2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth FIFA Women's World Cup. It was hosted by France and ran from 7 June to 7 July 2019.[1] France won the right to host the event in March 2015;[2] the first time the country hosted the tournament, and the third time in Europe. Matches are planned for nine cities across France. The format of the tournament is 24 competing teams, including the host nation. The defending champions are the United States. Chile made its first appearance at this FIFA Women's World Cup edition, and Italy took part in the event for the first time since 1999.
Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA – France 2019 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | France |
Dates | 7 June – 7 July |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 9 (in 9 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (4th title) |
Runners-up | Netherlands |
Third place | Sweden |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 146 (2.81 per match) |
Attendance | 1,131,312 (21,756 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ellen White Alex Morgan Megan Rapinoe (6 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Megan Rapinoe |
Best young player | Giulia Gwinn |
Best goalkeeper | Sari van Veenendaal |
Fair play award | France |
Teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in the finals | Consecutive streak | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking |
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France | Hosts | 19 March 2015 | 4th | 3 | Fourth place (2011) | 5 |
China | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist | 9 April 2018 | 7th | 2 | Runners-up (1999) | 17 |
Thailand | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist | 12 April 2018 | 2nd | 2 | Group stage (2015) | 30 |
Australia | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist | 13 April 2018 | 7th | 7 | Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015) | 6 |
Japan | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist | 13 April 2018 | 8th | 8 | Champions (2011) | 11 |
South Korea | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup fifth place | 16 April 2018 | 3rd | 2 | Round of 16 (2015) | 16 |
Brazil | 2018 Copa América Femenina champions | 19 April 2018 | 8th | 8 | Runners-up (2007) | 8 |
Chile | 2018 Copa América Femenina runners-up | 22 April 2018 | 1st | 1 | Debut | 40 |
Spain | UEFA qualification group 7 winners | 8 June 2018 | 2nd | 2 | Group stage (2015) | 12 |
Italy | UEFA qualification group 6 winners | 8 June 2018 | 3rd | 1 | Quarter-finals (1991) | 15 |
Venues
Lyon | Paris | Nice | Montpellier | |
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Parc Olympique Lyonnais | Parc des Princes | Allianz Riviera | Stade de la Mosson | |
Capacity: 59,186 | Capacity: 48,583 | Capacity: 35,624 | Capacity: 32,900 | |
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Roazhon Park | ||||
Capacity: 29,164 | ||||
Le Havre | Valenciennes | Reims | Grenoble | |
Stade Océane | Stade du Hainaut | Stade Auguste-Delaune | Stade des Alpes | |
Capacity: 25,178 | Capacity: 25,172 | Capacity: 21,127 | Capacity: 20,068 | |
Group stage
The match schedule for the tournament was released on 8 February 2018.[3]
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[4]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
France | 4–0 | South Korea |
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Nigeria | 2–0 | South Korea |
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South Korea | 1–2 | Norway |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Spain | 3–1 | South Africa |
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South Africa | 0–1 | China |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
New Zealand | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Netherlands | 3–1 | Cameroon |
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Canada | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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Netherlands | 2–1 | Canada |
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Cameroon | 2–1 | New Zealand |
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Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
United States | 13–0 | Thailand |
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United States | 3–0 | Chile |
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Sweden | 0–2 | United States |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups go to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | B | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | E | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | A | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
5 | F | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | D | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If the score is still level after extra time, the winners are determined by a penalty shoot-out.
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
22 June – Nice | ||||||||||||||
Norway (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
27 June – Le Havre | ||||||||||||||
Australia | 1 (1) | |||||||||||||
Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||
23 June – Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
23 June – Le Havre | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
France (aet) | 2 | |||||||||||||
28 June – Paris | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
24 June – Reims | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||||||
7 July – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
25 June – Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 June – Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||
China | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||
25 June – Rennes | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 July – Décines-Charpieu | ||||||||||||||
Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands (aet) | 1 | |||||||||||||
22 June – Grenoble | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | 0 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
29 June – Rennes | 6 July – Nice | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | England | 1 | |||||||||||
24 June – Paris | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | 2 | Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Norway | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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Quarter-finals
France | 1–2 | United States |
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Italy | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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Semi-finals
England | 1–2 | United States |
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Netherlands | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
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Third place play-off
Final
References
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine