From Italy to Spain, we have been witnessing the rise in attendance for women’s football. There is no doubt that the 2019 FIFA World cup will attract more spectators and break audience records.
We are just 45 days away from the eighth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and we look at a tough contested Group C, which features Australia, Italy, Brazil and Jamaica.
The article will continue to focus on each team’s world cup appearances, FIFA rankings, number of world cup titles won and the players to lookout for.
Australia and Brazil come into this group as the top favorites as they are the only two teams in the top 10 of the FIFA Women’s ranking. While Jamaica is the lowest ranked in the group.
GROUP C
Australia:
Appearances: The team will be making their seventh appearance at this year’s tournament. They made their FIFA Women’s World cup debut in 1995.
FIFA rankings: Australia is the highest ranked team in Group C, currently ranked 16th on the latest FIFA rankings. Football pundits across the globe have labelled Australia as one of the strong title contenders.
Number of World Cup titles won: Australia come to this eight edition as one of the 20 teams that have never lifted this prestigious FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy.
Players to look out for: Samantha Kerr and Caitlin Foord
Italy:
Appearances: The Italian’s women team will return to the tournament for the third time after 20 years, having qualified for the inaugural tournament in 1991 and the third edition in 1999.
FIFA Ranking: Currently ranked 15th on the latest FIFA rankings.
Number of world cups won: 0
Players to look out for: Barbara Bonansea and Manuela Giugliano
Brazil:
Appearances: The reigning Women’s COPA America champions having qualified for every edition of the FIFA Women’s World cup and this will be their eighth appearance.
FIFA Ranking: The Brazilians are currently ranked as the 10th best women’s team in the world.
Number of world cup titles: Though they have qualified for every edition of the world cup, Brazil is yet to clinch the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy.
Players to look out for: Marta Vieira da Silva and Andressa Cavalari Machry
Jamaica:
Appearances: The Jamaican national women’s team will be making their debut at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World cup; it is for this reason that football pundits have deemed them as the underdogs of group C.
FIFA Ranking: They are the lowest ranked team in-group C, ranked as the 53rd best women’s team in the world.
Number of world cup titles: 0
Players to look out for: Khadija Shaw and Jody Brown
There will be everything to fight for in Group C as none of the teams has lifted the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy before.
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