2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Wahine o te Ipu o te Ao – Ahitereiria/Aotearoa 2023
Official logo Beyond Greatness
Tournament details
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Dates	20 July–20 August 2023
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	164 (2.56 per match)
Attendance	1,978,274 (30,911 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hinata Miyazawa (5 goals)
Best player	Aitana Bonmatí
Best young player	Salma Paralluelo
Best goalkeeper	Mary Earps
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by women's national teams and organised by FIFA. The tournament, which took place from 20 July to 20 August 2023, was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It was the first FIFA Women's World Cup with more than one host nation, as well as the first World Cup to be held across multiple confederations, as Australia is in the Asian confederation, while New Zealand is in the Oceanian confederation. It was also the first Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.

This tournament was the first to feature an expanded format of 32 teams from the previous 24, replicating the format used for the men's World Cup from 1998 to 2022. The opening match was won by co-host New Zealand, beating Norway at Eden Park in Auckland on 20 July 2023 and achieving their first Women's World Cup victory.

Spain were crowned champions after defeating reigning European champions England 1–0 in the final. It was the first time a European nation had won the Women's World Cup since 2007 and Spain's first title, although their victory was marred by the Rubiales affair. Spain became the second nation to win both the women's and men's World Cup since Germany in the 2003 edition. In addition, they became the first nation to concurrently hold the FIFA women's U-17, U-20, and senior World Cups. Sweden would claim their fourth bronze medal at the Women's World Cup while co-host Australia achieved their best placing yet, finishing fourth. Japanese player Hinata Miyazawa won the Golden Boot scoring five goals throughout the tournament. Spanish player Aitana Bonmatí was voted the tournament's best player, winning the Golden Ball, whilst Bonmatí's teammate Salma Paralluelo was awarded the Young Player Award. England goalkeeper Mary Earps won the Golden Glove, awarded to the best-performing goalkeeper of the tournament.

Of the eight teams making their first appearance, Morocco were the only one to advance to the round of 16 (where they lost to France). The United States were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Sweden, the first time the team had not made the semi-finals at the tournament, and the first time the defending champions failed to progress to the quarter-finals.

Australia's team, nicknamed the Matildas, performed better than expected, and the event saw many Australians unite to support them. The Matildas, who beat France to make the semi-finals for the first time, saw record numbers of fans watching their games, their 3–1 loss to England becoming the most watched television broadcast in Australian history, with an average viewership of 7.13 million and a peak viewership of 11.15 million viewers.

The hosting of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup by Australia and New Zealand was widely praised, and was the most attended edition of the competition ever held. The competition has been described by some as the best Women's World Cup in history.

Overview

The FIFA Women's World Cup is a professional association football (soccer) tournament contested by senior women's national football teams, organised by FIFA. The tournament, held every four years and one year after the men's World Cup, was first played in 1991 in China, and was expanded to 32 teams beginning with the 2023 edition. The tournament is contested with eight round-robin groups followed by a knockout round for 16 teams. The defending champions were the United States, who defeated the Netherlands 2–0 in the 2019 final. The event took place over a period of a month, from 20 July to 20 August, in Australia and New Zealand. This Women's World Cup was the first co-hosted tournament, and also the first senior World Cup to be held across multiple confederations. In addition, it was the first senior tournament to be held in Oceania, the first Women's World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere, and the third to be held in the Asia-Pacific region.

Schedule

The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 1 December 2021, with kick-off times confirmed on 24 October 2022, two days after the final draw.

The opening match of the tournament, between co-host New Zealand and Norway, was played on 20 July 2023 at Eden Park. The inaugural match played in Australia, was between Australia playing against the Republic of Ireland on the same day at Stadium Australia, after a venue change due to strong ticketing demand.

Prize money

The total prize pool was US$110 million, $80 million greater than the prize pool of the previous tournament.

At previous tournaments, FIFA paid total prize money to the national associations, but for the 2023 Women's World Cup it was set to award prize payments directly to players as well as the associations. This came as a result of reports in the women's game that a number of national associations were withholding competition prize money from players and/or not paying them at all. In March 2023, global player union FIFPRO sent a letter signed by players from around the world to FIFA, challenging FIFA to make prize money in the men's and women's tournaments equal and to ensure at least 30% of prize money in the women's tournament made it to the players. While FIFA did not match the prize money of the men's tournament, it did significantly increase it, with more than half set to be paid to players directly.

