There are only a few months left before the start of the Women’s World Cup, a tournament that brings together the main stars of football in the world. This competition will see the presence of Colombia, a team that achieved important results in the qualifiers. In this context, the supporters of the national team have received important news: the trophy of the competition will take place in the city of Cali.
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The next match of the team led by Nelson Abadía will take place in April against France at the Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont
This World Cup will be the first to have 32 participants, a fact that has been underlined by FIFA, the entity that organized the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour oh Go furtheran event with which it is intended to bring fans closer to women’s football, in addition to encouraging the prelude to the participation of their teams in the competition.
Regarding this event, Fatma Samoura, FIFA General Secretary said: “The FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour is a spectacular global tribute to women’s football, giving fans, families and the sport’s future stars the opportunity to be inspired and part of of a very special trip”.
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For her part, the mayor in charge of Santiago de Cali, Maria del Pilar Cano Sterling He pointed out that this action by FIFA becomes a recognition of what the city has done with women’s football. “We welcome the announcement made by FIFA as it is definitely an acknowledgment of the support that we as a city have given to women’s football,” he added.
The place where the cup will be displayed has not yet been determined, however, it is clear that the date the trophy will arrive will be the April 3. According Cano SterlingCali will be partying to celebrate the event with the fans, as it should be noted that it was the home of the Colombian team in several friendlies and the Copa América.
“Now we are preparing a real celebration for April 3 and thus ratifying, once again, the commitment of the administration of Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina to give our ‘superpowers’ the category they deserve, with a view to the most important tournament of the discipline”, underlined the president in charge.
UNITED STATES will defend the title won in 2019 in Francewhen he revalidated the one obtained in 2015 in Canada. Japan in 2011, Germany in 2007 and 2003, UNITED STATES in 1999, Norway in 1995 and the United States in 1991 were the previous champions.
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Spain, current under-17 and under-20 champions, will participate for the third time in a Women’s World Cup. In 2015 they remained in the group stage and in 2019 in the round of 16. While Colombia will play their third Women’s World Cup in the Fifa after ranking Germany 2011 there Canada 2015, his best participation until the round of 16. The 2023 tournament will open on July 20 with New Zealand vs. Norway in Auckland and will end on August 20 with the grand finale in Sydney.
The groups for the first phase have already been drawn and will be as follows, the top two qualify for the round of 16:
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines and Switzerland
Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria and Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan
Group D: England, Haiti, Denmark and China
Group E: United States, Vietnam, Netherlands and Portugal
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil and Panama
Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia and South Korea.
There Colombian Football Federation (FCF) confirmed a draw for the cafe team before the orbital rendezvous. There Tricolor will face his similar on April 7 France In the stadium Gabriel Montpiedin which it acts as a local Clermont-Foot 63 of Ligue 1. The second friendly match of the Colombian selection Women’s in April would be against Italy on Monday the 10th.