The Facts And Historical Landmark Of Australia-New Zealand 2023 World Cup

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the quadrennial international association football championship contested by women’s national teams and organized by FIFA

Countries Making Their Debut

Thanks to the expanded size, eight teams will be making their first-ever World Cup appearances:

Haiti

Ireland

Morocco

Panama

the Philippines

Portugal

Vietnam

Zambia.

Sixth World Cup Appearance

These players will be making their sixth appearance at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Before these, Brazil’s Formiga played in seven editions between 1995 and 2019, while Japan’s Homare Sawa played in six between 1995 and 2015.

Canada’s Christine Sinclair, Brazil’s Marta, and Nigeria’s Onome Ebi are set to make their sixth World Cup appearance, the second-most behind the Brazilian’s former teammate Fominga.

Christine Sinclair

Sinclair, who made her World Cup debut in 2003, has made 5 appearances at the world going for the sixth this year and has been capped 323 times for her country, and also has the most goals in international football – 190.

Marta Viera Day Silva

Marta is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year and has scored 115 goals for Brazil in 174 appearances.

Marta holds the record for being Brazil’s top goalscorer with 115 goals. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup tournament Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five World Cup editions before Christine Sinclair matched the feat in 2019 and Christiano Ronaldo in 2022. She was also the first female footballer to score at five consecutive Olympic Games

Onome Ebi

Ebi is a member of the Nigeria national team. On 6 July 2019, she became the first African Footballer to play in five FIFA World Cup Tournaments, taking part in the 2003, 2007, 2011 2015, and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

On A Hat-Trick

The USA is undoubtedly the most dominant side in women’s football, right from the first WWC in 1991.

Now it has the chance to become the first side to win three consecutive World Cup titles, having won in 2015 and 2019, a feat which hasn’t been achieved in the men’s format too.

Germany had the chance to achieve the same feat back in 2011 when it was hosting the WWC on the back of wins in 2003 and 2007. But the Germans crashed out in the quarterfinals to Japan to miss out.

Century Bound

Only two teams have scored 100 goals or more in WWC – USA and Germany.

Norway now has the chance to join this elite list, with the 1995 World Cup-winning side currently sitting on 93 goals.

With Ada Hegerberg’s side slotted in a relatively easy Group A, expect it to reach the 100-mark sooner rather than later.

Debut Dazzle

No debutant team — discounting the first edition — has made it to a WWC semifinal, with the quarterfinal entry by England in 1995 and Russia in 1999, being the best performance by a first-timer.

With eight debutants on the raft this time, the chances of them breaking the ceiling for a debut side is high.

Foreign Coach Voodoo

Just like in the men’s format, no foreign coach has ever won a WWC. But with title-favorites like England (Sarina Wiegman) and Australia (Tony Gustavsson) being led by foreign coaches, that is an oddity under serious threat.

Winless Run

Co-host New Zealand holds the current record of 15 winless runs in the Women’s World Cup. A fortunate draw of lots has seen it placed in Group A, along with the fresh-faced Philippines and Switzerland, which is making its only second appearance in WWC. This means the Football Ferns have a realistic chance of breaking their 15-game winless run.