2023 Women's World Cup - Australia & New Zealand
2023 Women's World Cup - Australia & New Zealand
Here are the qualified nations and groups:
The #FIFAWWC 2023 Groups are set!
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) February 23, 2023
Which one is the most exciting?#BeyondGreatness
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Haiti
Morocco
Panama
The Philippines
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Vietnam
Zambia
I'm particularly excited to see Haiti and Portugal. Haiti has a rising generational talent on their hands with Melchie Dumornay, who is signing with Lyon.
Portugal turned some heads at the Euros and are lead by star forward Jessica Silva of Benfica. Sporting's Diana Silva is also another one to keep an eye on.
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"I can no longer endorse the current system, far from the requirements required by the highest level. I will not do this World Cup in such conditions. My face can hide the pain, but my heart hurts. I don't want to hurt anymore" Wendie Renard says she will not play at the @FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/vuTi2fhyJx
— Asif Burhan (@AsifBurhan) February 24, 2023
As with the men's side, controversy has surrounded the women's side as well. This is the Daily Mail, but I think they've captured the problems accurately:
On paper, France are one of the strongest teams in the competition. Their squad has experience in the likes of Wendie Renard as well as young, exciting attacking players such as Marie Antoinette-Katoto and Sandy Baltimore. But it is the worst kept secret in the women’s game that manager Corinne Diacre has had an acrimonious relationship with several of her star players.
Diacre made headlines in 2014 when she became the first woman to coach a men’s professional side in France after taking over Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot. In 2017, she left to join the women’s national team following that summer’s Euros. Immediately, she stripped the then four-time Champions League winner Renard of the captaincy, claiming the defender did not play as well for France as she did for her club team, Lyon. Renard remained in the squad but the armband was instead given to Amandine Henry.
Ahead of the 2019 World Cup, which France hosted, Diacre left Katoto out of her squad despite the forward being the top scorer in France with 22 goals that year. Diacre’s goal was to reach the final of the tournament but her side were knocked out in the quarter-finals by the United States, the eventual winners.
The fall-out from their exit started with Diacre criticising striker Eugenie Le Sommer, France’s all-time leading goalscorer, during a television interview. Diacre complained that Le Sommer had not followed her tactics in the game and had strayed out of position. At this point, several players started to speak out against their manager.
Gaetane Thiney accused her of having outdated tactics. She was promptly dropped. Long-serving goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi decided to ‘indefinitely retire’ from the national team. In an interview with Lyon TV, she said: ‘Winning a title with this coach seems impossible to me. We play in a very, very negative environment. I don't see myself winning anything with this manager, and a lot of players think so too but don't say it.’
Bouhaddi has since insisted she will not play for France while Diacre remains manager. Further controversy arose when Henry was left out of the squad for Euro qualifiers in October 2020, with Diacre claiming she was not at the required level after recovering from an injury.
A month later, Henry spoke out about what had unfolded in the French camp at the 2019 World Cup. ‘I saw players crying in their rooms,’ Henry said. ‘I personally cried in my room sometimes. I wanted to enjoy the World Cup, but in the end, it was total chaos.’ In September 2021, Diacre handed the captain’s armband back to Renard.
This was reported on before the Euros, where they were eliminated by Germany 2-1 in the semis.
The FFF have backed Diacre at every turn throughout all of the above. That's an extremely telling position from the players' perspective. And now they face the task of competing in the World Cup without their leader and most experienced player, coached by someone they appear to revile. This all sounds a bit familiar.
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— Marie-Antoinette (@MarieKatoto) February 24, 2023
Star winger Kadidiatou Diani is also confirming she won't play for Diacre as well. This is a full on rebellion now:
— Kadidiatou Diani(@kady944) February 24, 2023
I'm in awe of these players honestly. This is really powerful stuff.
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Updates per @lequipe:
— ata football (@atafball) February 28, 2023
The decision of firing Corinne Diacre has been postponed by the FFF due to their president resigning.
A special group has been formed to make a decision by the 9th of March. https://t.co/fji0egQuYg
They were almost there to making the right decision. The FFF are a joke.
Meanwhile, in Canada.....
Two women elected to top Canada Soccer Board positions
— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) March 1, 2023
Charmaine Crooks becomes Canada Soccer’s new acting President and first woman and person of colour to lead organisation.
Kelly Brown will take on the position of acting Vice-President.
This took far too long from Canada Soccer, but I don't know anything about Crooks or Brown and what role they played over the last year or so.
What I do know is Canada Soccer haven't paid their women's team, Gold Medal winners at the latest Olympics, for over a year and then threatened to sue them in order to force them to compete in the She Believes Cup when they indicated they were going to go on strike.
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The biggest women’s soccer tournament in the world is just four months away and @838_carlisle is ranking every @FIFAWWC contender
— Gaming Society (@GamingSociety) March 1, 2023
WARNING: it’s spicy️ https://t.co/8WlpNlvLyc
If you don't follow women's football, there will be some surprises in these rankings.
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— SHE scores bangers (@SHEscoresbanger) March 8, 2023
:JUST IN: Corinne Diacre will be dismissed this Thursday after a meeting of the executive committee of the French Football Federation. The 12 members of the highest body of French football decided in favor of a departure of the 48-year-old technician. https://t.co/EW8sca8pFB
No word on who will replace her, but Herve Renard looks a likely candidate as does PSG Women's coach Gerard Prechour.
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