Eight teams, 25% of the participants, will debut in the 2023 edition of World Cup woman, whose payroll was closed this Thursday with a classification of Panamacertainly one of the teams that will debut in this edition.
Next to Panamathis week completed the trio of winners in the last intercontinental playoffs Haiti and Portugala shortlist of newcomers who will share that condition Morocco, Vietnam, Ireland, Zambia and the Philippines.
Celebrations in their respective countries did justice to the giant strides made by the women’s teams, which were felicitated by heads of Government, sports leaders and stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo. All emphasized the example and the push they will give to their countries in the development of women’s football.
The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup will be held in the following months of July and August in Australia and New Zealand.
The expansion from 24 to 32 participating teams, both of which the Qatar World Cuphas favored the classification of new countries, which is precisely the purpose for which the new format was adopted: to bet on the development of women’s football in all continents.
Once the playoffs are closed, the list of participants will be summarized in 12 European teams, 6 Asian (Australia belongs to that confederation), 6 from CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), 4 African, 3 South American and one, New Zealand, from Oceania. .
The United States will defend the title won in 2019 in France, as they revalidate the 2015 win in Canada. Japan in 2011, Germany in 2007 and 2003, the United States in 1999, Norway in 1995, and the United States in 1991 were the previous champions.
Spain will participate for the third time in a women’s World Cup. In 2015 they stayed in the group stage and in 2019 in the round of 16.
The 2023 World Cup opens on July 20 with the match New Zealand-Norway in Auckland and will conclude on August 20 with the grand finale in Sydney.
Source: La Verdad
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