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

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	October 2022^{[nb 1]}	June 2023
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	11	0	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Zambia	3	1	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

The winners of Group C will advance to play the runners-up of Group A.
The runners-up of Group C will advance to play the winners of Group A.

Matches

All times listed are local, NZST (UTC+12).

Spain vs Costa Rica

21 July 2023

19:30

Spain	3–0	Costa Rica
Del Campo 21' (o.g.) Bonmatí 23' González 27'	Report

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 22,966

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Spain

Costa Rica


GK	1	Misa Rodríguez
RB	2	Ona Batlle	88'
CB	4	Irene Paredes
CB	5	Ivana Andrés (c)
LB	19	Olga Carmona
CM	6	Aitana Bonmatí
CM	3	Teresa Abelleira	77'
RW	22	Athenea del Castillo	63'
AM	10	Jennifer Hermoso
LW	18	Salma Paralluelo	77'
CF	9	Esther González	63'
Substitutions:
FW	8	Mariona Caldentey	63'
FW	17	Alba Redondo	63'
MF	21	Claudia Zornoza	77'
MF	11	Alexia Putellas	77'
DF	12	Oihane Hernández	88'
Manager:
Jorge Vilda


GK	23	Daniela Solera
CB	20	Fabiola Villalobos
CB	4	Mariana Benavides
CB	5	Valeria del Campo
RM	3	María Coto
CM	16	Katherine Alvarado (c)
CM	10	Gloriana Villalobos	73'
LM	12	María Paula Elizondo	58'
RF	7	Melissa Herrera
CF	9	María Paula Salas	73'
LF	14	Priscila Chinchilla
Substitutions:
MF	15	Cristín Granados	58'
MF	19	Alexandra Pinell	73'
MF	21	Sheika Scott	73'
Manager:
Amelia Valverde

Player of the Match:
Aitana Bonmatí (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Ramina Tsoi (Kyrgyzstan)
Xie Lijun (China)
Fourth official:
Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Offside video assistant referee:
Sian Massey-Ellis (England)

Zambia vs Japan

22 July 2023

19:00

Zambia	0–5	Japan
	Report	Miyazawa 43', 62' Mi. Tanaka 55' Endō 71' Ueki 90+11' (pen.)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 16,111

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Zambia

Japan


GK	1	Catherine Musonda	51' 90+7'
RB	8	Margaret Belemu
CB	15	Agness Musase
CB	3	Lushomo Mweemba		82'
LB	13	Martha Tembo
RM	12	Evarine Katongo
CM	4	Susan Banda
CM	14	Ireen Lungu		72'
LM	17	Racheal Kundananji
CF	19	Siomala Mapepa		72'
CF	11	Barbra Banda (c)
Substitutions:
FW	7	Lubandji Ochumba		72'
MF	21	Avell Chitundu		72' 90+9'
DF	23	Vast Phiri		82'
GK	18	Eunice Sakala		90+9'
Manager:
Bruce Mwape


GK	1	Ayaka Yamashita
CB	23	Rion Ishikawa
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	3	Moeka Minami
RM	2	Risa Shimizu
CM	14	Yui Hasegawa
CM	10	Fūka Nagano
CM	7	Hinata Miyazawa	90+3'
LM	13	Jun Endō	77'
CF	15	Aoba Fujino	77'
CF	11	Mina Tanaka	66'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Riko Ueki	66'
MF	8	Hikaru Naomoto	77'
DF	17	Kiko Seike	77'
FW	22	Remina Chiba	90+3'
Manager:
Futoshi Ikeda

Player of the Match:
Hinata Miyazawa (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
Polyxeni Irodotou (Cyprus)
Fourth official:
Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Salomé Di Iorio (Argentina)
Offside video assistant referee:
Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)

Japan vs Costa Rica

26 July 2023

17:00

Japan	2–0	Costa Rica
Naomoto 25' Fujino 27'	Report

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Attendance: 6,992

Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Japan

Costa Rica


GK	1	Ayaka Yamashita
CB	5	Shiori Miyake
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	3	Moeka Minami
RM	2	Risa Shimizu	90+1'
CM	16	Honoka Hayashi	74'
CM	8	Hikaru Naomoto	74'
CM	14	Yui Hasegawa
LM	6	Hina Sugita
CF	15	Aoba Fujino	59'
CF	11	Mina Tanaka	59'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Hinata Miyazawa	59'
FW	9	Riko Ueki	59'
MF	10	Fūka Nagano	74'
DF	17	Kiko Seike	74'
DF	19	Miyabi Moriya	90+1'
Manager:
Futoshi Ikeda


