page_title: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
section_title: Group stage
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup / Group stage
caption_attribution_description: English: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, qualified countries and their achievements Nederlands: WK voetbal vrouwen 2019, gekwalificeerde landen en hun prestaties
context_page_description: The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee system. The was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
  The United States entered the competition as defending champions after winning the 2015 edition in Canada and successfully defended their title with a 2–0 victory over the Netherlands in the final. In doing so, they secured their record fourth title and became the second nation, after Germany, to have successfully retained the title.
context_section_description: The match schedule for the tournament was released on 8 February 2018. Following the final draw, seven group stage kick-off times were adjusted by FIFA.
  The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.
  All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
caption:   Champions   Runners-up     Third place   Fourth place     Quarter-finals   Round of 16     Group stage
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