2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA - France 2019
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 7 June – 7 July
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities)

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup (formerly the Women's World Championship), the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) between 7 June and 7 July 2019.[1] In March 2015, France won the right to host the event;[2] the first time the country will host the tournament, and the third time Europe will. Matches are planned for nine cities across France. The current format of the tournament is 24 competing teams, including the host nation. The defending champions are the United States. Chile and Scotland will make their first appearances at a FIFA Women's World Cup, and Italy will take part in the event for the first time since 1999.

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014.[3] In principle, FIFA prefer the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be hosted by the same member association, but if circumstances require, FIFA reserves the right to award the hosting of the events separately.

Initially, five countries indicated interest in hosting the events: England, France, Korea Republic, New Zealand and South Africa. However, the number of bidding nations was narrowed down to two in October 2014, when the French Football Federation and Korea Football Association submitted their official bid documents to FIFA.[2] Both The Football Association and New Zealand Football registered expressions of interest by the April 2014 deadline,[4][5] but in June 2014 it was announced that each would no longer proceed.[6][7] The South African Football Association registered an expression of interest by the April 2014 deadline,[8] however later decided to withdraw prior to the final October deadline.[9] Both Japan Football Association and the Swedish Football Association had also expressed interest in bidding for the 2019 tournament, however Japan chose to focus on the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics,[10] whilst Sweden decided to focus on European U-17 competitions instead.[11][12]

The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament by submitting their documents by 31 October 2014:[13][14]

On 19 March 2015, France officially won the bid to host the Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Cup. The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Executive Committee.[17] Upon the selection, France became the fourth country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's twice in 1938 and 1998.

Qualification

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016.[18] The slots for each confederation are unchanged from those of the previous tournament except the slot for the hosts has been moved from CONCACAF (Canada) to UEFA (France).[19]

  • AFC (Asia): 5 slots
  • CAF (Africa): 3 slots
  • CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 slots
  • CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
  • OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
  • UEFA (Europe): 8 slots
  • Host Nation: 1 slot
  • CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off: 1 slot

Qualifying matches started in April 2017, and are expected to take place until December 2018.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance in
the finals		 Consecutive
streak		 Previous best performance FIFA
Ranking
 FranceHosts19 March 20154th3Fourth place (2011)3
 China PR2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist9 April 20187th2Runners-up (1999)17
 Thailand2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist12 April 20182nd2Group stage (2015)28
 Australia2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist13 April 20187th7Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015)8
 Japan2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist13 April 20188th8Champions (2011)6
 South Korea2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup fifth place16 April 20183rd2Round of 16 (2015)15
 Brazil2018 Copa América Femenina champions19 April 20188th8Runners-up (2007)7
 Chile2018 Copa América Femenina Runners-up22 April 20181st1Debut39
 SpainUEFA qualification group 7 winners8 June 20182nd2Group stage (2015)12
 ItalyUEFA qualification group 6 winners8 June 20183rd1Quarter-finals (1991)16
 EnglandUEFA qualification group 1 winners31 August 20185th4Third place (2015)4
 ScotlandUEFA qualification group 2 winners4 September 20181st1Debut21
 NorwayUEFA qualification group 3 winners4 September 20188th8Champions (1995)14
 SwedenUEFA qualification group 4 winners4 September 20188th8Runners-up (2003)11
 GermanyUEFA qualification group 5 winners4 September 20188th8Champions (2003, 2007)2

Venues

Twelve cities were candidates.[20] The final 9 stadiums were chosen on 14 June 2017; Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, Stade Marcel-Picot in Nancy, and Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in Auxerre were cut.[21]

Three of the stadiums were used at the UEFA Euro 2016: Parc Olympique in Lyon, Allianz Riviera in Nice, and Parc des Princes in Paris. The last of these hosted matches in the 1998 men's World Cup, and stands on the former site of a stadium that hosted matches in the 1938 men's World Cup. Another stadium that was used in 1998 is Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier. The other stadiums seat under 30,000 spectators.

The semi-finals and final will be played at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the Lyon suburb of Décines, with 58,000 capacity, while the opening match will be played at Parc des Princes in Paris.[22]

Lyon Paris Nice Montpellier
Parc Olympique Lyonnais Parc des Princes Allianz Riviera Stade de la Mosson
Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 48,583 Capacity: 35,624 Capacity: 32,900
Rennes
Roazhon Park
Capacity: 29,164
Le Havre Valenciennes Reims Grenoble
Stade Océane Stade du Hainaut Stade Auguste-Delaune Stade des Alpes
Capacity: 25,178 Capacity: 25,172 Capacity: 21,127 Capacity: 20,068

Draw

The draw for the final tournament will be held on 8 December 2018, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the La Seine Musicale on the island of Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt.[23] The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams.

