (Goalkeeper, Germany)
Silke Rottenberg was a crucial part of a strong Germany side in the first decade of the 21st century.
Silke Rottenberg was a crucial part of a strong Germany side in the first decade of the 21st century. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
While Birgit Prinz and Maren Meinert were giving opposing defenders and goalkeepers headaches during Germany’s 2003 Women’s World Cup championship run, Rottenberg was a stabilizing force at the back with her steady play. She conceded four goals in six matches while registering two shutouts as the Germans became the first side to win back-to-back titles. A knee injury kept Rottenberg out of the 2007 World Cup. She made 125 appearances for Germany before retiring in 2008.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Wahine o te Ipu o te Ao – Ahitereiria/Aotearoa 2023 Logo of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.svg Tournament details Host countries Australia New Zealand Dates 20 July – 20 August Teams 32 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 10 (in 9 host cities) ← 20192027 → Part of a series on the FIFA Women's World Cup AU ‧ NZ ‧ 2023 Hosting Bids Australia-New ZealandBrazilColombiaJapanBroadcasting rightsVenues Brisbane StadiumDunedin StadiumEden ParkHindmarsh StadiumMelbourne Rectangular StadiumPerth Rectangular StadiumStadium AustraliaSydney Football StadiumWaikato StadiumWellington Regional Stadium Qualification OverviewAfrica Group Stage Group AGroup BGroup CKnockout StageAsia Group Stage Group AGroup BGroup CKnockout StageEurope Group Stage Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HGroup IPlay-offsNorth and Central America Group Stage Group AGroup BOceania *South America Group Stage Group AGroup BKnockout StageInter-confederation play-offsSeeding Matches Group stage Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HKnockout stageFinal People Gianni InfantinoAnthony AlbaneseChris HipkinsOfficialsSquads Promotional and related media Adidas OCEAUNZFIFA 23 downloadable contentSongs "Unity" - Kelly Lee Owens"Do It Again" - BENEE ft. Mallrat Controversies OverviewBig Five broadcasting rightsOneLove Media related to 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at Wikimedia Commons vte The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international football (soccer) championship contested by women's national teams and organised by FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023.[1][2] It will be the first FIFA Women's World Cup to have more than one host nation, and also the first senior World Cup to be held across multiple confederations, as Australia is in the Asian Confederation, while New Zealand is in the Oceanian Confederation. In addition, this tournament will be the first to feature the expanded format of 32 teams from the previous 24, replicating the same format used for the men's World Cup from 1998 to 2022.[1] The opening match will be contested between New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park, Auckland, on 20 July 2023. The final will take place on 20 August 2023 at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia.[3] The United States are the defending champions, having won the previous two (2015 and 2019) tournaments.[4] Overview The FIFA Women's World Cup is a professional association football tournament contested by senior women's national football teams, organised by FIFA.[5] The tournament, held every four years and one year after the men's World Cup, was first played in 1991 in China, and has since been expanded to 32 teams following the 2023 edition. The tournament is contested with eight round-robin groups followed by a knockout round for 16 teams. The defending champions are the United States, who defeated the Netherlands 2–0 in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.[6][7] The event is scheduled to take place over a period of a month, from 20 July to 20 August in Australia and New Zealand. This Women's World Cup will be the first co-hosted tournament, and also the first seniors World Cup to be held across multiple confederations. In addition, it will be the first seniors tournament to be held in Oceania, the first Women's World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere, and the third to be held in the Asia-Pacific region. Schedule The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 1 December 2021 without kick-off times.[8][9] The opening match of the tournament, featuring co-hosts New Zealand, will be played on 20 July 2023 at Eden Park. Whilst the inaugural match in Australia, was set to take place on the same day at Sydney Football Stadium. Later, the schedule was tweaked by moving the Australia vs Republic of Ireland to Stadium Australia. The group stage fixtures will be split between the co-hosts with each hosting four groups. The third-place match will be played at Lang Park on 19 August 2023, with the final to be played at Stadium Australia on 20 August 2023.[10] The group stage fixtures for each group will be allocated to the following host country:[10] Groups A, C, E, G: New Zealand (Auckland, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington) Groups B, D, F, H: Australia (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney) The final kick-off times were confirmed on 24 October 2022, two days after the draw,[11] in order to "optimise the specific match details for the benefit of supporters, teams and the media".