With the Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs underway, China's World Cup group stage opponents have finally settled.
Haiti Women's FC will share Group D with China Women's football team after beating Chile Women's 2-1 in the play-offs on February 22.
The Haitian women's football team qualified for the World Cup finals.
Previously, according to the results of the draw, the Chinese women's football team has confirmed that it will become the group stage opponent with the English women's football team and the Danish women's football team, and the Chinese team's primary goal is to qualify from the group against the two European teams.
The 2023 Women's World Cup will have 32 teams participating for the first time after the expansion, but after the expansion, there is no longer a chance to qualify for the third place in the group with better results as before, and the top two in the group must be obtained to qualify, which is undoubtedly a serious challenge for the Chinese team.
Among them, the England team is the champion of the Xinke Women's European Championship, one of the favorites to win the entire World Cup, and its absolute strength is above the Chinese team. Although the Danish team is not a strong team in Europe, it also has certain strength in long-term confrontation with European teams, and the Chinese team should not be taken lightly.
In an interview, Shui Qingxia, the head coach of the Chinese women's football team, said
"The two European teams are definitely above ours in terms of strength and tactical literacy. ”
Especially against the England women's team,
"To be honest, we still have a big gap with them, but we don't get together. There are many possibilities, and you will worry about not being spent, but football is definitely a tough competition. ”
It is not difficult to see that in such a situation, in order to qualify for the group, in addition to trying to score points on the England and Denmark women's team, the Haitian women's football team has become the opponent that the Chinese women's team must defeat.
In the current FIFA world rankings, China women's football team is ranked 14th, England and Denmark are ranked 4th and 18th respectively, and Haiti women's football team is ranked 55th, the lowest ranked team in the group.
This will be the first time in the history of Haitian women's football to stand on the World Cup stage, but as a new team in the World Cup, Haitian women's football team's desire to win cannot be underestimated.
At the same time, the Haitian team also has players who play in Ligue 1 such as Di Monet and Borgera, and the team is characterized by strong offensive ability.
To win, the Chinese women's team must be careful to avoid a repeat of the 4-4 draw with Zambia at the Tokyo Olympics.