Just before the tournament, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that the player payments would still be paid to the associations, and that FIFA planned to audit the associations to make sure the money got to the players. Football administrator Lise Klaveness expressed concern over what she felt sounded like reneging on the promise, both for the players and for FIFA's credibility. During the tournament, Infantino admitted that FIFA had simply made recommendations to associations on how much to pay players, and they could not reasonably check.

Place	Teams	Amount (in US dollars)
		Per association	Per player *	Total
Champions	1	$4,290,000	$270,000	$10,500,000
Runners-up	1	$3,015,000	$195,000	$7,500,000
Third place	1	$2,610,000	$180,000	$6,750,000
Fourth place	1	$2,455,000	$165,000	$6,250,000
5th–8th place (quarter-finals)	4	$2,180,000	$90,000	$17,000,000
9th–16th place (round of 16)	8	$1,870,000	$60,000	$26,000,000
17th–32nd place (group stage)	16	$1,560,000	$30,000	$36,000,000
Total	32	$110,000,000

Host selection

Main article:Australia–New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bid

FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on 19 February 2019. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 March 2019, and provide the completed bidding registration by 16 April 2019. However, FIFA revised the bidding timeline as the tournament expanded to 32 teams on 31 July 2019. Other member associations interested in hosting the tournament now had until 16 August 2019 to submit a declaration of interest, while the completed bidding registration of new member associations and re-confirmation of prior bidders was due by 2 September 2019.

Nine countries initially indicated interest in hosting the events: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, South Korea (with interest in a joint bid with North Korea), New Zealand and South Africa. Belgium expressed interest in hosting the tournament following the new deadline but later dropped out with Bolivia in September 2019. Australia and New Zealand later announced they would merge their bids in a joint submission. Brazil, Colombia, and Japan joined them in submitting their bid books to FIFA by 13 December 2019. However, both Brazil and Japan later withdrew their bids in June 2020 before the final voting.

On 25 June 2020, Australia and New Zealand officially won the bid to host the Women's World Cup. The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Council, with the winning bid earning 22 votes, while Colombia earned 13. Neither country had previously hosted a senior FIFA tournament. It is the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries, and only the second World Cup tournament to do so, following the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It is also the first FIFA Women's World Cup held in the southern hemisphere, the first senior FIFA tournament to be held in Oceania, and the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations (with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC). Australia is the second association from the AFC to host the Women's World Cup, after China in both 1991 and 2007.

Format

In July 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed an expansion of the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting with the 2023 edition, and doubling the tournament's prize money. The proposal came following the success of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the prior edition of the tournament in 2015, which after increasing from 16 to 24 teams set an attendance record for all FIFA competitions besides the men's FIFA World Cup. Expanding the tournament to allow an eight additional participating teams gave more member associations a greater opportunity to qualify for the final tournament. This fostered the growing reach and professionalisation of the women's game.

On 31 July 2019, the FIFA Council unanimously decided to expand the tournament to 32 teams, featuring eight groups of four.

The tournament opens with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 16 teams. The number of games played overall increases from 52 to 64. The tournament replicates the format of the FIFA World Cup used between 1998 and 2022.

Teams

Qualification

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

FIFA's confederations organise their qualifications through continental championships, with the exception of UEFA which organise their own qualifying competition. Australia and New Zealand, as co-hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament, leaving the remaining 207 FIFA member associations eligible to enter qualification if they chose to do so. Australia competed at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, whilst New Zealand did not enter the OFC Women's Nations Cup the same year. The reigning Women's World Cup champions United States competed in qualification through the CONCACAF W Championship as normal. The Chadian and Pakistani football associations were suspended by FIFA, thus excluding them from entering qualifications. Rwanda, Sudan, DR Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe entered qualification but withdrew later. Kenya withdrew before the second round of qualifiers. North Korea and Turkmenistan withdrew from the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers due to safety concerns and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Iraq withdrew after the AFC draw. Due to the uncertainty of women's sport after the Taliban takeover of the country, Afghanistan withdrew from qualification. Due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks in their squads, Women's Asian Cup hosts India withdrew from qualification. American Samoa withdrew due to continuing difficulties related to the pandemic. Russia were disqualified from competing due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The allocation of slots for each confederation was confirmed by the FIFA Council on 25 December 2020:

