World Cup 2023 England s Lionesses drawn to face Denmark and China BBC Sport
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So that will be about 8 teams of full time pros.
8 teams of part time footballers.
16 teams who will struggle to fill 24 places in the squad.
I know they want to expand the women's game as quickly as possible,but this is just silly.
How many women actually play football in Haiti,Taipai,PNG or Vietnam ?6015B
How about stop wasting our money and start showing live men's football?10460M
As a foreign country, please let its own media cover the Republic of Ireland.5320P
Trying put a gloss on something that’s of little interest.
Woman’s football is very sub standard.5944G
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Last updated on 12 hours ago12 hours ago.From the section Women's Footballcomments581'England should qualify from World Cup group' European champions England will face Denmark and China at the Women's World Cup in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. They will be joined by either Senegal, Haiti or Chile in Group D. The Lionesses will be based in Australia, with group games in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide. The Republic of Ireland, making their tournament debut, are in Group B with co-hosts Australia, Olympic champions Canada and Nigeria. The Republic will also be based in Australia, with group games in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. The tournament begins on 20 July with co-hosts New Zealand taking on Norway in the opening match in Auckland, New Zealand and the final will take place on 20 August at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Three World Cup participants are yet to be decided and 10 teams will play in the inter-confederation play-off in February to determine who will occupy those spots.Women's football will never be the same againEngland show they could be the team to beat China are ranked 15th in the world and were runners-up in 1999, missing out to the USA, while Denmark were Euros runners-up in 2017, losing to the Netherlands. England manager Sarina Wiegman said the Lionesses are in an "exciting" group and feels confident her side will progress to the last 16. "I think we should absolutely get out of this group with the level we're on right now. If we wouldn't get out of this group we wouldn't perform at our highest level," she told BBC Sport. "With Denmark we know each other well, some players know each other too. Tactically they are a very good team, always have a clear style of play so exciting to play them. "China have been in transition all of the time. They've played very good games over the last year, but they've played some less good games over the last year. "It's going to be the same case in the World Cup as in the Euros. Very good opponents, matches are going to be really tight. It should be a great tournament next summer and I hope we'll be successful again."England were knocked out in the semi-finals at the last World Cup The Republic head coach Vera Pauw said playing Australia in their opening game at the 42,500-capacity Sydney Football Stadium would be "huge", but added that the co-hosts would also be "under pressure". "We'll enjoy it, we'll embrace it, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity," she told BBC Sport. "It's fantastic and we're going to give them a very good game. "It is a tough draw but on the other hand everybody can steal points from each other. We'll see how far we get. We're going to prepare very well and we'll be ready, we'll see if it's good enough. "We are very realistic, we don't expect to win the World Cup. But we are going to embrace all the challenges and all the pressure and we will grow from it - we will not fear it at all."' USA have toughest group'
Reigning champions the USA, who have won the past two World Cups and are going for an unprecedented third, will face the Netherlands in Group E in a repeat of the 2019 final, along with Vietnam and one of Cameroon, Thailand or Portugal. USA head coach Vlatko Andonovski said he believes his side have the toughest group in what is "probably the hardest tournament ever". "I think that even though it seems the toughest we're excited because we feel it's the type of matches that will help us stay sharp in the group stage and when we hopefully advance in the tournament," he said. There are 32 teams taking part, an increase on the 24 that played in the last World Cup in France in 2019. Of the 32 teams, five will be making their maiden appearance on the world stage - Morocco, the Philippines, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia. Groups A, C, E and G will play all of their group matches in New Zealand while Groups B, D, F and H will play all their group games in Australia.Full draw
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland Group B: Australia, Republic of Ireland, Nigeria, Canada Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan Group D: England, Senegal/Haiti/Chile, Denmark, China Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, Cameroon/Thailand/Portugal Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Chinese Taipei/Paraguay/PNG/Panama Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, Korea RepublicThe USA are aiming to win a third consecutive World Cup, a feat no men's or women's team has achievedWhen will the other qualifiers be decided
A 10-team tournament will take place in New Zealand in February 2023 to decide the last three finalists. The teams will be split into three groups, two of three teams and one of four, with each group playing its own knockout competition. In the two three-team groups, the seeded team will go straight to the final and meet the winners of the semi-final between the other two sides. The 10 teams involved are Portugal, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Cameroon, Senegal, Haiti, Panama, Chile, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea.Women's World cup: Who's in and who's out?When will England play
England will begin their World Cup campaign in Brisbane against one of Senegal, Haiti or Chile on 22 July before facing Denmark in Sydney on 28 July and then China in Adelaide on 1 August. Should they make it out of their group the Lionesses could face the winner or runners-up of Group B in the last 16, meaning they could come up against co-hosts Australia or Olympic champions Canada. Progression through the last 16 could set up a possible meeting with Germany in the quarter-finals, who England beat in the final of the Euros. If both England and the USA were to win their groups, they cannot meet until the final.The Republic of Ireland made it to Round 2 of the World Cup qualifier play-offs where they beat Scotland 1-0 The Republic of Ireland, who beat Scotland to qualify for their first ever World Cup, face a daunting task in Group B, beginning their tournament against the Matildas in Sydney on July 20. They will the face Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions Canada in Perth on July 26, before taking on Nigeria in Brisbane on July 31.Drift off to sleep with Michael Mosley: Take a relaxing sonic journey designed to help you fall asleepWild rumour and conspiracy sweep 1980s Ireland: Obscene: The Dublin Scandal narrated by Adrian DunbarcommentsView Comments582Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 582 commentsPComment posted by Paul today at 11 53Paul
11:53While it's good to spread the game around the world I can't help feeling that expanding it to 32 teams means there will be an awful lot of very one sided matches in the group stage.767HReply posted by Hedley Lamarr today at 12 44Hedley Lamarr
12:44to Paul"While it's good to spread the game around the world I can't help feeling that expanding it to 32 teams means there will be an awful lot of very one sided matches in the group stage."Hedley Lamarr replied: Tbh in the euro’s there was too.213More replies (7)downSComment posted by saddletramp today at 12 08saddletramp
12:0832 teams.So that will be about 8 teams of full time pros.