[12] On 31 January 2023, it was confirmed that Australia vs Republic of Ireland had been moved from Sydney Football Stadium to the larger Stadium Australia due to strong ticketing demand.[13] Prize money In June 2023, FIFA announced the prizes for all participating nations. This edition's total prize pool is $110 million, $80 million greater than the prize pool of the previous tournament.[14] Place Teams Amount (in millions) Per PMA Per player Total Champions 1 $4.29 $0.27 $10.5 Runners-up 1 $3.015 $0.195 $7.5 Third place 1 $2.61 $0.18 $6.75 Fourth place 1 $2.455 $0.165 $6.25 5th–8th place (quarter-finals) 4 $2.18 $0.09 $17 9th–16th place (round of 16) 8 $1.87 $0.06 $26 17th–32nd place (group stage) 16 $1.56 $0.03 $36 Total 32 $110 Host selection Main articles: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bids and Australia–New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bid Bidding began for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on 19 February 2019.[15] Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 March, and provide the completed bidding registration by 16 April. However, FIFA revised the bidding timeline as the tournament expanded to 32 teams on 31 July.[16] Other member associations interested in hosting the tournament now had until 16 August to submit a declaration of interest, while the completed bidding registration of new member associations and re-confirmation of prior bidders was due by 2 September.[17] Nine countries initially indicated interest in hosting the events: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, South Korea (with interest in a joint bid with North Korea), New Zealand and South Africa.[18] Belgium expressed interest in hosting the tournament following the new deadline but later dropped out, as did Bolivia, in September 2019.[19][20] Australia and New Zealand later announced they would merge their bids in a joint submission.[21] Brazil, Colombia, and Japan joined them in submitting their bid books to FIFA by 13 December.[22] However, both Brazil and Japan later withdrew their bids in June 2020 before the final voting.[23][24] On 25 June 2020, Australia and New Zealand won the bid to host the Women's World Cup.[25] The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Council, with the winning bid earning 22 votes, while Colombia earned 13.[26] Neither country had previously hosted a senior FIFA tournament. This will be the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries, and only the second World Cup tournament to do so, following the 2002 FIFA World Cup, held in Japan and South Korea. It is also the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first senior FIFA tournament to be held in Oceania, and the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations (with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC). Australia is the second association from the AFC to host the Women's World Cup, after China in both 1991 and 2007.[27] 2023 FIFA WWC bidding Bidding Nation(s) Votes Round 1 Australia & New Zealand 22 Colombia 13 Recused 2 Total votes 35 Majority required 18 Format In July 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed an expansion of the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting with the 2023 edition, and doubling the tournament's prize money.[28] The proposal came following the success of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the prior edition of the tournament in 2015, which after increasing from 16 to 24 teams set an attendance record for all FIFA competitions besides the men's FIFA World Cup.[29] Expanding the tournament to allow eight additional participating teams gave more member associations a greater opportunity to qualify for the final tournament. This fostered the growing reach and professionalisation of the women's game.[30] On 31 July, the FIFA Council unanimously decided to expand the tournament to 32 teams, featuring eight groups of four.[16] The astounding success of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in France made it very clear that this is the time to keep the momentum going and take concrete steps to foster the growth of women's football. I am glad to see this proposal becoming a reality. — FIFA President, Gianni Infantino.[16] The tournament opens with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall increases from 52 to 64. The tournament replicates the format of the men's FIFA World Cup used between 1998 and 2022.[31] Venues MapWikimedia | © OpenStreetMap [Interactive fullscreen map] This is a stopgap mapping solution, while attempts are made to resolve technical difficulties with {{OSM Location map}} Host cities and venues of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Australia 1 Adelaide 2 Brisbane 3 Melbourne 4 Perth 5 Sydney New Zealand 6 Auckland 7 Dunedin 8 Hamilton 9 Wellington Australia and New Zealand proposed 13 possible venues across 12 host cities for the tournament in the bid book submitted to FIFA, suggesting a minimum of 10 stadiums be used—five in each country.[32] The original proposal of the joint bid would have seen the venues be divided into three main travel hubs: South Hub, containing Perth, Adelaide, Launceston, and Melbourne; East Hub, containing Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, and Launceston; and New Zealand Hub, containing Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The Sydney Football Stadium was the only new stadium undergoing a major renovation during the bid period, replacing the old football stadium on the same site and opening on 28 August 2022.