FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

[tusandii]

Credit: Reuters

Congratulations Spain, for this achievement of the Women's Football World Cup.

The English, despite having had a good World Cup, had some instability throughout the tournament. Spain, in turn, remained consistent throughout the World Cup and was more efficient in the final. They weren't considered favorites, but throughout the World Cup, with the main teams leaving, Spain became a team with the potential to win, which happened.

Spain has performed very well since entering the semifinals by beating Sweden 2 - 1 and qualifying for the final against England until in the end Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup thanks to the only goal scored by Carmona in the first round, the two of them competed very fiercely with attacking each other on goal but it was great for Spain to hold off the English attack and hold on to the lead until the second half ended.
This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

Previously, even Spain had never made it to the finals, but now they have a new record in the FIFA Women's World Cup, even the US, which won the most, namely 4 times, could not last until the semifinals.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

~snip~
Women's soccer is definitely on the rise in terms of popularity and it is really no surprise that viewership numbers are increasing most of the time.

The dominance of the Spanish team reminds me of the good old times the Spanish men had a bit more than a decade ago. They played well in all regards. But it is surprising that the Spanish women have had so less success in the last decades. The round of 167 was the best they could achieve before this title.

WWC2023 was probably the most viewed ever in their history.

I think it's mostly due to people putting a lot of money in marketing, because I think they want to sell this tournament for more money.

In terms of actual football quality, it doesn't really compare with the World Cup.

Most of the people that I've spoken to in real life were kinda just watching it because it was "popular", basically the TV and news, etc, have been pushing it. Almost no one was watching the game for the actual football, it was mostly in support of women.

Well, I will have to agree with you even though I am not sure if your analysis is right or wrong, atleast, I myself can testify that I watched most matches in the WWC2023, and it's my first time ever of giving such attention to women's football, I even went the extra mile of having to bet on some couple of games, and even though I lost most, I still won some.

Overall, I think the women are improving, and for the fact that the women's world cup is still pretty young, I think with time, they will improve greatly, most especially when more talent are discovered, though I doubt if they would be ever as interesting as that of the men.

[Sithara007]

Spain has performed very well since entering the semifinals by beating Sweden 2 - 1 and qualifying for the final against England until in the end Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup thanks to the only goal scored by Carmona in the first round, the two of them competed very fiercely with attacking each other on goal but it was great for Spain to hold off the English attack and hold on to the lead until the second half ended.
This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

Previously, even Spain had never made it to the finals, but now they have a new record in the FIFA Women's World Cup, even the US, which won the most, namely 4 times, could not last until the semifinals.

There were quite a few upsets this time. Before the tournament started, Spain was not even in the top-5 list put up by different sportsbooks. Some of the favorites, such as United States got kicked out even before the quarter-final stage. France went down against Australia during QF. In the semis, England was the only top-5 team that managed to enter. And even they went down against Spain in the final. In a way, it was similar to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quite a lot of upsets, and better performances from AFC and CAF teams. 

[sompitonov]

Spain has performed very well since entering the semifinals by beating Sweden 2 - 1 and qualifying for the final against England until in the end Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup thanks to the only goal scored by Carmona in the first round, the two of them competed very fiercely with attacking each other on goal but it was great for Spain to hold off the English attack and hold on to the lead until the second half ended.
This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

Previously, even Spain had never made it to the finals, but now they have a new record in the FIFA Women's World Cup, even the US, which won the most, namely 4 times, could not last until the semifinals.

There were quite a few upsets this time. Before the tournament started, Spain was not even in the top-5 list put up by different sportsbooks. Some of the favorites, such as United States got kicked out even before the quarter-final stage. France went down against Australia during QF. In the semis, England was the only top-5 team that managed to enter. And even they went down against Spain in the final. In a way, it was similar to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quite a lot of upsets, and better performances from AFC and CAF teams. 

It is the unpredictability of the tournament that makes it interesting and exciting. A lot of things didn't go according to the bookmakers' script. I came to the conclusion that sometimes I like to cheer for the underdogs, this has its own excitement. Although it is worth saying that the team is a favorite in a football match, it certainly deserves a victory. But different circumstances such as: team spirit, luck, and crazy motivation can lead to the victory of the underdog.

