Women's World Cup: Preview

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 The much anticipated ninth FIFA Women’s World Cup is almost upon us.

The tournament kicks off on July 20th and will debut an expanded 32-team format, resulting in a full month of top-flight international football. There is bound to be some world class on display from all the teams taking part.

It will take place in two countries: Australia and New Zealand. The matches will be held at 10 stadiums in nine cities across these two nations.

Only Sydney will offer two venues, the Sydney Football Stadium and Stadium Australia. The final will be held at Stadium Australia.

A full list of the teams that have qualified

  • Australia, China, Japan, Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam qualified to represent AFC (Asia).
  • Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia qualified from CAF (Africa).
  • Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama and the USA represent CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean).
  • Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia qualified from CONMEBOL (South America).
  • New Zealand will represent the OFC (Oceania).
  • Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland will be representing UEFA (Europe).

A closer look at England's chances. Is football coming home again?

Let's look back to the summer of 2022 when England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals Germany. Chloe Kelly got what proved to be the winner to send the record crowd of 87,192 wild. Can they go one better and become world champions in addition to their European crown?

Women's Euro 2022: England win after dramatic final (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com)

Chloe was in attendance at England's recent 0-0 draw against Portugal. She said: "I think we have a great chance of winning. We might need a bit of luck but we have a fantastic squad capable of going all the way." 

You can watch the highlights of that match against Portugal in the video below.

 Rebecca was also in attendance in Milton Keynes. She added: "It wasn't the best performance but a good exercise ahead of the upcoming tournament. A good opportunity for the players to get together."

In terms of the other European nations, Germany might also fancy going all their way alongside the likes of Spain.  

Across England and many other nations, there has really been a push on the promotion to try and entice viewers to watch from home. Take a a look at this advert from ITV.

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