[33] The bid evaluation was released on 10 June 2020 by FIFA, which noted that the majority of the stadiums listed in the bid meet FIFA's hosting requirements with capacity, aside from Adelaide and Auckland, which didn't meet the minimum requirements capacity wise for stages of the competition proposed for.[34] Most stadiums featured in the bid are planned to have minor renovations with new floodlighting, pitch renovations,[35] and gender-neutral changing rooms in time for the tournament.[36] On 31 March 2021, FIFA announced the final host city and venue selections. Five cities and six stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and stadiums in New Zealand. From the proposed venues, Newcastle and Launceston were not selected in Australia and Christchurch was omitted in New Zealand. Eden Park in Auckland will host the opening game, with Stadium Australia in Sydney to host the 2023 Women's World Cup final match.[37][38] As a part of the branding, all cities will use native names (Indigenous Australian and Māori in New Zealand) alongside their English names in an effort to "reconcile and respect the original owners of the land."[39] Eden Park, Auckland, will host New Zealand's opening match, and Stadium Australia, Sydney, will host Australia's opening match (both group stages). Lang Park, Brisbane, will host the 3rd place match on 19 August; and Stadium Australia, Sydney, will host the final which will be held on 20 August.[40] Australia Australia New Zealand New Zealand Sydney Brisbane Auckland Wellington Stadium Australia Sydney Football Stadium Lang Park Eden Park Wellington Regional Stadium Capacity: 83,500[41] Capacity: 42,512[42] Capacity: 52,263[43] Capacity: 48,276[44] Capacity: 39,000[45] Melbourne Perth Adelaide Dunedin Hamilton Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Perth Rectangular Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Forsyth Barr Stadium Waikato Stadium Capacity: 30,052[46] Capacity: 22,225[47] Capacity: 16,500 (expanding to 18,435)[48] Capacity: 28,744[49] Capacity: 25,111[50] Team base camps Base camps will be used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the Women's World Cup tournament. FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for the 29 qualified participating nations on December 11, 2022, with the remaining 3 qualified teams selecting their base camps after the Play-off Tournament.[51] FIFA later confirmed the last remaining three base camps for the Play-off Tournament winners on March 21, 2023.[52] It will be the first Cup to have dedicated base camps for the 32 participating nations.[53] Team Hotel Training site Teams Qualification Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification FIFA's confederations organised their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA which organised its own qualifying competition. Australia and New Zealand, as co-hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving the remaining 207 FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. Australia competed at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, whilst New Zealand did not enter the OFC Women's Nations Cup the same year. The reigning Women's World Cup champions United States competed in qualification through the CONCACAF W Championship.[54][55] The Chadian and Pakistani football associations were suspended by FIFA, thus excluding them from entering qualifications.[56] Rwanda, Sudan, DR Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe entered qualification but withdrew later.[57][58][59][60] Kenya withdrew before the second round of qualifiers.[61] North Korea and Turkmenistan withdrew from the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers due to safety concerns and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[62] Iraq withdrew after the AFC draw.[63] Due to the uncertainty of women's sport after the Taliban takeover of the country, Afghanistan withdrew from qualification.[64] Due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks in their squads, Women's Asian Cup hosts India withdrew from qualification.[65] American Samoa withdrew due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic.[66] Russia were disqualified from competing due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[67] The allocation of slots for each confederation was confirmed by the FIFA Council on 25 December 2020. The slots for the two host nations were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations.[68] AFC (Asia): 6 slots (including co-hosts Australia) CAF (Africa): 4 slots CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots OFC (Oceania): 1 slot (including co-hosts New Zealand) UEFA (Europe): 11 slots Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots A ten-team play-off tournament decided the final three spots at the Women's World Cup. The play-off slot allocation was as follows:[69][70] AFC (Asia): 2 slots CAF (Africa): 2 slots CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 2 slots CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots OFC (Oceania): 1 slot UEFA (Europe): 1 slot Of the 32 nations qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2019. Haiti, Morocco, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia will be making their debuts at the FIFA Women's World Cup. This World Cup will be the first ever FIFA tournament the Philippines have taken part in. This is Panama's, Portugal's and Vietnam's first ever FIFA women's competition, having only taken part in various FIFA men's tournaments. Zambia made history as the first landlocked country in Africa to qualify for a World Cup for either sex. Morocco became the first-ever Arab country to qualify for the Women's World Cup, while the Republic of Ireland marked their first-ever debut at any senior women's tournament. Denmark made their first appearance in 16 years after missing three consecutive tournaments, their last appearance being in 2007. Costa Rica, Colombia and Switzerland returned to the tournament after missing the previous one in 2019. Italy qualified for two consecutive women's World Cups for the first time in their history, after three sporadic appearances in 1991, 1999 and 2019.