2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Group Overview

In those playoffs ten teams, divided in two groups of three and one group of four will compete for the remaining three spots in the final tournament. For the sake of clarity, will go over the playoff groups first before we move on to the final tournament’s groups, which include the three placeholders.

The Playoffs

In playoff Group A, Cameroon will face Thailand, with the winner of that encounter to take on the highest seeded Portugal in the group final. In playoff Group B, Senegal will play Haiti, with the winner facing the seeded team Chile there. Finally, playoff Group C has four teams. That means that to win the group and thus to qualify for the Women’s World Cup, any team in it must win twice. In the semifinals here, Chinese Taipei plays Paraguay and Papua New Guinea takes on Panama. The winners of these two semifinals face each other.

Group A

Now we can proceed to the groups of the final tournament in which the top two sides reach the knockout stages. Group A pits co-hosts New Zealand against Norway, the Philippines and Switzerland.

The Norwegians will likely have the strongest team in this section, with New Zealand and the Swiss probably fighting for second place.

Group B

Group B includes the other co-hosts Australia alongside the Republic of Ireland, Nigeria and Canada.

Australia and Olympic champions Canada are most likely to progress here. The Nigerians have plenty of history at the Women’s World Cup, but have struggled at this level in recent years. Meanwhile, the Irish are first-time qualifiers and will likely use the tournament as a learning experience.

Group C

Group C consists of Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan. The 2011 Women’s World Cup winners Japan should advance here. Spain has improved a lot in their women’s program over the years, but faces uncertainty after a number of their elite players have said they would reject call-ups to the national team for as long as Jorge Vilda remains coach. Zambia could prove to be exiting newcomers to this tournament, as they were difficult to beat at the last Olympics, while Costa Rica will be no pushovers either.

Group D

Group D has England, the Group B play-off winner, Denmark and China PR in it. The European champions will likely get through it, alongside either Denmark or the Chinese.

Group E

Group E includes the United States, Vietnam, Netherlands and the Group A play-off winner. There should be little doubt that the two-time defending champion US team and their 2019 final opponents the Netherlands will advance here.

Group F

Group F has France, Jamaica Brazil and the Group C play-off winner in it. France and Brazil should fairly easily move on here.

Group G

Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina make up Group G. Olympic silver medalists Sweden will be clear favorites to win this group, while surprise 2019 quarterfinalists Italy will probably finish second.

Group H

Lastly, Germany, Morocco, Colombia and Korea Republic make up Group H.

Finalists of Women’s EURO 2022, Germany is still in a boom for the women’s game in their country, and will likely win this section. Columbia and Korea will probably compete for the second spot in the section. Morocco made history already as the first ever Arab nation to qualify for the tournament.

The tournament will take place in Australia and New Zealand between July 20 and August 20.

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