• AFC (Asia): 6 slots*
• CAF (Africa): 4 slots
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
• CONMEBOL (South America): 3 slots
• OFC (Oceania): 1 slot*
• UEFA (Europe): 11 slots
• Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots

(*) The slots for the two host nations, Australia and New Zealand, were taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederations, the AFC and OFC respectively.

A ten-team play-off tournament will decide the final three spots at the Women's World Cup. The play-off slot allocation is as follows:

• AFC (Asia): 2 slots
• CAF (Africa): 2 slots
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 2 slots
• CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
• OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
• UEFA (Europe): 1 slot

As of 11 October 2022, 29 nations have qualified for the finals, including 20 that competed at the previous tournament in 2019. Morocco, the Philippines, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia will be making their debuts at the FIFA Women's World Cup. This World Cup will be the first ever FIFA tournament the Philippines have taken part in. This is Vietnam's first ever FIFA women's competition, having only taken part in various FIFA men's tournaments. Zambia made history as the first landlocked country in Africa to qualify for a World Cup in either gender. Morocco became the first-ever Arab country to qualify for the Women's World Cup, while the Republic of Ireland marked their first-ever debut at any senior women's tournament. Denmark made their first appearance in 16 years after missing three consecutive tournaments, their last appearance being in 2007. Costa Rica, Colombia and Switzerland returned to the tournament after missing the previous tournament in 2019. Italy qualified for two consecutive World Cup for the first time in their history, after three sporadic appearances in 1991, 1999 and 2019. The remaining three qualifiers will be determined at the end of February 2023.

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicates the minimum and maximum of participants able to qualify from each confederation.

AFC (6–8) Australia (co-hosts) China Japan Philippines South Korea Vietnam CAF (4–6) Morocco Nigeria South Africa Zambia

CONCACAF (4–6) Canada Costa Rica Jamaica United States CONMEBOL (3–5) Argentina Brazil Colombia OFC (1–2) New Zealand (co-hosts)

UEFA (11–12) Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Republic of Ireland Spain Sweden Switzerland

Squads

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Each team has to provide to FIFA a preliminary squad of between 35 and 55 players, which will not be published by FIFA. From the preliminary squad, each team has to name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by 9 July 2023. Players in the final squad can be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.

Venues

Australia and New Zealand proposed 13 possible venues across 12 host cities for the tournament in the bid book submitted to FIFA, suggesting a minimum of 10 stadiums be used—five in each country.

On 31 March 2021, FIFA announced the final host city and venue selections. Five cities and six stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and stadiums in New Zealand. From the proposed venues, Newcastle and Launceston were not selected in Australia, and Christchurch was omitted in New Zealand. Eden Park in Auckland will host the opening game, with Stadium Australia in Sydney to host the 2023 Women's World Cup final match.

Australia

Sydney		Brisbane	Melbourne
Stadium Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Lang Park (Brisbane Stadium)	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Capacity: 83,500	Capacity: 45,000 (under construction)	Capacity: 52,500	Capacity: 30,050
			Perth
			Perth Rectangular Stadium
			Capacity: 22,500
			Adelaide
			Hindmarsh Stadium
			Capacity: 16,500

New Zealand

Auckland	Wellington	Dunedin
Eden Park	Wellington Stadium	Dunedin Stadium
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 34,500	Capacity: 30,748
Hamilton
Waikato Stadium
Capacity: 25,800

Group stage

Competing countries will be divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Advance to knockout phase
Norway	3	1	1	1	6	1	+5	4
New Zealand (H)	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Philippines	3	1	0	2		8	−8	3

Group B

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout phase
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
Republic Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Group C

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Japan	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Advance to knockout phase
Spain	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Zambia	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Group D

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
Denmark	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
China	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Haiti	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Group E

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Advance to knockout phase
United States	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Portugal	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
Vietnam	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Group F

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
France	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase
Jamaica	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Brazil	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Panama	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Group G

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout phase
South Africa	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
Argentina	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Group H

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout phase
Morocco	3	2	0	1	2	6	−4	6
Germany	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
South Korea	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Knockout stage

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If the score was still level after extra time, the winners will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

5 August – Auckland

Switzerland

1

11 August – Wellington

Spain

5

Spain (a.e.t.)