[71][70] Africa will have four representatives for the first time in the competition's history.[72] Thailand, Cameroon, Chile, and Scotland, all of whom qualified for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, did not qualify for the 2023 tournament. Iceland was the highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings that failed to qualify, ranked 16th at the time.[A] Zambia were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 81st at the time.[73] North Korea, ranked 10th, withdrew from qualifications. The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FIFA Women's World Ranking before the tournament were:[74] AFC (6) Australia (10) (co-hosts) China (14) Japan (11) Philippines (46) (debut) South Korea (17) Vietnam (32) (debut) CAF (4) Morocco (72) (debut) Nigeria (40) South Africa (54) Zambia (77) (debut) CONCACAF (6) Canada (7) Costa Rica (36) Haiti (53) (debut) Jamaica (43) Panama (52) (debut) United States (1) CONMEBOL (3) Argentina (28) Brazil (8) Colombia (25) OFC (1) New Zealand (26) (co-hosts) UEFA (12) Denmark (13) England (4) France (5) Germany (2) Italy (16) Netherlands (9) Norway (12) Portugal (21) (debut) Republic of Ireland (22) (debut) Spain (6) Sweden (3) Switzerland (20) Team qualified Team failed to qualify Team withdrew or suspended Did not enter Squads Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads Each team has to provide to FIFA a preliminary squad of between 35 and 55 players, which will not be published by FIFA. From the preliminary squad, each team has to name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by 9 July 2023. Players in the final squad can be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.[75] Draw Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup seeding The final draw took place at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 22 October 2022 at 19:30 NZDT (UTC+13), prior to the completion of qualification.[76][77] The three winners of the inter-confederation play-off were not known at the time of the draw.[78] Retired American international and 2-time Women's World Cup champion Carli Lloyd and CNN International sports presenter Amanda Davies conducted the draw. Each confederation had a retired international representing them as a draw assistant: Maia Jackman of New Zealand for the OFC and Julie Dolan of Australia for the AFC alongside men's internationals Ian Wright of England for UEFA, Alexi Lalas of the United States for CONCACAF, Geremi of Cameroon for the CAF and 2002 World Cup winner Gilberto Silva of Brazil for CONMEBOL. Snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand and 4-time swimming Olympic gold medalist Cate Campbell of Australia also assisted the draw.[79] For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 13 October 2022. Pot one contained both co-hosts New Zealand and Australia (both automatically placed in positions A1 and B1, respectively) along with the best six teams. Pot two contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight teams being allocated into the following pot (pot three). Pot four contained the lowest ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the three inter-confederation play-off winners. With the exception of UEFA, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn in the same group. However, since each inter-confederation play-off group contained multiple confederations, the placeholders were identified by the seeded teams in their respective play-off pathways to avoid any draw constraints. The draw started with pot one and ended with pot four, with the team selected being allocated to the first available group alphabetically. Pot 1 teams were automatically drawn to position 1 of each group, with the following positions drawn for the remaining pots. The pots for the draws are shown below.[80] Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 New Zealand (22) (co-hosts) Australia (13) (co-hosts) United States (1) Sweden (2) Germany (3) England (4) France (5) Spain (6) Canada (7) Netherlands (8) Brazil (9) Japan (11) Norway (12) Italy (14) China (15) South Korea (17) Denmark (18) Switzerland (21) Republic of Ireland (24) Colombia (27) Argentina (29) Vietnam (34) Costa Rica (37) Jamaica (43) Nigeria (45) Philippines (53) South Africa (54) Morocco (76) Zambia (81) Play-off Group A winners[a] Play-off Group B winners[b] Play-off Group C winners[c] The placeholder for the play-off Group A winners adhered to the geographical constraints of a European team in the draw (based on the seeded team in the group, Portugal). The Group A winner that actually qualified was Portugal. The placeholder for the play-off Group B winners adhered to the geographical constraints of a South American team in the draw (based on the seeded team in the group, Chile). The Group B winner that actually qualified was Haiti. The placeholder for the play-off Group C winners adhered to the geographical constraints of an Asian and Oceanian team in the draw (based on the seeded teams in the group, Chinese Taipei and Papua New Guinea, respectively). The Group C winner that actually qualified was Panama. Officiating Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup officials In January 2023, the FIFA Referees Committee announced the list of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video assistant referees for the tournament. Of the 33 referees, FIFA included two each from Australia, Canada, South Korea and the United States.