For the draw, the 24 teams will be allocated to four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings released on 7 December 2018, with hosts France automatically placed in Pot 1 and position A1 in the draw. No group can contain more than one team from each confederation apart from UEFA, which have nine teams, where each group must contain either one or two UEFA teams.[24]

Group stage

The match schedule for the tournament was released on 8 February 2018.[25]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[26]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
France  Match 1 A2
A3 Match 2 A4
A4 Match 14 A2
France  Match 13 A3
A4 Match 25  France
A2 Match 26 A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
B3 Match 4 B4
B1 Match 3 B2
B1 Match 15 B3
B4 Match 16 B2
B4 Match 27 B1
B2 Match 28 B3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
C1 Match 5 C2
C3 Match 6 C4
C1 Match 17 C3
C4 Match 18 C2
C4 Match 29 C1
C2 Match 30 C3

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
D1 Match 7 D2
D3 Match 8 D4
D4 Match 20 D2
D1 Match 19 D3
D4 Match 31 D1
D2 Match 32 D3

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
E1 Match 9 E2
E3 Match 10 E4
E4 Match 22 E2
E1 Match 21 E3
E4 Match 33 E1
E2 Match 34 E3

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Knockout stage
4 F4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 11 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
F3 Match 12 F4
F1 Match 11 F2
F1 Match 23 F3
F4 Match 24 F2
F4 Match 35 F1
F2 Match 36 F3

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Third place Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E Third place Group E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F Third place Group F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 June 2019. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

In the next stage the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D according to the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 22 June – Nice
 
 
Runners-up Group A
 
 27 June – Le Havre
 
Runners-up Group C
 
Winners Match 37
 
 23 June – Valenciennes
 
Winners Match 39
 
Winners Group D
 
 2 July – Lyon
 
3rd Group B / E / F
 
Winners Match 45
 
 23 June – Le Havre
 
Winners Match 46
 
Winners Group A
 
 28 June – Paris
 
3rd Group C / D / E
 
Winners Match 40
 
 24 June – Reims
 
Winners Match 41
 
Runners-up Group B
 
 7 July – Lyon
 
Runners-up Group F
 
Winners Match 49
 
 25 June – Montpellier
 
Winners Match 50
 
Winners Group C
 
 29 June – Valenciennes
 
3rd Group A / B / F
 
Winners Match 43
 
 25 June – Rennes
 
Winners Match 44
 
Winners Group E
 
 3 July – Lyon
 
Runners-up Group D
 
Winners Match 47
 
 22 June – Grenoble
 
Winners Match 48Third place play-off
 
Winners Group B
 
 29 June – Rennes 6 July – Nice
 
3rd Group A / C / D
 
Winners Match 38Losers Match 49
 
 24 June – Paris
 
Winners Match 42Losers Match 50
 
Winners Group F
 
 
Runners-up Group E
 

Round of 16

Winners Group B Match 38 3rd Group A / C / D
Runners-up Group A Match 37 Runners-up Group C
Winners Group D Match 39 3rd Group B / E / F
Winners Group A Match 40 3rd Group C / D / E
Runners-up Group B Match 41 Runners-up Group F
Winners Group F Match 42 Runners-up Group E
Winners Group C Match 43 3rd Group A / B / F
Winners Group E Match 44 Runners-up Group D

Quarter-finals

Winners Match 37 Match 45 Winners Match 39
Winners Match 40 Match 46 Winners Match 41
Winners Match 43 Match 47 Winners Match 44
Winners Match 38 Match 48 Winners Match 42

Semi-finals

Winners Match 45 Match 49 Winners Match 46
Winners Match 47 Match 50 Winners Match 48

Third place play-off

Losers Match 49 Match 51 Losers Match 50

Final

Winners Match 49 Match 52 Winners Match 50

Branding

The emblem and slogan was launched on 19 September 2017 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.[27] The emblem is a form of the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy with the colors of the Flag of France, The stripes of past and present fashion of marine french sailors and the ball of light with eight shards and with the symbol of Fleur-de-lis. The slogan is "Dare to Shine" (French Translated: Le moment de briller).[22]

Mascot

The official mascot named "Ettie" (officially spelled as "ettie" in lowercase) was unveiled on 12 May 2018 at the TF1 Group headquarters, and was broadcast on LCI, she then made her first public appearance in Paris at the front of the iconic Eiffel Tower. FIFA describe her as "a young chicken with a passion for life and football" and state that "she comes from a long line of feathered mascots, and is the daughter of Footix, the Official Mascot of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France".[28]

Broadcasting rights

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The tournament will be used by UEFA to qualify three teams for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan.[35] As per the agreement between the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), Great Britain will attempt to qualify for the Olympics through England's performance in the World Cup (while Scotland also qualified for the World Cup, their performance would not be taken into account).[24][36]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
TBDJune 2019 or July 2019
TBDJune 2019 or July 2019
TBDJune 2019 or July 2019
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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