World Soccer - UK (2022-07)

GROUPA

Jul 6 Englandv Austria OldTrafford

Jul 7 Norwayv NorthernIreland StMary’s

Jul 11 Austriav NorthernIreland StMary’s

Jul 11 Englandv Norway AmexCommunityStadium

Jul 15 NorthernIrelandv England StMary’s

Jul 15 Austriav Norway AmexCommunityStadium

GROUP B

Jul 8 Spainv Finland StadiumMK

Jul 8 Germanyv Denmark BrentfordCommunityStadium

Jul 12 Denmark v Finland StadiumMK

Jul 12 GermanyvSpain Brentford CommunityStadium

Jul 16 FinlandvGermany StadiumMK

Jul 16 Denmark v Spain Brentford CommunityStadium

GROUPC

Jul 9 Portugalv Switzerland LeighSportsVillage

Jul 9 Netherlandsv Sweden BramallLane

Jul 13 Swedenv Switzerland BramallLane

Jul 13 Netherlandsv Portugal LeighSportsVillage

Jul 17 Switzerlandv Netherlands BramallLane

Jul 17 Sweden v Portugal LeighSportsVillage

GROUP D

Jul 10 Belgium v Iceland EtihadAcademy Stadium

Jul 10 Francev Italy NewYorkStadium

Jul 14 ItalyvIceland EtihadAcademy Stadium

Jul 14 Francev Belgium NewYorkStadium

Jul 18 Icelandv France NewYorkStadium

Jul 18 ItalyvBelgium EtihadAcademyStadium

QUARTER-FINALS

(1)Jul 20 1stGroupA v 2nd GroupB AmexCommunityStadium

(2)Jul 21 1stGroupB v 2ndGroupA BrentfordCommunityStadium

(3)Jul 22 1stGroupC v 2ndGroupD LeighSportsVillage

(4)Jul 23 1stGroupD v 2ndGroupC NewYorkStadium

SEMI-FINALS

(5)Jul 26 Winner1 v Winner 3 BramallLane

(6)Jul 27 Winner2 v Winner 4 StadiumMK

FINAL

Jul 31 WembleyStadium

• AmexCommunity
  Stadium, Brighton


• BramallLane,Sheffield


• BrentfordCommunity
  Stadium, London


• EtihadAcademy
  Stadium, Manchester


• Leigh SportsVillage, Leigh


• NewYorkStadium,Rotherham


• OldTrafford,Manchester


• StadiumMK, MiltonKeynes


• StMary’sStadium,
  Southampton


• WembleyStadium, London

STADIUMS

SCHEDULE

OlympicfinalsandaWorld Cup
semi-finalinthe last sixyears.
Thefinals line-upwas notconfirmed
untilMay,whenUEFA removedRussia
duetotheinvasionof Ukraine.Portugal,
wholost to Russia1-0 on aggregatein
theplay-offs,replacedthem.Allbuttwo
ofthe teamswerepresentin 20 17,the
first16-nationtournament.Finland
returnand Northern Irelandmake
theirdebut.TheyreplaceRussia
andScotland.
Russia’sexpulsionmeansthe
tournamentconsistsentirelyofteams
fromwhatwas known,inColdWar
days, as WesternEurope,including
Scandinavia,all of whosenationshave
qualified.Inthatrespectnothinghas
changedfrom 20 05,oreven 1984
whenonlyWesternandScandinavian
teams entered.
Thistournament,andtheattention
itwill draw,isonlylikelytoaccelerate
thedivide.Thewest’swealthis a
majorfactor, obviously, butgiventhe
comparativelysmall sumsinvolvedin
thewomen’s gamejust as significant
isthe politicalandsocialwill.
Thatnow existsinEnglandas, 101
years afterthe FA bannedthe women’s
gameforhalfa century, thissummer
willillustrate.

GLENNMOORE

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