[81] France's Stéphanie Frappart, Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda, and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan who became the first female referees to officiate the 2022 FIFA World Cup were among those selected for the Women's World Cup. They are also joined by female assistant referees Neuza Back, Kathryn Nesbitt and Karen Díaz Medina, who also participated at the men's tournament.[81] Heba Saadia will become the first Palestinian and Arab female referee to officiate at a World Cup of either gender. Firas Abu Hilal, secretary general of the Palestinian Football Association labelled Saadia as "a role model for Palestinian women who aspire to achieve success and greatness" and that she "has proven the ability of Palestinian women to excel in any field".[82][83] Group stage Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.[84] Tie-breaking criteria for group play Group A Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 New Zealand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 20 July 2023. Source: FIFA (H) Host 20 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 New Zealand Match 1 Norway Report Eden Park, Auckland 21 July 2023 17:00 UTC+12 Philippines Match 3 Switzerland Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 25 July 2023 17:30 UTC+12 New Zealand Match 17 Philippines Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 25 July 2023 20:00 UTC+12 Switzerland Match 18 Norway Report Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 30 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Switzerland Match 33 New Zealand Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 30 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Norway Match 34 Philippines Report Eden Park, Auckland Group B Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Australia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 20 July 2023. Source: FIFA (H) Host 20 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Australia Match 2 Republic of Ireland Report Stadium Australia, Sydney 21 July 2023 12:30 UTC+10 Nigeria Match 4 Canada Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 26 July 2023 20:00 UTC+8 Canada Match 19 Republic of Ireland Report Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth 27 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Australia Match 22 Nigeria Report Lang Park, Brisbane 31 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Canada Match 35 Australia Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 31 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Republic of Ireland Match 36 Nigeria Report Lang Park, Brisbane Group C Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 21 July 2023. Source: FIFA 21 July 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Spain Match 5 Costa Rica Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 22 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Zambia Match 6 Japan Report Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 26 July 2023 17:00 UTC+12 Japan Match 21 Costa Rica Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 26 July 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Spain Match 20 Zambia Report Eden Park, Auckland 31 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Japan Match 37 Spain Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 31 July 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Costa Rica Match 38 Zambia Report Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Group D Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2023. Source: FIFA 22 July 2023 19:30 UTC+10 England Match 7 Haiti Report Lang Park, Brisbane 22 July 2023 20:00 UTC+8 Denmark Match 8 China Report Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth 28 July 2023 18:30 UTC+10 England Match 25 Denmark Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 28 July 2023 20:30 UTC+9:30 China Match 26 Haiti Report Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 1 August 2023 20:30 UTC+9:30 China Match 39 England Report Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 1 August 2023 19:00 UTC+8 Haiti Match 40 Denmark Report Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth Group E Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 22 July 2023. Source: FIFA 22 July 2023 13:00 UTC+12 United States Match 9 Vietnam Report Eden Park, Auckland 23 July 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Netherlands Match 10 Portugal Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 27 July 2023 13:00 UTC+12 United States Match 23 Netherlands Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 27 July 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Portugal Match 24 Vietnam Report Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 1 August 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Portugal Match 41 United States Report Eden Park, Auckland 1 August 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Vietnam Match 42 