I remembered my old bet before the 2018 World Cup, when the bookmakers predicted the victory to Germany before the start of the championship. I bet on them to win, but in the end they didn’t even make it out of the group and played just awful.

[Queentoshi]

This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

They are now number one on the FIFA women ranking for best women football teams as a result of their triumph in the just concluded world cup. They were one of the teams that scored the most goals, they defended well and were also tactically smart. They deserve to be on the top of the rankings. The first ten teams are;

The top ten ranking is led by winners Spain, followed by England, Sweden, Australia, Japan, France, Netherlands, Colombia, USA, and Nigeria

USA who are the usual winners of the competition are not in top five, and Nigerian women made the top ten, the only country from Africa in position, making them first in Africa. They were ranked ahead of other big women football names like Germany, Brazil etc.
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[Sithara007]

This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

They are now number one on the FIFA women ranking for best women football teams as a result of their triumph in the just concluded world cup. They were one of the teams that scored the most goals, they defended well and were also tactically smart. They deserve to be on the top of the rankings. The first ten teams are;

The top ten ranking is led by winners Spain, followed by England, Sweden, Australia, Japan, France, Netherlands, Colombia, USA, and Nigeria

USA who are the usual winners of the competition are not in top five, and Nigerian women made the top ten, the only country from Africa in position, making them first in Africa. They were ranked ahead of other big women football names like Germany, Brazil etc.

https://newtelegraphng.com/fifa-ranks-falcons-10th-after-womens-world-cup/ 

I don't know much about rankings in women's football. But I would assume that women players participate in far less matches every year, compared to their male counterparts. As a result, becoming champions or runners-up in one tournament can have a big impact on the rankings, as we are witnessing from the case of England and Spain. Teams like USA and Germany on the other hand are likely to drop down quite a bit, due to their poor performance this time. And as we know, the women's world cup occurs only once every 4 years.

[rdluffy]

I really enjoyed the championship overall, there were some very interesting matches to watch

I think the biggest goal difference was in the Netherlands x Vietnam match, which was 7-0
Many predicted that there would be matches with more than 10 goals, even at the start of the championship the bets were all on a lot of goals, but it was more balanced than they thought
--> Matches with less goals
--> End of absolute dominance by the United States
--> 4 teams that had never been champions reached the semi-finals and of course we saw a new champion

Anyway, the women are to be congratulated, soccer has evolved, the teams are more balanced, the matches were more exciting and the dominance is changing, I think it was all good and even better than expected
I bet you guys were surprised by the championship too 

Did you guys manage to make a profit on your bets or were the results so surprising that you lost money?

[nullama]

~snip~
Not an apple to apple comparison. Men's football is the most popular sport on the globe at this point (and that too by a distance). Women's football is gaining popularity, but viewership is only a fraction of that of men's game. Men's football stars are 10x or 20x more popular than the most valuable players in women's football. But that is how sport works. Biological differences mean that women doesn't have the same flexibility and agility as men. As a result, they fare poorly in team sports such as football, rugby, cricket and baseball.

True.

In my mind the WWC is kind of a niche sport.

I talked with a lot of people that watched it, and a lot of them just watched it because they were women playing, and equality and all that. Fair enough.

But that kind of attraction will not bring ticket prices up. I mean, people went to the stadium (many matches had a lot of empty seats though) because they were pretty cheap in comparison to the World Cup:



I don't think those prices will ever be the same to the World Cup ones, and that's fine.

In the same way that other sports and other football leagues don't get the same attention and price as the World Cup. It's fine.

[Sithara007]

I don't think those prices will ever be the same to the World Cup ones, and that's fine.

In the same way that other sports and other football leagues don't get the same attention and price as the World Cup. It's fine.

If they set the ticket prices at the same level as those for the men's world cup, then hardly anyone would be attending the women's event. But at least this time, the crowd attendance was exceptional. Huge number of people came to the stadiums to watch the world cup matches live, despite the relatively smaller populations in host nations (Australia and New Zealand). With each passing edition, this tournament can only get more and more popular. And I have high hopes for the 2027 edition (for which the host nation is not yet decided).

