Women’s World Cup: The 4 Quarterfinals – Desire for revenge and two favorites according to paper form – Sport


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On Friday and Saturday the 2nd knockout round will take place “Down Under”. Here you can get an idea of ​​the quarterfinal signs at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Legend:

July 14, 2023 Melbourne

Shortly before the start of the World Cup, Australia and France met in a preparatory game. Now it’s time to meet again in the quarterfinals.

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There are still 8 teams in the running for the 9th women’s World Cup – the same number of games to be played in 4 different stadiums. So that you are prepared for the final phase of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, we have compiled the remaining program for you.

In addition, we will get you in the mood for the next 4 co-duels with representatives from 4 continents with the most important facts – and launch you as a World Cup oracle.

1st quarter-finals: Spain – Netherlands

  • Friday 11 August at 03:00 CET time (from 02:50 a.m. on SRF in the commented live stream – on SRF two partial recordings at 07:15 a.m.)
  • Regional Stadium in Wellington

In their 3rd participation in the World Cup, the Spaniards took the next step, as hoped, in terms of results. After losing the preliminary round at the premiere in 2015, the round of 16 reached 4 years later. well have the Switzerland conquerors even had the chance to skip a stage in their development and advance to the semi-finals for the first time. To do this, “La Roja” must also be the first in the quarter-finals and beat the Netherlands. The selection of coach Andries Jonker is “Down Under” with only one goal (1-1 in the preliminary round summit against the already failed title holders from the USA) and lost at the 2019 World Cup to these same Americans in the final (0-2 in Lyon ).

Aside from friendly duels, the last countable meeting between the two teams was a long time ago and it weighed in October 2008. With a total score of 4-0 in the playoff duel, the Dutch women prevented Spain from participating in the 2009 European Championship.

2nd quarter-finals: Japan – Sweden

The Japanese are the only remaining world champions in the tournament, all other title holders failed prematurely at the 9th edition of the World Cup: USA (4), Germany (2) and Norway. No other nation stood in front of the sun for the Asians at the finals in Germany in 2011. Since then there has been another final participation and 4 years ago a knockout round against the Netherlands. What Japan has already achieved was still granted to the quarter-final challengers Sweden (for the time being). “Tre Kronor” lost the 2003 final against Germany 1-2 after a golden goal. In 2011 and 2019, the two-time Olympic silver winners each finished third.

Incidentally, this is also the showdown between two long-term World Cup participants, neither of whom have missed a final round at all. The head-to-head from the only knockout duels at major events so far is balanced: Japan won 3-1 on their way to resounding success in the 2011 World Cup semi-finals, the Swedes beat 2 years ago at the summer games in the round of the last eight with the same result.

3. Quarterfinals: Australia – France

On the second day of the quarter-finals, the stage changes from New Zealand to Australia – and there the co-hosts work on a great moment in Brisbane. Against a backdrop that is sure to be unsurpassed, the “Matildas” will do everything they can to trip up the favorites from France. They were able to do this just under a month ago and, shortly before the tournament started, they really kindled the euphoria in their own country with a 1-0 win in a friendly in front of 50,000 spectators.

The Australians have experience with semi-final premieres: in 2021 they achieved one at the Olympics in Tokyo, now they want to do this feat at World Cup level with the home advantage behind them. Speaking of backs: although the crowd is almost exclusively against them, the consolidated French women tackle their quarterfinals with a powerful tailwind: They showed themselves in a goal mood in the 6:3 in the 3rd group game against Panama and in the round of 16 against Morocco 4:0 – and thanks to the earlier preliminary decision, they were able to gather valuable strength.

4. Quarterfinals: England – Colombia

After Australia vs. France, the roles in England vs. Colombia are clearly divided in favor of the European champions at first glance. The two associations only met once, in the 2015 World Cup group stage in Canada, with England narrowly winning 2-1.

Tight is the key word: The Lionesses’ knockout round success against Nigeria came about very narrowly in a penalty shoot-out. The South Americans secured their first place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a mini-victory (1-0) over Jamaica. The team of trainer Sarina Wiegman is now aiming for the 3rd semi-final in a row on the World Cup stage with intact prospects and would like to buy the ticket for the final for the first time afterwards. How can the “Cafeteras” hold up against this in their only 3rd participation in a final round?

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