Netherlands Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Group F Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group F Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 23 July 2023. Source: FIFA 23 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 France Match 11 Jamaica Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 24 July 2023 20:30 UTC+9:30 Brazil Match 13 Panama Report Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 29 July 2023 20:00 UTC+10 France Match 28 Brazil Report Lang Park, Brisbane 29 July 2023 20:30 UTC+8 Panama Match 29 Jamaica Report Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth 2 August 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Panama Match 43 France Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 2 August 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Jamaica Match 44 Brazil Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Group G Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 23 July 2023. Source: FIFA 23 July 2023 17:00 UTC+12 Sweden Match 12 South Africa Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 24 July 2023 18:00 UTC+12 Italy Match 14 Argentina Report Eden Park, Auckland 28 July 2023 12:00 UTC+12 Argentina Match 27 South Africa Report Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 29 July 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Sweden Match 30 Italy Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 2 August 2023 19:00 UTC+12 Argentina Match 45 Sweden Report Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 2 August 2023 19:00 UTC+12 South Africa Match 46 Italy Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Group H Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group H Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played on 24 July 2023. Source: FIFA 24 July 2023 18:30 UTC+10 Germany Match 15 Morocco Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 25 July 2023 12:00 UTC+10 Colombia Match 16 South Korea Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 30 July 2023 14:00 UTC+9:30 South Korea Match 32 Morocco Report Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 30 July 2023 19:30 UTC+10 Germany Match 31 Colombia Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 3 August 2023 20:00 UTC+10 South Korea Match 47 Germany Report Lang Park, Brisbane 3 August 2023 18:00 UTC+8 Morocco Match 48 Colombia Report Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth Knockout stage Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If the score was still level after extra time, the winners will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.[84] Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 5 August – Auckland Winner Group A 11 August – Wellington Runner-up Group C Winner Match 49 6 August – Sydney (Football) Winner Match 51 Winner Group E 15 August – Auckland Runner-up Group G Winner Match 57 5 August – Wellington Winner Match 58 Winner Group C 11 August – Auckland Runner-up Group A Winner Match 50 6 August – Melbourne Winner Match 52 Winner Group G 20 August – Sydney (Australia) Runner-up Group E Winner Match 61 7 August – Sydney (Australia) Winner Match 62 Winner Group B 12 August – Brisbane Runner-up Group D Winner Match 53 8 August – Adelaide Winner Match 55 Winner Group F 16 August – Sydney (Australia) Runner-up Group H Winner Match 59 7 August – Brisbane Winner Match 60 Third place play-off Winner Group D 12 August – Sydney (Australia) 19 August – Brisbane Runner-up Group B Winner Match 54 Loser Match 61 8 August – Melbourne Winner Match 56 Loser Match 62 Winner Group H Runner-up Group F Round of 16 5 August 2023 17:00 UTC+12 Winner Group A Match 49 Runner-up Group C Report Eden Park, Auckland 5 August 2023 20:00 UTC+12 Winner Group C Match 50 Runner-up Group A Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 6 August 2023 12:00 UTC+10 Winner Group E Match 51 Runner-up Group G Report Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 6 August 2023 19:00 UTC+10 Winner Group G Match 52 Runner-up Group E Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 7 August 2023 17:30 UTC+10 Winner Group D Match 54 Runner-up Group B Report Lang Park, Brisbane 7 August 2023 20:30 UTC+10 Winner Group B Match 53 Runner-up Group D Report Stadium Australia, Sydney 8 August 2023 18:00 UTC+10 Winner Group H Match 56 Runner-up Group F Report Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 8 August 2023 20:30 UTC+9:30 Winner Group F Match 55 Runner-up Group H Report Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Quarter-finals 11 August 2023 13:00 UTC+12 Winner Match 49 Match 57 Winner Match 51 Report Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 11 August 2023 19:30 UTC+12 Winner Match 50 Match 58 Winner Match 52 Report Eden Park, Auckland 12 August 2023 17:00 UTC+10 Winner Match 53 Match 59 Winner Match 55 Report Lang Park, Brisbane 12 August 2023 20:30 UTC+10 Winner Match 54 Match 60 Winner Match 56 Report Stadium Australia, Sydney Semi-finals 15 August 2023 20:00 UTC+12 Winner Match 57 Match 61 Winner Match 58 Report Eden Park, Auckland 16 August 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Winner Match 59 Match 62 Winner Match 60 Report Stadium Australia, Sydney Third place play-off 19 August 2023 18:00 UTC+10 Loser Match 61 Match 63 Loser Match 62 Report Lang Park, Brisbane Final Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final 20 August 2023 20:00 UTC+10 Winner Match 61 Match 64 Winner Match 62 Report Stadium Australia, Sydney Marketing Branding The official emblem was jointly designed by Toronto-based studio Public Address and Los Angeles-based Works Creative Agency and unveiled on 28 October 2021 during a live show. The emblem features a football encircled by 32 coloured squares, reflecting the expanded field of the tournament, and the natural terrains of the two host nations. The overall branding of the tournament will feature designs reflecting the host nations' Indigenous peoples, created by Australian artist Chern'ee Sutton and Maori artist Fiona Collis. Furthermore, the tournament's branding will also incorporate the native names of all host cities. Alongside the emblem, the official slogan of the tournament, "Beyond Greatness", reflects FIFA's goal for the event to further expand the prominence of women's football, was also revealed.