2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Host selection

On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014. As a principle, FIFA preferred the 2019 Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be hosted by the same member association, but reserved the right to award the hosting of the events separately.

Initially, five countries indicated interest in hosting the events: France, England, South Korea, New Zealand and South Africa. Both England and New Zealand registered expressions of interest by the April 2014 deadline, but in June 2014 it was announced that each would no longer proceed. South Africa registered an expression of interest by the April 2014 deadline; but later decided to withdraw prior to the final October deadline. Both Japan and Sweden had also expressed interest in bidding for the 2019 tournament, but Japan chose to focus on the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics, whilst Sweden decided to focus on European U-17 competitions instead. France and South Korea made official bids for hosting the tournament by submitting their documents by 31 October 2014.

On 19 March 2015, France officially won the bid to host the Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Cup. The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Executive Committee. Upon the selection, France became the third European nation to host the Women's World Cup (following Sweden and Germany), and the fourth country to host both the men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's tournament in 1938 and 1998. By the time France hosted the women's World Cup, the country had also earlier hosted the UEFA Euro 2016, which served as a precursor for France's preparation to host this competition.

Qualification

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 13–14 October 2016. The slots for each confederation are unchanged from those of the previous tournament except the slot for the hosts has been moved from CONCACAF (Canada) to UEFA (France).

• AFC (Asia): 5 slots
• CAF (Africa): 3 slots
• CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 3 slots
• CONMEBOL (South America): 2 slots
• OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
• UEFA (Europe): 8 slots
• Host nation: 1 slot
• CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off: 1 slot

Qualifying matches started on 3 April 2017 and ended on 1 December 2018.

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Each team's FIFA Rankings in March 2019 are shown in parentheses.

;AFC (5)

• (6)
• (16)
• (7)
• (14)
• (34)

;CAF (3)

• (46)
• (38)
• (49)

;CONCACAF (3)

• (5)
• (53)
• (1) ;CONMEBOL (3)
• (37)
• (10)
• (39) ;OFC (1)
• (19)

;UEFA (9)

• (3)
• (4) (hosts)
• (2)
• (15)
• (8)
• (12)
• (20)
• (13)
• (9)

Chile, Jamaica, Scotland and South Africa made their Women's World Cup debuts, while Italy took part in the event for the first time since 1999 and Argentina took part for the first time since 2007. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the United States qualified for their eighth World Cup, continuing their streak of qualifying for every World Cup held so far.

Venues

Twelve cities were candidates. The final nine stadiums were chosen on 14 June 2017; Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, Stade Marcel-Picot in Nancy, and Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in Auxerre were cut.

The semi-finals and final were played at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the Lyon suburb of Décines-Charpieu, with 58,000 capacity, while the opening match was played at Parc des Princes in Paris. The 2019 tournament is the first under the 24-team format to be played without double-header fixtures.

Match officials

On 3 December 2018, FIFA announced the list of 27 referees and 48 assistant referees for the tournament. On 4 June 2019, FIFA announced that Canadian referee Carol Anne Chenard and Chinese assistant referee Cui Yongmei had pulled out for "health reasons."

On 15 March 2019, the FIFA Council approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system for the first time in a FIFA Women's World Cup tournament. The technology was previously deployed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The fifteen male VAR officials were announced by FIFA on 2 May 2019.

French referee Stéphanie Frappart was in charge for the final between the United States and the Netherlands.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 8 December 2018, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the La Seine Musicale on the island of Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams.

The 24 teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings released on 7 December 2018, with hosts France automatically placed in Pot 1 and position A1 in the draw. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn first and assigned to Position 1. This was followed by Pot 2, Pot 3, and finally Pot 4, with each of these teams also drawn to one of the positions 2–4 within their group. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation apart from UEFA, which have nine teams, where three groups had to contain two UEFA teams.

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Each team had to provide to FIFA a preliminary squad of between 23 and 50 players by 26 April 2019, which was not to be published. From the preliminary squad, each team had to name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by 24 May 2019. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.

Group stage

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).

Group A

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Group B

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Group C

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Group D

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Group E

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E

Group F

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group F

Ranking of third-placed teams

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

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

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

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Golden Ball (best overall player), Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) awards were sponsored by Adidas, while the Goal of the Tournament was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company. FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the tournaments' best, with the poll closing on 17 July 2019.

Players who Dared to Shine

The FIFA Technical Study Group announced a list of ten key players of the tournament who "dared to shine".

Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in October 2018.

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Ellen White

• Alex Morgan

• Megan Rapinoe

• Sam Kerr

• Cristiane

• Wendie Renard

• Sara Däbritz

• Aurora Galli

• Cristiana Girelli

• Vivianne Miedema

• Jennifer Hermoso

• Kosovare Asllani

• Rose Lavelle

• Carli Lloyd

• Marta

• Ajara Nchout

• Valérie Gauvin

• Amandine Henry

• Eugénie Le Sommer

• Lina Magull

• Alexandra Popp

• Barbara Bonansea

• Lieke Martens

• Isabell Herlovsen

• Stina Blackstenius

• Sofia Jakobsson

• Lindsey Horan

• Sam Mewis

• Florencia Bonsegundo

• Milagros Menéndez

• Caitlin Foord

• Elise Kellond-Knight

• Chloe Logarzo

• Thaisa

• Gabrielle Onguéné

• Kadeisha Buchanan

• Jessie Fleming

• Nichelle Prince

• Christine Sinclair

• María José Urrutia

• Li Ying

• Lucy Bronze

• Alex Greenwood

• Steph Houghton

• Fran Kirby

• Nikita Parris

• Jill Scott

• Jodie Taylor

• Giulia Gwinn

• Melanie Leupolz

• Lea Schüller

• Valentina Giacinti

• Havana Solaun

• Yui Hasegawa

• Mana Iwabuchi

• Yuika Sugasawa

• Lineth Beerensteyn

• Dominique Bloodworth

• Anouk Dekker

• Stefanie van der Gragt

• Jackie Groenen

• Jill Roord

• Asisat Oshoala

• Caroline Graham Hansen

• Guro Reiten

• Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland

• Jen Beattie

• Lana Clelland

• Erin Cuthbert

• Claire Emslie

• Kim Little

• Thembi Kgatlana

• Yeo Min-ji

• Lucía García

• Lina Hurtig

• Madelen Janogy

• Fridolina Rolfö

• Elin Rubensson

• Linda Sembrant

• Kanjana Sungngoen

• Julie Ertz

• Christen Press

• Mallory Pugh

• Mônica (against Australia)

• Aurelle Awona (against New Zealand)

• Wendie Renard (against Norway)

• Osinachi Ohale (against Norway)

• Lee Alexander (against Argentina)

• Kim Do-yeon (against Nigeria)

• Jonna Andersson (against United States)

• Waraporn Boonsing (against Chile)

Assists

• Sherida Spitse

• Beth Mead

• Amel Majri

• Manuela Giugliano

• Sam Mewis

• Alex Morgan

• Megan Rapinoe

• Andressa Alves

• Lucy Bronze

• Toni Duggan

• Gaëtane Thiney

• Tierna Davidson

• Lindsey Horan

• Kelley O'Hara

• Dalila Ippólito

• Ellie Carpenter

• Emily Gielnik

• Katrina Gorry

• Chloe Logarzo

• Debinha

• Raissa Feudjio

• Yvonne Leuko

• Janine Beckie

• Ashley Lawrence

• Nichelle Prince

• Yessenia López

• Zhang Rui

• Karen Carney

• Fran Kirby

• Nikita Parris

• Jill Scott

• Georgia Stanway

• Kadidiatou Diani

• Amandine Henry

• Eugénie Le Sommer

• Sara Däbritz

• Giulia Gwinn

• Lina Magull

• Verena Schweers

• Lisa Boattin

• Valentina Cernoia

• Alia Guagni

• Khadija Shaw

• Jun Endo

• Mana Iwabuchi

• Lineth Beerensteyn

• Desiree van Lunteren

• Shanice van de Sanden

• Chidinma Okeke

• Caroline Graham Hansen

• Guro Reiten

• Karina Sævik

• Erin Cuthbert

• Lisa Evans

• Caroline Weir

• Linda Motlhalo

• Lee Geum-min

• Lucía García

• Virginia Torrecilla

• Anna Anvegård

• Kosovare Asllani

• Stina Blackstenius

• Magdalena Eriksson

• Elin Rubensson

• Linda Sembrant

• Taneekarn Dangda

• Crystal Dunn

• Tobin Heath

• Christen Press

• Mallory Pugh

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

Branding

The emblem and slogan were launched on 19 September 2017 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. The emblem mimics the shape of the World Cup trophy and features a stylised football surrounded by eight decorative shards of light, symbolising the eighth edition of the Women's World Cup. It alludes to several French cultural icons:

• the colours of the flag of France
• the blue and white stripes of the marinière, known also as the "Breton stripe"
• the fleur-de-lis

The World Cup's official English-language slogan is "Dare to Shine"; its French slogan is "Le moment de briller".

