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Most competitive Women’s World Cup
The FIFA Women’s World Cup brings together the best and the brightest in France, as 24 teams will showcase their exceptional football skills in their quest for the coveted World Cup trophy and the bragging rights that goes with it.
The competition will run from June 7 to July 7 across nine cities in France with the United States Women’s National Team facing a tough task of defending the title, as this year’s World Cup is billed as the most competitive yet.
Out to give the United States a run for its money are host France and Olympic champion Germany. Count England, reigning European champion, the Netherlands, oddsmaker bet Spain, and Asia’s top contenders, Japan and Australia, too on the list of countries that could be threats to the Americans’ bid for back-to-back crowns and fourth overall.
A total of 52 matches will be played in this year’s event with the last team left standing getting the prize money that’s double than the $2 million the United States got in 2015.
On top of the champion’s purse, the winner will get to take home the new World Cup trophy, a hand-made piece with its new cup based cut out from green Serpentino marble and the spiral and the football in pure silver covered with 23-carat gold and white gold. The trophy, which renowned designer William Sawaya said “starts with a simple movement at the bottom then rises upwards in a dancing crescendo of elegance, just like the level of interest that women’s football is awakening in the world,” is valued at $30,000.
France will duel South Korea in the first match on June 7 in Paris, while the United States will start its title defense against Thailand on June 11 in Reims.
