2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth FIFA Women's World Cup. It was hosted by France and ran from 7 June to 7 July 2019.  France won the right to host the event in March 2015;  the first time the country hosted the tournament, and the third time in Europe. Matches are planned for nine cities across France. The format of the tournament is 24 competing teams, including the host nation. The defending champions are the United States. Chile made its first appearance at this FIFA Women's World Cup edition, and Italy took part in the event for the first time since 1999.

Teams

TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearance inthe finalsConsecutivestreakPrevious best performanceFIFARanking      4th  3    5  2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist   7th  2    17  2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist   2nd  2    30   2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist    7th  7    6   2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist    8th  8    11   2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup fifth place    3rd  2    16   2018 Copa América Femenina champions    8th  8     8  2018 Copa América Femenina runners-up 1st1  40  UEFA qualification group 7 winners 2nd2  12  UEFA qualification group 6 winners 3rd1  15

Venues

 Lyon Paris Nice Montpellier Parc Olympique Lyonnais Parc des Princes Allianz Riviera Stade de la Mosson Capacity: 59,186 Capacity: 48,583 Capacity: 35,624 Capacity: 32,900 centre|frameless|180px 180px 180px 180px Rennes Roazhon Park Capacity: 29,164 180px Le Havre Valenciennes Reims Grenoble Stade Océane Stade du Hainaut Stade Auguste-Delaune Stade des Alpes Capacity: 25,178 Capacity: 25,172 Capacity: 21,127 Capacity: 20,068 180px 180px 180px 180px

Group stage
The match schedule for the tournament was released on 8 February 2018. 

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2). 

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups go to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If the score is still level after extra time, the winners are determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

 References 

Other websites
Official website 

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