Fifa Women’s World Cup: 6 Things to Know About Tournament Including All Qualified Teams

• The FIFA Women’s World Cup is set to kick off on July 20
• For the first time in history, the tournament will have 32 teams compete for the coveted trophy
• There are also other radical changes to this year’s edition of the tournament

Months after the Qatar World Cup, the focus will shift to another edition of the spectacle, which the ladies will grace.

July is the month that welcomes the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and this edition will be the first one to take up a 32-team format – meaning the competition will last an entire month.

Sports Brief previews the tournament, which will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with several interesting facts about the upcoming tournament.

The hosts

As mentioned earlier, the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be hosted by two nations, Australia and New Zealand, and matches will occur across 10 stadiums.

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Sydney will be the only city to host more than one venue: the Sydney Football Stadium and Stadium Australia.

Breakdown of qualified teams

Because the tournament will have 32 participants, some exciting new entries in 2023 exist.

In Africa (Via CAF), Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia will be at the tournament.

Asia (AFC) will have Australia, China, Japan, Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam.

Teams qualified through CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) include Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama and the USA.

While teams qualified through CONMEBOL (South America) are Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.

New Zealand also play in the tournament thanks to qualification from qualified from the OFC (Oceania), while Europe has the most entries in the tournament as the countries that will play include Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, as per data from FIFA.com.

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Group stage breakdown

There are some mouth-watering fixtures right from the group stages, as some arch-rivals will meet early in the tournament. Here is a breakdown of the groups.

Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Phillipines, Switzerland

Group B: Australia, Republic of Ireland , Nigeria, Canada

Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan

Group D: England, Haiti, Denmark China

Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, Portugal

Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama

Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy , Argentina

Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, Korea Republic

How knockout stages will look

Just like in the men’s game, this is how the knockout fixtures will be determined:

Group A winners vs Group C runners-up

Group B winners vs Group D runners-up

Group C winners vs Group A runners-up

Group D winners vs Group B runners-up

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Group E winners vs Group G runners-up

Group F winners vs Group H runners-up

Group G winners vs Group E runners-up

Group H winners vs Group F runners-up

Past winners of Women’s World Cup

The United States of America is the most successful nation in the Women’s World Cup, having won the tournament four times in the eight past editions the competition has been in existence.

With this in mind, it is safe to say the USA are among the favourites to clinch the trophy again as they are defending champions, thanks to their latest triumph in 2019.

Germany are also a decent side, having won the tournament twice previously (2007 and 2011), Norway and Japan are other nations to have won the tournament once each.

Favourites to win it

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As mentioned earlier, defending champions USA are favourites to win the tournament again.

But they may find it hard with the rise of Germany and the Lionesses of England, who have looked impressive in the build-up to the competition.

Spain and France round up the top five favourites to win it.