The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023TM is capturing the hearts and minds of football fans in both host countries and across the globe.
From significant ticket sales and attendances, to broadcast records in numerous markets, dynamic digital and social data, first-class support for teams, elite performances on the pitch, new benchmarks for hospitality and merchandise sales, and an immense contribution from volunteers, the tournament truly is bringing Beyond GreatnessTM to life.
With 16 captivating days and 16 thrilling matches remaining at this year’s tournament, the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World CupTM has already shattered records and set new standards across the board.
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023TM Group Stage Facts & Figures On the pitch:
- 126 goals scored (average 2.63 per game)
- 89 yellow cards (average 1.85 per game) and five (5) red cards (average 0.10 per game)
- The 2023 finals have seen teams from all six Confederations win a match for the first time in a FIFA Women’s World CupTM tournament
- When New Zealand defeated 1995 winners Norway in Match 1, an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) representative won a match for the first time in FIFA Women’s World CupTM history
- Nigeria are the first African nation to complete a group campaign in the FWWC without losing a match
- Australia, Colombia, and Switzerland won their group for the first time
- Colombia became just the second South American team to win a group in FIFA Women’s World CupTM history, after Brazil
- Only one of the four former winners (Germany, Japan, Norway and USA) won their group – Japan won Group C, Norway and the USA came second, and Germany finished third
- New Zealand, Philippines, Zambia, Portugal, Jamaica, South Africa, and Morocco each registered their first win (or wins) at a FIFA Women’s World Cup
- A truly global round of 16 – teams representing all continents have advanced to the knockout phase
- There are three representatives from Africa in the knockout stage for the first time – Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. The only other time there was more than one was in 2019 when Cameroon and Nigeria reached the knockout stage
- Jamaica, South Africa, and Morocco qualified for the knockout stage for the first time
- Barbra Banda (Zambia) scored the 1,000th goal in FIFA Women’s World CupTM history against Costa Rica
- Morocco became the first African team to win two successive FIFA Women’s World CupTM matches, and the first to keep successive clean sheets
- Debutantes Portugal became the only the second team to stop USA scoring in 27 Group Stage matches after Sweden in 2015 held them to a goalless draw
- Only three teams went through the Group Stage without conceding a single goal – Jamaica, Japan and Switzerland
- Brazil had scored in 23 successive group-stage matches until Jamaica held them without scoring to eliminate them – the first time Brazil had not scored in a group match since 1991 against Sweden
- Jamaica have become just the third team from Concacaf to qualify for the knockout stage in FIFA Women’s World CupTM history following USA and Canada.
Source: FIFA.com