2

6 August – Sydney (Football)

Netherlands

1

Netherlands

2

15 August – Auckland

South Africa

0

Spain

2

5 August – Wellington

Sweden

1

Japan

3

11 August – Auckland

Norway

1

Japan

1

6 August – Melbourne

Sweden

2

Sweden (p)

0 (5)

20 August – Sydney (Australia)

United States

0 (4)

Spain

1

7 August – Sydney (Australia)

England

0

Australia

2

12 August – Brisbane

Denmark

0

Australia (p)

0 (7)

8 August – Adelaide

France

0 (6)

France

4

16 August – Sydney (Australia)

Morocco

0

Australia

1

7 August – Brisbane

England

3

Third place play-off

England (p)

0 (4)

12 August – Sydney (Australia)

19 August – Brisbane

Nigeria

0 (2)

England

2

Sweden

2

8 August – Melbourne

Colombia

1

Australia

0

Colombia

1

Jamaica

0

Round of 16

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 17:00 UTC+12	Switzerland	1–5	Spain	Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
	Codina  11' (o.g.)	Report	Bonmatí  5', 36' Redondo  17' Codina  45' Hermoso  70'

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5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 20:00 UTC+12	Japan	3–1	Norway	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 33,042 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
	Syrstad Engen  15' (o.g.) Shimizu  50' Miyazawa  81'	Report	Reiten  20'

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6 August 2023 (2023-08-06) 12:00 UTC+10	Netherlands	2–0	South Africa	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 40,233 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
	Roord  9' Beerensteyn  68'	Report

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6 August 2023 (2023-08-06) 19:00 UTC+10	Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 27,706 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
		Report
		Penalties
	Rolfö Rubensson Björn Blomqvist Bennison Eriksson Hurtig	5–4	Sullivan Horan Mewis Rapinoe Smith Naeher O'Hara

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7 August 2023 (2023-08-07) 17:30 UTC+10	England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 49,461 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
		Report
		Penalties
	Stanway England Daly Greenwood Kelly	4–2	Oparanozie Alozie Ajibade Ucheibe

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7 August 2023 (2023-08-07) 20:30 UTC+10	Australia	2–0	Denmark	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
	Foord  29' Raso  70'	Report

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8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) 18:00 UTC+10	Colombia	1–0	Jamaica	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 27,706 Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
	Usme  51'	Report

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8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) 20:30 UTC+9:30	France	4–0	Morocco	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 13,557 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Diani  15' Dali  20' Le Sommer  23', 70'	Report

Quarter-finals

11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) 13:00 UTC+12	Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 32,021 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
	Caldentey  81' (pen.) Paralluelo  111'	Report	Van der Gragt  90+1'

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11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) 19:30 UTC+12	Japan	1–2	Sweden	Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
	Hayashi  87'	Report	Ilestedt  32' Angeldahl  51' (pen.)

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12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) 17:00 UTC+10	Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 49,461 Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)
		Report
		Penalties
	Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine	7–6	Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho

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12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) 20:30 UTC+10	England	2–1	Colombia	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
	Hemp  45+7' Russo  63'	Report	Santos  44'

Semi-finals

15 August 2023 (2023-08-15) 20:00 UTC+12	Spain	2–1	Sweden	Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
	Paralluelo  81' Carmona  89'	Report	Blomqvist  88'

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16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) 20:00 UTC+10	Australia	1–3	England	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Kerr  63'	Report	Toone  36' Hemp  71' Russo  86'

Third place play-off

19 August 2023 (2023-08-19) 18:00 UTC+10	Sweden	2–0	Australia	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 49,461 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
	Rolfö  30' (pen.) Asllani  62'	Report