[85][86] The names of the host cities in their native names (the local Indigenous Australian languages and Māori in New Zealand) were used as part of the official branding.[39] Broadcasting rights Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup broadcasting rights The 2023 Women's World Cup was the first Women's World Cup to have its broadcasting rights sold as a standalone product rather than being packaged as a bonus of purchasing broadcasting rights for the Men's World Cup. FIFA stated that they saw "huge interest" in the separate bidding process and hoped for more regional partners to sign on. FIFA set an aim to reach a global audience of 2 billion, up from 1.12 billion at the previous edition in France.[87] In October 2022, FIFA rejected multiple bids from various public and private broadcasters for what it described as significantly under-priced bids, urging broadcasters to bid more, saying it is what the women's game deserves.[88] Some European broadcasters were concerned about the timezone difference affecting viewership figures, something that was not an issue with the France-hosted 2019 Women's World Cup, while Gianni Infantino threatened a media blackout for Europe's "big five" (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) if they did not offer more.[89] The issue was resolved by the middle of June, five weeks before the tournament, with all territories having deals.[90] Sponsorship FIFA partners FIFA Women's Football partners FIFA Women's World Cup sponsors Official supporters Adidas[91] Coca-Cola[92] Hyundai-Kia[93] Wanda Group[94] Visa[95] Xero[96] AB InBev[97] Algorand[98] Globant[99] McDonald's[100] Unilever[101] BMO[102] Cisco[103] CommBank[104] Frito-Lay[105] Inter Rapidísimo[106] Jacob's Creek[107] Optus[108] TAB New Zealand[109] Team Global Express[110] Symbols Mascot The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 19 October 2022. The mascot's name is Tazuni, which is a portmanteau of the Tasman Sea and 'Unity'.[111] It represents a little penguin (Eudyptula minor[112]), endemic to New Zealand, FIFA incorrectly stated this penguin (E. minor) was endemic in Australia, where a closely related species (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) was described as a new and distinct in 2016.[113] Match ball Main article: Adidas OCEAUNZ On 24 January 2023, The word "OCEAUNZ" was unveiled as the official match ball for the tournament by Adidas.[114] OCEAUNZ's design is inspired by the unique natural landscapes of the two host nations, with visuals nodding to the vast mountains of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia’s connection with the Indian Ocean. Its name reflects the coming together of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand as host nations of the tournament. OCEAUNZ features the same connected ball technology as was seen in Qatar at the FIFA World Cup 2022. This provides precise ball data, which will be made available to Video Match Officials in real-time.[114] Music On 28 October 2021, same day as the official emblem and slogan unveiling, British DJ and music producer Kelly Lee Owens released "Unity" as the official theme song for the event.[115] The official song of the tournament is "Do It Again", performed by local artists BENEE and Mallrat, which was released on 29 June 2023 along with a lyric video.[116][117] Controversies Main article: List of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup controversies There have been various controversies relating to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Though Russia was permitted to participate in international sport after their doping ban was lifted in December 2022,[118] continental confederation UEFA had suspended them in May due to the invasion of Ukraine, preventing the team from being able to participate in World Cup qualifying and thus unable to take part.[119][120] In 2023, more controversies sprouted, typically in reaction to unpopular decisions made by FIFA: player welfare was a concern, with FIFA limiting squad sizes[121] and proposing late release dates;[122] the potential sponsorship of the tournament by Saudi Arabia was criticised and eventually dropped;[123] the amount of money that the Big Five bid for broadcasting rights was criticised by FIFA, which in turn was lambasted for hypocrisy;[124] with the hosts seeking permission to display indigenous flags, and players to wear OneLove or rainbow armbands, being a subject of ongoing discussion.[125] See also FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup hosts 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup play-offs tournament References "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". 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