A Women’s World Cup Rundown

The Women’s World Cup is just around the corner with the first kick off game scheduled for July 20, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. This year, New Zealand isn’t the only host, the games will also take place in Australia.
“It is the first ever co-hosted tournament in the women’s game” said Carrie Dunn, a The Sporting News reporter.
The final World Cup match will be one month later and held in Sydney, Australia to conclude the games.
With the Women’s World Cup taking place months after the infamous Men’s World Cup held this past December in Qatar, many spectators believe the women’s matches won’t live up to the fame of the men’s games. However, this has been proven to be false, as interest has increased in other women’s sports, and specifically the WNBA.
“This past WNBA regular season was the most watched since 2006” said Alanis Thames, an AP News reporter.
With growing popularity in the WNBA, sports fans can expect a well watched Women’s World Cup, when it comes around this summer.
The U.S. is proud to be the home of the U.S.W.N.T. team attending the World Cup this summer. U.S.W.N.T., or the United States Women’s National Team, is in Group E, which also contains the Netherlands, Vietnam, and the winner from Group A. Groups for both the Women’s and Men’s World Cup are determined through a finals draw, which is held six months before the actual World Cup. After the finals draw, the 32 teams are separated into eight groups lettered A through H. There will then be four teams in each group that each team will play once, to then determine the game bracket. In the case of having less than 32 teams, as seen in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, winners from groups A through C will play another match in a different group.
U.S.W.N.T. has a vigorous schedule in the upcoming months leading up to the World Cup this summer. They are not only practicing daily, but they are hosting the SheBelievesCup in February, and participating in a six day training camp with a two game series in New Zealand, the World Cup co-host. The U.S. team is expected to do well this World Cup season, along with their close competitors that include Canada, Brazil, and Japan.
“All four have already qualified for the 2023 World Cup and are ranked in the top 11 in the world — with the U.S. at No. 1, Canada at No. 6, Brazil at No. 9 and Japan at No. 11” said Lisa Antonucci, a NBC Sports reporter.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be one to watch this summer, and will certainly be on the way to receiving the same amount of recognition as the Men’s World Cup.