[Patrol69]

This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

They are now number one on the FIFA women ranking for best women football teams as a result of their triumph in the just concluded world cup. They were one of the teams that scored the most goals, they defended well and were also tactically smart. They deserve to be on the top of the rankings. The first ten teams are;

The top ten ranking is led by winners Spain, followed by England, Sweden, Australia, Japan, France, Netherlands, Colombia, USA, and Nigeria

USA who are the usual winners of the competition are not in top five, and Nigerian women made the top ten, the only country from Africa in position, making them first in Africa. They were ranked ahead of other big women football names like Germany, Brazil etc.

https://newtelegraphng.com/fifa-ranks-falcons-10th-after-womens-world-cup/ 

I don't know much about rankings in women's football. But I would assume that women players participate in far less matches every year, compared to their male counterparts. As a result, becoming champions or runners-up in one tournament can have a big impact on the rankings, as we are witnessing from the case of England and Spain. Teams like USA and Germany on the other hand are likely to drop down quite a bit, due to their poor performance this time. And as we know, the women's world cup occurs only once every 4 years.

Globally, there is as much interest in boys' football as in girls' football, but not as much. We only enjoy girls football matches in big tournaments. Friendly matches outside the big tournaments are the matches but we don't keep much news. We may have been interested in the results of these matches after watching the Women's World Cup, but if it was a friendly match and not a World Cup, we would not have discussed these matches.
2023 Women's World Cup champions Spain and runners-up England so Spain and England may be on top of the rankings so far and the rankings may change based on the results of the upcoming matches.

[shogun47]

~snip~
Women's soccer is definitely on the rise in terms of popularity and it is really no surprise that viewership numbers are increasing most of the time.

The dominance of the Spanish team reminds me of the good old times the Spanish men had a bit more than a decade ago. They played well in all regards. But it is surprising that the Spanish women have had so less success in the last decades. The round of 167 was the best they could achieve before this title.

WWC2023 was probably the most viewed ever in their history.

I think it's mostly due to people putting a lot of money in marketing, because I think they want to sell this tournament for more money.

In terms of actual football quality, it doesn't really compare with the World Cup.

Most of the people that I've spoken to in real life were kinda just watching it because it was "popular", basically the TV and news, etc, have been pushing it. Almost no one was watching the game for the actual football, it was mostly in support of women.

Ok but you could argue that way for so many sports. Would anyone for the sake of performance prefer Swiatek vs. Sabalenka over Alcaraz vs. Djokovic in tennis? If someone wants to see maximum speed and physical intensity, women can't compete with that. But besides supporting women sports, it is also about supporting one's own home country and because of the thrill to watch the event as I think that a women's final can still be fun to watch even when everyone knows that in absolute terms it won't be as physically intense as a men's final. Yet it can be exciting.

[Sithara007]

Ok but you could argue that way for so many sports. Would anyone for the sake of performance prefer Swiatek vs. Sabalenka over Alcaraz vs. Djokovic in tennis? If someone wants to see maximum speed and physical intensity, women can't compete with that. But besides supporting women sports, it is also about supporting one's own home country and because of the thrill to watch the event as I think that a women's final can still be fun to watch even when everyone knows that in absolute terms it won't be as physically intense as a men's final. Yet it can be exciting.

The issue with tennis is that the rules are different. Women play for a shorter duration (maximum of 3 sets), while the men have to play for approximately 60% longer (maximum 5 sets). At least in the case of football, the rules are the same and both of them have to put in the same effort. But then, it is true that biologically women can't put the same intensity and energy as men. Goals in women's football are not as beautiful or complicated as the top goals in men's game. All that said, there is no point in a comparison. Both the men's game and women's game has its own attractions.

[shogun47]

Ok but you could argue that way for so many sports. Would anyone for the sake of performance prefer Swiatek vs. Sabalenka over Alcaraz vs. Djokovic in tennis? If someone wants to see maximum speed and physical intensity, women can't compete with that. But besides supporting women sports, it is also about supporting one's own home country and because of the thrill to watch the event as I think that a women's final can still be fun to watch even when everyone knows that in absolute terms it won't be as physically intense as a men's final. Yet it can be exciting.

The issue with tennis is that the rules are different. Women play for a shorter duration (maximum of 3 sets), while the men have to play for approximately 60% longer (maximum 5 sets). At least in the case of football, the rules are the same and both of them have to put in the same effort. But then, it is true that biologically women can't put the same intensity and energy as men. Goals in women's football are not as beautiful or complicated as the top goals in men's game. All that said, there is no point in a comparison. Both the men's game and women's game has its own attractions.

