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FILE – Sweden’s Kosovare Asllani, left, and Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan battle for the ball during the women’s final soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off on Thursday. The ninth edition of the tournament travels to Australia and New Zealand from July 20-Aug. 20 and promises to be the most widely watched one to date. The defending champions, the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) will open their campaign against Vietnam on Saturday, July 22.
There are eight groups consisting of four nations, each country will play every team in their group once. The top two teams in each group will then move on to the knockout stages of the tournament.
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2023 Women’s World Cup: Group G
Sweden
- Nickname: Blågult (The Blue & Yellow)
- FIFA Rank: 3rd
- World Cup appearances: 9th
- Best finish: 2nd (2003)
Sweden takes on South Africa on July 23, kicking off a ninth consecutive quest for World Cup glory. No team has come so close to winning a WWC without actually winning one as Sweden. They have made the final once and finished in third place three times, most recently in 2019. A shocking 4-0 loss to England at Euro 2022 saw Sweden bow out at the semifinal stages, an unexpected defeat that will surely have them gunning for redemption this summer. They will, however, be missing defender Hannah Lundkvist after she picked up a knock in a 5-1 friendly win over the Philippines earlier this week.
South Africa
- Nickname: Banyana Banyana
- FIFA Rank: 54th
- World Cup appearances: 2nd
- Best finish: Group stages (2019)
The current African Cup of Nations champions return to the WWC with some considerable talent in their arsenal. They also travel…
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