WOMEN'S WORLD CUPS NEWS
Picture : Christiane Endler, Chile's captain and IFFHS World's
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 2023
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 will soon have his qualifiers ! This week, Switerland (against Wales 2-1) and Republic of Ireland (against Scotland 1-0) have secured direct UEFA tickets to the World Cup.
Meanwhile Portugal beat Iceland (4-1 in extra time) to grab the last slot in the inter confederation playoffs.
Here the 10 pretenders for the 3 last slots :
- Chinese Taipei (AFC)
- Thailand (AFC)
- Cameroon (CAF)
- Senegal (CAF)
- Haïti (CONCACAF)
- Panama (CONCACAF)
- Chile (CONMEBOL)
- Paraguay (CONMEBOL)
- Papua New Guinea (OFC)
- Portugal (UEFA)
Playoffs draw – October 14, 2022
Playoffs dates – February 18 to 23, 2023
U17 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP INDIA 2022
India's first association with a FIFA event will not only be by making their debut but also by hosting a big event. The "sleeping giant" of football will finally try to come good on the promise by hosting the U17 World Cup and hoping the fans cheer the team to a strong finish. The 17th edition of the tournament will be played across six venues - Kochi, Goa, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Guwahati, and Kolkata. The tournament began on October 11 with the final on October 30 to be held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
Contested every two years, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup determines a champion for women’s soccer at the Under-17 level. The 2022 competition is the first tournament since 2018 after the 2020 U-17 WWC was canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Sixteen teams from around the globe have qualified through regional competition to earn their spots in India. The USA won the 2022 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship in emphatic fashion, while Canada and Mexico also qualified from North America. Host India, as well as China PR and Japan, will represent Asia, Morocco, Nigeria and Tanzania come from Africa, while France, Germany and Spain earned their berths through Europe. New Zealand punched its ticket from Oceania, while Brazil, Chile and Colombia clinched World Cup spots from South America. This year’s tournament marks the debut for India as well as Morocco and Tanzania, and is the first appearance for all three nations’ in a FIFA WWC at any level.
The top two finishers in each group will advance to the quarterfinals on Oct. 21-22. From there, it’s a knockout round bracket to the tournament final on Oct. 30. The competition will be held at three venues across India.