2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
In the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Group C is a part of the tournament where teams compete against each other. It will happen from July 20th to July 30th, 2023. The teams in this group are Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan. The two best teams from this group will move on to the next round, called the round of 16.
Teams change
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of
qualification |
Date of
qualification |
Finals
appearance |
Last
appearance |
Previous best
performance |
FIFA Rankings | |
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C1 | Spain | 1 | UEFA | UEFA Group B winners | 12 April 2022 | 3rd | 2019 | Round of 16 (2019) | 6 | 6 |
C2 | Costa Rica | 3 | CONCACAF | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship fourth place | 8 July 2022 | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage (2015) | 37 | 36 |
C3 | Zambia | 4 | CAF | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations third place | 13 July 2022 | 1st | — | Debut | 81 | 77 |
C4 | Japan | 2 | AFC | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalists | 30 January 2022 | 9th | 2019 | Winners (2011) | 11 | 11 |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of October 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings change
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
Matches change
All times listed are local, NZST (UTC+12).
Spain vs Costa Rica change
Spain | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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Zambia vs Japan change
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Japan vs Costa Rica change
Japan | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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Spain vs Zambia change
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Japan vs Spain change
Japan | 4–0 | Spain |
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Costa Rica vs Zambia change
Costa Rica | 1–3 | Zambia |
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Herrera 47' | Report |
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