FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup: Eight national teams have officially booked their place in the quarter-finals of the tournament after an interesting round of 16.
England and Australia were the latest countries to book their place in the quarter-final stage after beating Nigeria and Denmark respectively, on Monday.
Co-host Australia on the other hand, defeated Denmark 2-0, thanks to goals from Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso.
The round of 16 concluded on Tuesday, 8th August, 2023 with Colombia beating Jamaica 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals and France thrashing Morocco 4-0 to do same.
About The FIFA Women’s World Cup
FIFA Women’s World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
The WWC has been held every four years and one year after the men’s FIFA World Cup since 1991 when the inaugural tournament was held in China.
The tournament’s current format, several national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase.
The host nation’s team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the quadrennial international women’s football championship contested by women’s national teams and organized by FIFA.
The tournament was set to take place between 20 July to 20 August 2023, and is jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
However, this is the first time the tournament is hosted by more than one nation, as well as the first World Cup to be held across multiple confederations.
This is because Australia and New Zealand are in the Asian confederation and Oceanian confederation respectively.
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 round of 16 schedule and results
The knockout fixtures will take place from August 5 – August 20.
- Switzerland 1-5 Spain (Laia Codina own-goal 11′; Aitana Bonmati 5′, 36′, Alba Redondo 17′, Laia Codina 45′, Jennifer Hermoso 70′)
- Japan 3-1 Norway (Ingrid Engen own-goal 15′, Shimizu Risa 50′, Miyazawa Hinata 81′; Guro Reiten 20′)
- Netherlands 2-0 v South Africa (Jill Roord 9′, Lineth Beerensteyn 68′)
- Sweden 0-0 USA (Sweden win 5-4 on penalties)
- England 0-0 Nigeria (England win 4-2 on penalties)
- Australia 2-0 Denmark (Caitlin Foord 29′, Hayley Raso 70′)
- Colombia 1-0 Jamaica (Catalina Usme 51′)
- France 4-0 Morocco (Diani 15′, Dali 20′, Le Sommer 23′, Le Sommer 70′)
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-finals schedule
- Japan vs Sweden, 7:30pm (7:30 GMT) – Eden Park, Auckland
- Spain vs The Netherlands, 1pm (01:00 GMT) – Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
- England vs Colombia, 8:30pm (10:30 GMT) – Stadium Australia, Sydney
- Australia vs France, 5pm (07:00 GMT) – Lang Park, Brisbane
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 semi-finals schedule
August 15
- Semifinal 1 | 8pm (08:00 GMT) – Eden Park, Auckland
August 16
- Semifinal 2 | 8pm (10:00 GMT) – Stadium Australia, Sydney
Third-place Playoff Schedule
August 19
- Third-place play-off | 6pm (10:00 GMT) – Lang Park, Brisbane
Final Schedule
August 20
- Final | 8pm (10:00 GMT) – Stadium Australia, Sydney