I wouldn't fully agree with you on the goals being not as beautiful in women's football as they are in men's football. I found a nice summary that is worth watching and shows some impressive goals that really don't look any different than goals in men's football. But check it out yourself.

I think the main difference is speed, but in terms of technique it does sometimes look less challenging because the game is a bit slower when played by women, but the technical challenge itself can still be extreme. Ball control, perfect passing into a deep free space and so on and so forth, I have seen many many scenes that impressed me.

Though the discussion still makes sense for example when we have transgender people involved. That clearly shows how big of a difference it can be when people with male(-like) genetics play against women.

[noormcs5]

Ok but you could argue that way for so many sports. Would anyone for the sake of performance prefer Swiatek vs. Sabalenka over Alcaraz vs. Djokovic in tennis? If someone wants to see maximum speed and physical intensity, women can't compete with that. But besides supporting women sports, it is also about supporting one's own home country and because of the thrill to watch the event as I think that a women's final can still be fun to watch even when everyone knows that in absolute terms it won't be as physically intense as a men's final. Yet it can be exciting.

The issue with tennis is that the rules are different. Women play for a shorter duration (maximum of 3 sets), while the men have to play for approximately 60% longer (maximum 5 sets). At least in the case of football, the rules are the same and both of them have to put in the same effort. But then, it is true that biologically women can't put the same intensity and energy as men. Goals in women's football are not as beautiful or complicated as the top goals in men's game. All that said, there is no point in a comparison. Both the men's game and women's game has its own attractions.

Also, the viewership of Men's football is far more than the viewership of women's football. There is no comparison between Men's and Women's football in terms of ability, records and game strength. That is why we do not see the mix of football matches of both genders as we see in tennis or other sports.

The first women's World Cup was held in 1991 in China while the first men's World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay. So you can very easily see that men's football has a lot of history as compared to women's football.

[gagux123]

Spain has performed very well since entering the semifinals by beating Sweden 2 - 1 and qualifying for the final against England until in the end Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup thanks to the only goal scored by Carmona in the first round, the two of them competed very fiercely with attacking each other on goal but it was great for Spain to hold off the English attack and hold on to the lead until the second half ended.
This is the first title for Spain that has won the FIFA Women's World Cup trophy.

Previously, even Spain had never made it to the finals, but now they have a new record in the FIFA Women's World Cup, even the US, which won the most, namely 4 times, could not last until the semifinals.

There were quite a few upsets this time. Before the tournament started, Spain was not even in the top-5 list put up by different sportsbooks. Some of the favorites, such as United States got kicked out even before the quarter-final stage. France went down against Australia during QF. In the semis, England was the only top-5 team that managed to enter. And even they went down against Spain in the final. In a way, it was similar to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quite a lot of upsets, and better performances from AFC and CAF teams. 

I agree with what you said!
I believe, football is like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get
For example, i underestimated the spanish team and i bet that England would win, I had strong convictions that Sweden would win against Spain and again I lost lol
After all the Spanish team, they played extremely well and were champions! well deserved!

[Popkon6]

Finally, Spain won the Women's World Cup by defeating England in the final match of the 2023 Women's World Cup. Spain beat England by one goal in a thrilling match. The two teams fought hard and Spain won the match 1-0. When Spain went ahead with Carmona's goal in the 29th minute of the game, England could not repay that goal in any way. England had a chance to take the lead in the first 15 minutes but unfortunately England's shot deflected off the goal post, denying England the opportunity to score. After that, England could not create much opportunity against Spain. Spain's goal difference to England could have been 2-0 as the referee awarded a penalty for handing an England player inside the D box but the England goalkeeper made a brilliant save. No other team was able to score after that, resulting in Spain 2023 World Cup champions.

Well finally we have a winner here after going through a long struggle overall Spain really dominates even though England can follow their play style unfortunately the Spain's defense is strong enough to hold all the attacks. This is the first time Spain champion who was previously not considered to have a chance to win it while England is a finalist in the semi -finals in the previous tournament in 2019 that's why England is a little favored in the final even though in the end they lost.