8 teams of part time footballers.
16 teams who will struggle to fill 24 places in the squad.
I know they want to expand the women's game as quickly as possible,but this is just silly.
How many women actually play football in Haiti,Taipai,PNG or Vietnam ?6015B
Reply posted by BigRob today at 12 12BigRob
12:12to saddletramp"32 teams.So that will be about 8 teams of full time pros.8 teams of part time footballers.16 teams who will struggle to fill 24 places in the squad.I know they want to expand the women's game as quickly as possible,but this is just silly.How many women actually play football in Haiti,Taipai,PNG or Vietnam ?"BigRob replied: I'd guess at least 22 do in each country2814More replies (12)downFComment posted by Fratton today at 12 29Fratton
12:29More cheap telly for the BBC.How about stop wasting our money and start showing live men's football?10460M
Reply posted by Mike Mullen today at 12 49Mike Mullen
12:49to Fratton"More cheap telly for the BBC. How about stop wasting our money and start showing live men's football?"Mike Mullen replied: Because Sky and co. have priced it out of reach and the BBC aren't really interested in 'viewers' who probably don't pay their license fee anyway?567More replies (12)downMComment posted by Mark today at 12 12Mark
12:12Lionesses one of, if not the, favourites.As a foreign country, please let its own media cover the Republic of Ireland.5320P
Reply posted by parkylane street today at 12 18parkylane street
12:18to Mark"Lionesses one of, if not the, favourites.As a foreign country, please let its own media cover the Republic of Ireland."parkylane street replied: I know where you're going but the point is they're not foreign - they just say they are530More replies (15)downGComment posted by gone-for-a-walk-bye today at 11 54gone-for-a-walk-bye
11:54I wonder if the Aussies and Kiwis will sell their tickets at half price and giveaway tickets to school kids like England did in the Euros6532PReply posted by pallmall today at 12 02pallmall
12:02to gone-for-a-walk-bye"I wonder if the Aussies and Kiwis will sell their tickets at half price and giveaway tickets to school kids like England did in the Euros"pallmall replied: There would be nothing wrong with that if they did, but there may not be too many tickets free for the games in New Zealand.297More replies (11)downSComment posted by sensible today at 11 17sensible
11:17Good luck ladies, do us proud.5226TReply posted by The Spin Doctor today at 15 27The Spin Doctor
15:27to sensible"Good luck ladies, do us proud."The Spin Doctor replied: They have a great chance but Canada and USA will be tough. One of these 3 to win it.31MComment posted by M J Murcott today at 12 06M J Murcott
12:06Why is the BBC calling Taiwan Chinese Taipei?3712JReply posted by Jonathan today at 12 14Jonathan
12:14to M J Murcott"Why is the BBC calling Taiwan Chinese Taipei?"Jonathan replied: It’s the name under which Taiwan’s sports teams complete, by an international agreement, which includes the PRC. I’m afraid it’s not BBC wokeness or any similar “evil”.505More replies (9)downLComment posted by Live Forever today at 12 53Live Forever
12:53Ian Wright flown to New Zealand first Class to give a 3 minute interview .. TV licence money well spent BBC4421Removed commentMore replies (4)downJComment posted by Jonathan today at 11 35Jonathan
11:35It will be interesting if “Chinese Taipei” qualifies. Will they get to play China?252PReply posted by Piggyback today at 12 35Piggyback
12:35to Jonathan"It will be interesting if “Chinese Taipei” qualifies. Will they get to play China?"Piggyback replied: No, they'll be in different groups, both will be knocked out in the group stage. Didn't you read the article?99More replies (3)downGComment posted by Gruffy today at 12 41Gruffy
12:41Put women's football on a page clearly marked women's football,BBC. Stop forcing this second rate stuff down licence -payers throats. Its annoying ,accidentally opening a score,thinking its a mens' match.5736FReply posted by Fratton today at 12 46Fratton
12:46to Gruffy"Put women's football on a page clearly marked women's football,BBC. Stop forcing this second rate stuff down licence -payers throats. Its annoying ,accidentally opening a score,thinking its a mens' match."Fratton replied: Spot on!3119More replies (16)downLComment posted by Little Green Rosetta today at 12 03Little Green Rosetta
12:03One of England's opponents are at least semi-professional.235KComment posted by KillingJoke today at 11 42KillingJoke
11:42I’ll sleep tonight.Trying put a gloss on something that’s of little interest.
Woman’s football is very sub standard.5944G