On the afternoon of October 22, the draw ceremony for the 2023 Women's World Cup started on time in Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 32 women's football teams participated in the draw, which is the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that 32 teams have participated, and it is also the first competition after the expansion of the Women's World Cup.
The 2023 Women's World Cup, which will be held from 20 July to 20 August 2023, will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand and will be the largest women's World Cup ever.
According to the drawing rules, the 32 teams participating in this World Cup will be divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The 32 teams are divided into 4 grades, with 8 teams each.
First gear: Australia (host), New Zealand (host), Sweden, Germany, England, France, Spain.
Pot 2: Canada, Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, Norway, Italy, South Korea and ST Asian Cup champion Chinese women's football team.
In the end, the Chinese women's football team was drawn to Group D, with England and Denmark and the play-off Group B winning team (Chile/Haiti/Senegal). England is the champion of the European Cup of the new women's football team, the Danish team is not weak, and the Chinese women's football team, as the champion of the Asian Cup and new science, almost fell into the group of death!
This kind of group signing, so that the Asian champion China and the European champion Great Britain meet in the group stage, is this the rhythm of playing the group stage as the final?
Group A: Hosts New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
Group D: England, Play-off Group B winners (Chile/Haiti/Senegal), Denmark, China
Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, A play-off team
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, play-off team C
Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea
It is expected that the Chinese women's football team, under the guidance of Shui Qingxia, will play with the strongest team and strive to impact the World Cup!
According to the main lineup of the Asian Cup, many players in the squad are likely to represent the national team in the World Cup for the last time in their careers, so I believe that they will be in the best form, the strongest hard work, strive for the best ranking and even the World Cup championship, and draw a perfect end to their careers!
The main lineup of the Chinese women's football team is expected:
Head coach: Shui Qingxia
Affectionately known as Water Mother by the women's football girls, she is a powerful coach supported by Sun Wen, vice president of the Chinese Women's Football Association. After taking over, the Chinese women's football team was pulled up from the trough quagmire and re-stood on top of Asia!
The first Chinese women's football player to win the Asian Cup/Asian Games as a player and head coach! And together with Sun Wen and others, he won the runner-up of the 96 Olympic Games, the runner-up of the '99 US World Cup, and a member of the Chinese Dragon Team.
Main team members:
Zhu Yu (goalkeeper), Wang Linlin, Wang Xiaoxue, Wang Shuang, Yao Wei, Zhang Rui, Wang Shanshan (captain), Wu Chengshu, Yao Lingwei, Xiao Yuyi, Gao Chen
and Ma Jun, Liu Yanqiu, Xu Huan, Yao Lingwei, Li Mengwen, Zhao Lina, Yang Lina, Zhang Xin, Li Jiayue, Wang Yanwen, Lou Jiahui, Zhang Linyan, Li Ying, Tang Jiali, Shen Mengyu. and Shao Ziqin brought by Chen Wanting.
1, captain Wang Shanshan: 90 years old 32-year-old Chinese women's football core, captain, is definitely an indispensable member of the current Chinese women's football team, her state will likely affect the Chinese women's football in the World Cup record, I believe that the captain of the women's football team who may participate in the last World Cup will go all out!
2, striker Wang Shuang: In 95, the 27-year-old world-class Wang Shuang is the NO ONE of the current Chinese women's football team, no one objects to this, right? Wang Shuang, who is in the year of playing, although she was unable to participate in the Asian Cup due to injury, but her presence in the team is like having "Dongfeng Express"! I believe that a healthy frost girl will definitely be able to lead this Chinese women's football team to attack the city and go steadily and far!
3, forward Tang Jiali: the same age as Wang Shuang, one of the biggest contributors to the Asian Cup victory, in the entire Asian Cup, Tang Jiali played 5 games, scored 4 goals and 1 assist, especially in the final against South Korea 0:2 behind, Tang Jiali stood up for 68 minutes to shoot, 72 minutes of bottom line breakthrough cross, just right to assist Zhang Linyan to break the goal equaliser, for the final victory to win the championship played a crucial role. He has successively stayed in Tottenham Hotspur and Madrid, Spain, and believes that Tang Jiali can form a powerful attack line with Wang Shuang!
4, Xiao Yuyi: The 26-year-old Xiao Yuyi is already an "old" member of the Chinese women's football team, and the deepest and best memory for fans is the 93-minute goal against the South Korean women's football team in the Asian Cup.
5, defender Wang Xiaoxue: 28-year-old Wang Xiaoxue in 94, one of the backbone of the Chinese women's football defense! A successful team must not only have a strong forward, but also a solid defense, and Wang Xiaoxue is a brave person who can block the ball with his chest! The scene of blocking the ball at 90 minutes and 51 seconds of the Asian Cup final touched countless Chinese people! During the East Asian Cup, she was also maliciously and violently kicked by the Korean women's football team, but Wang Xiaoxue did not flinch!
6. Striker Zhang Linyan: In 2001, the 22-year-old short striker, produced by Evergrande Real Madrid Football School, will be the backbone of Chinese women's football in the future. Just joined Zurich Grasshopper Women, has contributed 2 goals and 1 assist. Zhang Linyan, who was selected for the national team for the first time in 2022, became a surprise soldier against South Korea in the final, creating a penalty to help Tang Jiali score in 67 minutes, and receiving Tang Jialimiao's header in 72 minutes to equalize the score. After the game, he won the MVP of the final.
7. Defender Wang Linlin: In 2000, 23-year-old Wang Linlin was the future defensive backbone and appearance of the Chinese women's football team, and scored the first goal of his national team as a defender against the South Korean women's football team in the East Asian Cup, equalizing for the Chinese women's football team, and was named the best defender after the game.
Looking forward to the Chinese women's football team - this cluster of sonorous roses can bloom brilliantly in the World Cup in New Zealand/Australia!