Final

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) 20:00 UTC+10	Spain	1–0	England	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Carmona  29'	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Hinata Miyazawa

4 goals

• Kadidiatou Diani
• Alexandra Popp
• Jill Roord
• Amanda Ilestedt

3 goals

• Hayley Raso
• Ary Borges
• Lauren Hemp
• Lauren James
• Alessia Russo
• Eugénie Le Sommer
• Sophie Román Haug
• Aitana Bonmatí
• Jennifer Hermoso
• Alba Redondo
• Rebecka Blomqvist
• Fridolina Rolfö

2 goals

• Steph Catley
• Wang Shuang
• Linda Caicedo
• Catalina Usme
• Arianna Caruso
• Mina Tanaka
• Riko Ueki
• Esmee Brugts
• Stefanie van der Gragt
• Guro Reiten
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Hildah Magaia
• Olga Carmona
• Salma Paralluelo
• Lindsey Horan
• Sophia Smith

1 goal

• Sophia Braun
• Romina Núñez
• Emily van Egmond
• Caitlin Foord
• Mary Fowler
• Alanna Kennedy
• Sam Kerr
• Bia Zaneratto
• Debinha
• Adriana Leon
• Leicy Santos
• Manuela Vanegas
• Melissa Herrera
• Pernille Harder
• Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
• Amalie Vangsgaard
• Rachel Daly
• Chloe Kelly
• Georgia Stanway
• Ella Toone
• Vicki Bècho
• Kenza Dali
• Maëlle Lakrar
• Léa Le Garrec
• Wendie Renard
• Klara Bühl
• Lea Schüller
• Cristiana Girelli
• Allyson Swaby
• Jun Endō
• Aoba Fujino
• Honoka Hayashi
• Hikaru Naomoto
• Risa Shimizu
• Ibtissam Jraïdi
• Anissa Lahmari
• Lineth Beerensteyn
• Daniëlle van de Donk
• Lieke Martens
• Katja Snoeijs
• Hannah Wilkinson
• Uchenna Kanu
• Osinachi Ohale
• Asisat Oshoala
• Caroline Graham Hansen
• Lineth Cedeño
• Marta Cox
• Yomira Pinzón
• Sarina Bolden
• Telma Encarnação
• Kika Nazareth
• Katie McCabe
• Linda Motlhalo
• Cho So-hyun
• Teresa Abelleira
• Mariona Caldentey
• Laia Codina
• Esther González
• Filippa Angeldahl
• Kosovare Asllani
• Stina Blackstenius
• Elin Rubensson
• Ramona Bachmann
• Seraina Piubel
• Barbra Banda
• Racheal Kundananji
• Lushomo Mweemba

1 own goal

• Valeria del Campo (against Spain)
• Benedetta Orsi (against South Africa)
• Hanane Aït El Haj (against Germany)
• Zineb Redouani (against Germany)
• Ingrid Syrstad Engen (against Japan)
• Alicia Barker (against Norway)
• Megan Connolly (against Canada)
• Laia Codina (against Switzerland)

Assists

3 assists

• Lauren James
• Kadidiatou Diani
• Mina Tanaka

2 assists

• Caitlin Foord
• Selma Bacha
• Jun Endō
• Aoba Fujino
• Lieke Martens
• Victoria Pelova
• Vilde Bøe Risa
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Aitana Bonmatí
• Jennifer Hermoso
• Eva Navarro
• Alba Redondo
• Jonna Andersson
• Sofia Jakobsson

