2023-07-19 12:38:00
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 – 4:38 PM
ABU DHABI, 19th July, 2020 (WAM) — Tomorrow, the curtain will be raised on the activities of the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand will co-organise, and will continue until August 20th.
This version represents a new distinguished station in the history of the tournament, being the first with the participation of 32 teams in the finals, following the tremendous success achieved by the last two versions in 2015 and 2019, with the participation of 24 teams in each.
Also, the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is the first edition ever in the history of the tournament, which is held jointly by two countries.
The tournament witnesses the participation of the four teams that previously won the titles of the previous 8 editions; It is the American team that won the title 4 previous times, including the past two editions, and the German team that won the title twice in the past, in addition to the teams of Japan and Norway, who each won the title once previously.
None of the four teams have ever missed the past 8 editions of the tournament, and this also applies to Sweden, Nigeria and Brazil, bringing the number of teams that have maintained the “full score” in participating in the tournament so far to 7 teams.
On the other hand, this version witnesses the participation of 8 teams for the first time in the history of the Women’s World Cup, namely Portugal, Morocco, Zambia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Ireland, Haiti and Panama.
The tournament will be held in 10 stadiums in 9 different cities, with 6 stadiums in Australia and 4 in New Zealand.
The aspirations of most of the teams participating in this edition vary between the competition for the title for a number of large teams and a firm desire for a strong appearance for the owners of the land on the one hand, and for the teams that are entering the tournament for the first time.
And the American team, led by veteran player Megan Rapinoe, has strong nominations to defend the title and climb the podium for the third consecutive edition and the fifth time in its history.
Strong nominations are directed before the start of the tournament once morest the English national team, which won the European Nations Cup (Euro 2022) by winning the final over its German counterpart, who also has good nominations with his Spanish counterpart to compete for the title in the upcoming edition of the World Cup.
The Women’s World Cup 2023 misses a group of the most prominent players due to injury, led by Englishman Beth Mead, the best player in Euro 2022, Canadian Janine Becky, American Katrina Macario and Dutch Vivian Miedema.
Despite this, the tournament witnesses the participation of many players who are expected to shine and shine in this edition, such as Jamaican Khadija Shaw and German Lena Oberdorf.
This version also witnesses the participation of a number of veteran players, and this version may be their last in the history of the World Cup, led by the Brazilian Marta / 37 years / who is competing in the World Cup for the sixth time in its history and dreams of leading her country to compete for the world title, noting that she has achieved from She accepted the award for the best player in the world six times, but she did not win the World Cup title.
Among the veteran players in this edition are Canadian Christine Sinclair, 40, and American Rapinoe, who has already announced that she will retire at the end of the current season.
The tournament will start tomorrow with two matches for the hosts, where the New Zealand national team will meet its Norwegian counterpart, who was previously crowned with the championship title, and the Australian national team will face its Irish counterpart, who is competing in the Women’s World Cup for the first time in its history.
Emad Al-Ali / Ahmed Zahran
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