The Albiceleste go in a challenging group in search of their first victory at the Women’s World Cup.
Argentina will have several challenges in the Australia-New Zealand 2023 Women’s World Cup to deliver their best participation in a World Cup. The illusion is palpable around the team led by German Portanovaeven more so after taking third place in the Copa América, but the first step is to overcome the Group Git won’t be easy.
The Albiceleste has to compete against Sweden, South Africa and Italy in the first stage of the tournament, where the Blågult are wide favouritesleaving one spot free for the knockout stage.
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Sweden is not only the heavy favorite in sector G, it is also one of the teams to watch in the tournament. Those directed by Peter Gerhardsson ended third at the 2019 World Cup in Francefollowed by the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo which were played in 2021. Finally they reached the Eurocup semi-finals in 2022.
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Instead, South Africa and Italy enter the tournament with less than impressive results. That being said, the Banyana Banyana was crowned in the Africa Cup 2022, the first title in its history. However, they were not present in Tokyo while in France 2019 they remained blank with three defeatsin what was his first participation in a World Cup.
Finally, Le Azzurre arrives at the tournament after qualifying for the quarter-finals four years ago and stay inside group stage at Euro 2022in addition to not participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
If the reference is taken FIFA ranking presented on June 9, 2023, Sweden ranks third, Italy 16th, Argentina 28th and South Africa 54th.
Source: Goal
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