1 assist

• Yamila Rodríguez
• Kyra Cooney-Cross
• Mary Fowler
• Katrina Gorry
• Emily van Egmond
• Ary Borges
• Debinha
• Geyse
• Sophie Schmidt
• Linda Caicedo
• Jorelyn Carabalí
• Ana María Guzmán
• Leicy Santos
• Valeria del Campo
• Mille Gejl
• Pernille Harder
• Millie Bright
• Lucy Bronze
• Jess Carter
• Laura Coombs
• Rachel Daly
• Alex Greenwood
• Lauren Hemp
• Vicki Bècho
• Sakina Karchaoui
• Klara Bühl
• Kathrin Hendrich
• Svenja Huth
• Lisa Boattin
• Cristiana Girelli
• Trudi Carter
• Yui Hasegawa
• Hinata Miyazawa
• Miyabi Moriya
• Riko Ueki
• Lee Young-ju
• Hanane Aït El Haj
• Sakina Ouzraoui Diki
• Daniëlle van de Donk
• Stefanie van der Gragt
• Dominique Janssen
• Sherida Spitse
• Jacqui Hand
• Thea Bjelde
• Guro Reiten
• Sara Eggesvik
• Lúcia Alves
• Telma Encarnação
• Hildah Magaia
• Jermaine Seoposenwe
• Teresa Abelleira
• Ona Batlle
• Mariona Caldentey
• Alexia Putellas
• Kosovare Asllani
• Stina Blackstenius
• Lina Hurtig
• Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
• Rose Lavelle
• Alex Morgan
• Sophia Smith
• Barbra Banda

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expired after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions were not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

Player	Offence(s)	Suspension
Deborah Abiodun	in Group B vs Canada (matchday 1; 21 July)	Group B vs Australia (matchday 2; 27 July) Group B vs Republic of Ireland (matchday 3; 31 July) Round of 16 vs England (7 August)
Catherine Musonda	in Group C vs Japan (matchday 1; 22 July)	Group C vs Spain (matchday 2; 26 July)
Khadija Shaw	in Group F vs France (matchday 1; 23 July)	Group F vs Panama (matchday 2; 29 July)
Miriam Mayorga	in Group G vs Italy (matchday 1; 24 July) in Group G vs South Africa (matchday 2; 28 July)	Group G vs Sweden (matchday 3; 2 August)
Kholosa Biyana	in Group G vs Sweden (matchday 1; 23 July) in Group G vs Argentina (matchday 2; 28 July)	Group G vs Italy (matchday 3; 2 August)
Zhang Rui	in Group D vs Haiti (matchday 2; 28 July)	Group D vs England (matchday 3; 1 August)
Sofia Harrison	in Group A vs Norway (matchday 3; 30 July)	Suspension served outside tournament
Rose Lavelle	in Group E vs Netherlands (matchday 2; 27 July) in Group E vs Portugal (matchday 3; 1 August)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (6 August)
Manuela Vanegas	in Group H vs South Korea (matchday 2; 25 July) in Group H vs Morocco (matchday 3; 3 August)	Round of 16 vs Jamaica (8 August)
Daniëlle van de Donk	in Group E vs Portugal (matchday 1; 23 July) in Round of 16 vs South Africa (6 August)	Quarter-finals vs Spain (11 August)
Lauren James	in Round of 16 vs Nigeria (7 August)	Quarter-finals vs Colombia (12 August) Semi-finals vs Australia (16 August)
Oihane Hernández	in Group C vs Japan (matchday 3; 31 July) in Quarter-finals vs Netherlands (11 August)	Semi-finals vs Sweden (15 August)

Awards

The following World Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball] (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper)

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Aitana Bonmatí	Jennifer Hermoso	Amanda Ilestedt
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Hinata Miyazawa	Kadidiatou Diani	Alexandra Popp
5 goals, 1 assist	4 goals, 3 assists	4 goals, 0 assists
Golden Glove
Mary Earps
FIFA Young Player Award
Salma Paralluelo
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Japan

Additionally, FIFA.com shortlisted 10 goals for users to vote on as the tournament's best. The award was won by Colombia's Linda Caicedo for her goal in the group stage match against Germany.

Broadcasting rights

• Canada – CTV, TSN, RDS
• United States – Fox, Telemundo
• Sweden – NENT
• Norway – NENT
• Denmark – NENT
• Finland - YLE

External links

• Official website
• Australia-New Zealand 2023 bid website

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums

Brisbane Stadium (Brisbane) · Dunedin Stadium (Dunedin) · Eden Park (Auckland) · Hindmarsh Stadium (Adelaide) · Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne) · Perth Rectangular Stadium (Perth) · Stadium Australia (Sydney) · Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney) · Waikato Stadium (Hamilton) · Wellington Stadium (Wellington)