England Women's defenders were in disarray for a while. But the Spain women's team did a lot of attacking which was successful and the hard working players I saw were Spain's defenders and midfielders. The Spain women's team players did not perform well in the beginning after a long effort and the Spain fans never realized that they could win the world cup. England women's players were favorites from the start but it was their failure to come up short against Spain.

[Gozie51]

England Women's defenders were in disarray for a while. But the Spain women's team did a lot of attacking which was successful and the hard working players I saw were Spain's defenders and midfielders. The Spain women's team players did not perform well in the beginning after a long effort and the Spain fans never realized that they could win the world cup. England women's players were favorites from the start but it was their failure to come up short against Spain.

It was actually a tight and highly contested finals by two most worthy teams of this tournament. England had a better chance at the beginning of the match to hold it strong but it later turned against them when the Spanish female team took the lead. It was never a dull moment watching the female play and Spain has joined the record of countries lifting the men and female FIFA world like Brazil.

[Sithara007]

It was actually a tight and highly contested finals by two most worthy teams of this tournament. England had a better chance at the beginning of the match to hold it strong but it later turned against them when the Spanish female team took the lead. It was never a dull moment watching the female play and Spain has joined the record of countries lifting the men and female FIFA world like Brazil.

In general, the gap between different teams have narrowed down, both in men's game and in women's game. Even during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the matches were closely fought. Final was an exception, as Argentina dominated the first 80 minutes of the match and France came back to the game only as a result of goals from Kylian Mbappé. And in this tournament, there were very few one-sided matches. UEFA and CONMEBOL teams used to dominate the world cup, but that is no longer the case now as AFC-CAF teams have closed the gap.

[Gozie51]

It was actually a tight and highly contested finals by two most worthy teams of this tournament. England had a better chance at the beginning of the match to hold it strong but it later turned against them when the Spanish female team took the lead. It was never a dull moment watching the female play and Spain has joined the record of countries lifting the men and female FIFA world like Brazil.

In general, the gap between different teams have narrowed down, both in men's game and in women's game. Even during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the matches were closely fought. Final was an exception, as Argentina dominated the first 80 minutes of the match and France came back to the game only as a result of goals from Kylian Mbappé. And in this tournament, there were very few one-sided matches. UEFA and CONMEBOL teams used to dominate the world cup, but that is no longer the case now as AFC-CAF teams have closed the gap.

Things have really changed in football and the female side particularly. Like in the past Nigeria didn't have astonishing performance in the world stage beating Australia while england had a narrow win over them. I think what has contributed this positive change that have given fans something to relish on is the soccer tourism if I may call it that because we have some players who are club mate in Europe and America just like it is in the male side unlike when it was dominated by one club side.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It was actually a tight and highly contested finals by two most worthy teams of this tournament. England had a better chance at the beginning of the match to hold it strong but it later turned against them when the Spanish female team took the lead. It was never a dull moment watching the female play and Spain has joined the record of countries lifting the men and female FIFA world like Brazil.

In general, the gap between different teams have narrowed down, both in men's game and in women's game. Even during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the matches were closely fought. Final was an exception, as Argentina dominated the first 80 minutes of the match and France came back to the game only as a result of goals from Kylian Mbappé. And in this tournament, there were very few one-sided matches. UEFA and CONMEBOL teams used to dominate the world cup, but that is no longer the case now as AFC-CAF teams have closed the gap.

Things have really changed in football and the female side particularly. Like in the past Nigeria didn't have astonishing performance in the world stage beating Australia while england had a narrow win over them. I think what has contributed this positive change that have given fans something to relish on is the soccer tourism if I may call it that because we have some players who are club mate in Europe and America just like it is in the male side unlike when it was dominated by one club side.

It is truly good to see matches like this where there are no matches that are actually one-sided. I mean to be honest there are going to be some matches that will definitely be one-sided. Nothing can be done about that. But if we see the final match of the tournament being one-sided, then it is going to be definitely something that will not be able to hold the interest of people. I definitely liked to see both the final of the men’s game and also the women’s game.

But the thing is after watching and following men’s football for so many years, I actually do not find myself liking women’s football. It is simply not as good. As inside in the men’s final, Argentina was dominating for 80 minutes. And right after that things change to because of the individual brilliance of Mbappé. In women’s football, things change because of stupid and dumb plays.