Ticketing

FIFA and the local organising committee sold tickets for the Women's World Cup beginning with a pre-sale of individual tickets in December 2018, single-city ticket packages in late 2018, and single-ticket sales for the general public beginning on 7 March 2019. The online platform, hosted by AP2S, permitted fans to print their tickets beginning on 20 May 2019, which included seating assignments that had separated ticketholders who had purchased their tickets as a group or family. FIFA responded to online complaints by referring to a warning in the online system that had reminded purchasers that its tickets would not be guaranteed in the same areas, inciting further outrage, but allowed families with underage children to have adjacent seating.

Marketing

Mascot

The official mascot, "Ettie" (stylised in lowercase as "ettie) was unveiled on 12 May 2018 at the TF1 Group headquarters, and was broadcast on LCI. She made her first public appearance in Paris in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower. FIFA describe her as "a young chicken with a passion for life and football" and state that "she comes from a long line of "feathered mascots" and is the daughter of Footix, the Official Mascot of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France".

Sponsorships

Broadcasting

FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the World Cup to broadcasters through several companies. A total of 1.12 billion people globally watched the matches, and the final match attracted 82.18 million viewers, setting a new FIFA Women's World Cup record, surpassing the 2015 final. The 2019 tournament set several new viewership records for various countries.

Participating nations

Non-participating nations

Radio

Participating nations

Non-participating nations

Qualified UEFA teams for the Summer Olympics

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The World Cup was used by UEFA to qualify three teams for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan, with the three European teams with the best results (considering only the round they reach) qualifying. If teams in contention for Olympic spots were eliminated in the same round, a maximum of four teams (determined by group stage results if necessary) would advance to play-offs in early 2020 to decide the remaining spot(s). However, this scenario did not happen for this tournament.

For the first time, as per the agreement between the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) for the women's team, Great Britain would attempt to qualify for the Olympics through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens), which they succeeded as England were among the three best European teams. Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation was nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance would not be taken into account. In effect, therefore, eight European teams competed for three qualification places during the World Cup.

The United States' win over France in the quarter-finals guaranteed that the three remaining semi-finalists, all from UEFA, qualified for the Olympics.

Controversies

The final's scheduling on 7 July led to a degree of criticism among supporters of women's football, as two continental men's tournament finals were held on the same day—the Copa América in Rio de Janeiro and the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Chicago. CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani described the scheduling as "a mistake", but claimed the error could not be reversed for logistical reasons. The lack of outdoor advertising across Paris, except for the Parc des Princes stadium and the temporary World Cup museum at Châtelet, was also criticised.

The Women's World Cup was the first major competition to use the updated Laws of the Game approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which came into effect on 1 June 2019. Among the changes, the more severe punishment of goalkeeper encroachment during penalty kicks—including retakes after a video assistant referee review—gained the most attention and caused several successful saves to be disallowed in the group stage. The use of the Women's World Cup as a "guinea pig" for the new changes to the rules was also criticised by some footballers and coaches for being potentially sexist, as several concurrent men's continental competitions had not implemented them. Pierluigi Collina, head of referees for FIFA, denied the claim, stating that it had long been customary for rule changes to be introduced in June, before major tournaments. Following widespread criticism and a request from FIFA, the IFAB issued a temporary dispensation to waive the requirement to show goalkeepers a yellow card for stepping off the line during a penalty shootout during the knockout stage of the Women's World Cup.

The round of 16 fixture between England and Cameroon was marred by misbehaviour of some Cameroonian players, who refused to kick off for several minutes after the second English goal, deliberately fouled several players, and argued with the referee while huddling around her. Cameroonian defender Augustine Ejangue was also seen on camera spitting at English winger Toni Duggan after conceding an indirect free kick in the penalty area, from which England later scored. After the match, England manager Phil Neville said it "didn't feel like football" and that he was "completely and utterly ashamed of the opposition". The Confederation of African Football (CAF) condemned some of the players' actions, while also criticising the refereeing. Cameroon felt three crucial decisions were unjust, two of which involved the video assistant referee (VAR). FIFA announced that it would investigate the match.

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