Besides Haiti, which beat Chile, Portugal and Panama were the last teams to qualify for the Australia-New Zealand World Cup, which will feature 32 teams (a record). Brazil, Argentina and Colombia will represent Conmebol.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand, has completed its list of participants. The intercontinental qualifiers, played in Oceania, have ended and the last three nations to have reached a quota were known. They are three recruits: Haiti, Portugal and Panama. The Haitians made history after beating the Chilean team 2-1 in Auckland on Tuesday night, a result that calls into question the continuity of José Letelier at the helm of the Women’s Rouge.
A quarter of the 32 teams that make up the World Cup will make their debut at the world’s biggest event in women’s football, which will have the biggest attendance in its history. Until the 2019 edition, in France (the only edition that had the presence of Chile), there were 24 qualified.
The last time Haiti was part of the football elite was during the 1974 World Cup, for men. “Despite the difficulties of our country and all kinds of obstacles, we were able to overcome adversity to achieve an unprecedented feat in Haitian women’s football,” said Monique André, vice-president of the Haitian Federation’s Normalization Committee. .
Another cast that entered the World Cup in an unprecedented fashion was Portugal, after beating Cameroon 2-1. The last ranked team was Panama, which reached the record achieved by the men’s team in Russia 2018. The Canal team knocked out Paraguay in the playoffs.
With the Chilean and Paraguayan defeats, there will only be three Conmebol teams in the World Cup. Brazil The South American powerhouse is in Group F with France, Jamaica and Panama. For its part, Argentina (who beat La Roja 4-0 recently) are in zone G with Sweden, South Africa and Italy. The third team is Colombia . Coffee growers belong to group H with Germany, Morocco and South Korea.
The 2023 Women’s World Cup will start on July 20 when the two host countries raise the curtain on the competition. New Zealand will take on Norway, one of Europe’s powerhouses in women’s football, at Auckland’s Eden Park. Meanwhile, Australia will make their debut against the Republic of Ireland in Sydney. The final will take place on August 20, in the same Australian city.
Women’s World Cup groups:
group A : New Zealand, Norway, Philippines and Switzerland.
Group B : Australia, Ireland, Nigeria and Canada.
Group C : Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan.
Group D : England, Haiti, Denmark and China.
Group E : United States, Vietnam, Netherlands and Portugal.
Group F : France, Jamaica, Brazil and Panama.
Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina.
Group H : Germany, Morocco, Colombia and South Korea.
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