Les Bleues face the host country of the competition, Australia, for a place in the last four.
The appointment is made for the band at Herve Renard, in the quarter-finals, on the Brisbane side, on Saturday August 12 at 11 a.m. in France. The task promises to be much more difficult for the Blues since they will face the team from Australia, host country of this World Cup. With their star, Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, the Australians will leave with a slight advantage, especially since the Blues lost 1-0 in the last preparation match for this World Cup.
A match which however leaves a bitter taste to Hervé Renard who explained in a press conference that he did not wish to face Australia at this time. “I’m going to be very honest with you, I didn’t decide on this match. But if it was me who had decided, we wouldn’t have played against Australia before the competition, the coach dropped in English without never quote the former boss of Les Bleues ousted last March. Because, when you prepare a competition and you know who is in your part of the table, it is my opinion but you are not playing against a strong team like this- ci (…) We weren’t at 100% but for the next game we will need to be more than 100% because the Australian team is very strong, we know them perfectly and we will be ready for this very important game.”
In the rest of the quarter-finals, Spain, perhaps the big favorites now with their star Alexia Putellas, face the Netherlands on Friday. The surprising Japanese team, very impressive offensively, will challenge Sweden, who fell to the United States in the round of 16, while England will face Colombia in Sydney.
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The opening match of the World Cup has been set for Thursday July 20, with New Zealand and Norway facing off. The group stages will continue until August 3 before a latency day.
The rest of the competition will be more decisive with the knockout stages and a final organized on August 20 in Sydney, at Stadium Australia.
France was the last host country of the Women’s World Cup in 2019. It passes the torch to co-hosts New Zealand and Australia.
France Télévisions, broadcaster of the Women’s World Cup with M6, has scheduled 32 matches including the opening match, New Zealand-Norway and the final (August 20 at noon). The M6 group broadcasts the other 32 matches.
If the broadcasting of the final was decided by drawing lots, the matches of the final phases were distributed fairly.
The Football World Cup lasts a whole month and is played in two phases, first the pools and then the finals.
- Friday August 11
- Spain – Netherlands (Wellington): 3h00
- Japan – Sweden (Auckland): 9:30 a.m.
- Saturday August 12
- Quarter-finals 3: Australia – France (Brisbane): 11 a.m.
- Quarter-finals 4: England – Colombia (Sydney): 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday August 15
- Semi-final 1: Winner quarter-final 1 – Winner quarter-final 2 (Auckland): 10:00 a.m.
- Wednesday August 16
- Semi-final 2: Winner quarter-final 3 – Winner quarter-final 4 (Sydney): 12:00 p.m.
- Saturday August 19
- Small final, match for 3rd place (Brisbane): 10:00 a.m.
- Sunday August 20
- Final (Sydney): 12:00 p.m.
Disputed since 1991, the Women’s World Cup is very recent. The Mondial 2023 is the 9th edition. Only four nations have won so far.
- 1991: UNITED STATES
- 1995: Norway
- 1999: UNITED STATES
- 2003: Germany
- 2007: Germany
- 2011: Japan
- 2015 : UNITED STATES
- 2019: UNITED STATES