GK	23	Daniela Solera
CB	20	Fabiola Villalobos
CB	4	Mariana Benavides
CB	2	Gabriela Guillén		46'
RM	3	María Coto
CM	16	Katherine Alvarado (c)
CM	15	Cristín Granados		64'
LM	12	María Paula Elizondo
RF	7	Melissa Herrera
CF	9	María Paula Salas		76'
LF	14	Priscila Chinchilla	86'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Gloriana Villalobos		46'
MF	11	Raquel Rodríguez		64'
MF	21	Sheika Scott		76'
Manager:
Amelia Valverde

Player of the Match:
Hikaru Naomoto (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Francesca Di Monte (Italy)
Mihaela Țepușă (Romania)
Fourth official:
Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
Offside video assistant referee:
Sian Massey-Ellis (England)

Spain vs Zambia

26 July 2023

19:30

Spain	5–0	Zambia
Abelleira 9' Hermoso 13', 70' Redondo 69', 85'	Report

Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance: 20,983

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Spain

Zambia


GK	1	Misa Rodríguez
RB	2	Ona Batlle	46'
CB	4	Irene Paredes
CB	5	Ivana Andrés (c)
LB	19	Olga Carmona
DM	3	Teresa Abelleira
CM	6	Aitana Bonmatí	61'
CM	11	Alexia Putellas	46'
RF	18	Salma Paralluelo	46'
CF	10	Jennifer Hermoso
LF	8	Mariona Caldentey	83'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Alba Redondo	46'
DF	12	Oihane Hernández	46'
FW	15	Eva Navarro	46'
MF	7	Irene Guerrero	61'
FW	22	Athenea del Castillo	83'
Manager:
Jorge Vilda


GK	18	Eunice Sakala
RB	8	Margaret Belemu
CB	15	Agness Musase
CB	3	Lushomo Mweemba		76'
LB	13	Martha Tembo	90+10'
DM	4	Susan Banda		37'
CM	14	Ireen Lungu
CM	12	Evarine Katongo		76'
RF	17	Racheal Kundananji
CF	11	Barbra Banda (c)
LF	19	Siomala Mapepa		37'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Mary Wilombe		37'
MF	21	Avell Chitundu		37'
FW	7	Ochumba Lubandji	90+1'	76'
DF	23	Vast Phiri		76'
Manager:
Bruce Mwape

Player of the Match:
Jennifer Hermoso (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Lee Seul-gi (South Korea)
Park Mi-suk (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Video assistant referee:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Offside video assistant referee:
Ella De Vries (Belgium)

Japan vs Spain

31 July 2023

19:00

Japan	4–0	Spain
Miyazawa 12', 40' Ueki 29' Mi. Tanaka 82'	Report

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 20,957

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Japan

Spain


GK	1	Ayaka Yamashita
CB	12	Hana Takahashi
CB	4	Saki Kumagai (c)
CB	3	Moeka Minami
RM	2	Risa Shimizu	59'
CM	10	Fūka Nagano	59'
CM	16	Honoka Hayashi
LM	13	Jun Endō	85'
RF	8	Hikaru Naomoto
CF	9	Riko Ueki	67'
LF	7	Hinata Miyazawa	46'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Aoba Fujino	46'
DF	19	Miyabi Moriya	59'
MF	14	Yui Hasegawa	59'
FW	11	Mina Tanaka	67'
MF	6	Hina Sugita	85'
Manager:
Futoshi Ikeda


GK	1	Misa Rodríguez
RB	2	Ona Batlle
CB	4	Irene Paredes
CB	20	Rocío Gálvez
LB	19	Olga Carmona (c)	45+1'	46'
DM	3	Teresa Abelleira		72'
CM	6	Aitana Bonmatí
CM	11	Alexia Putellas		62'
RF	18	Salma Paralluelo		82'
CF	10	Jennifer Hermoso
LF	8	Mariona Caldentey		62'
Substitutions:
DF	12	Oihane Hernández	89'	46'
FW	15	Eva Navarro		62'
FW	17	Alba Redondo		62'
MF	21	Claudia Zornoza		72'
FW	9	Esther González		82'
Manager:
Jorge Vilda

Player of the Match:
Hinata Miyazawa (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Felisha Mariscal (United States)
Fourth official:
Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Offside video assistant referee:
Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)

Costa Rica vs Zambia

31 July 2023

19:00

Costa Rica	1–3	Zambia
Herrera 47'	Report	Mweemba 3' B. Banda 31' (pen.) Kundananji 90+3'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 8,117

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Costa Rica

Zambia


GK	23	Daniela Solera
CB	20	Fabiola Villalobos
CB	4	Mariana Benavides	21'
CB	5	Valeria del Campo	23'
RM	3	María Coto
CM	10	Gloriana Villalobos		72'
CM	16	Katherine Alvarado (c)	6'	90+1'
LM	11	Raquel Rodríguez
RF	7	Melissa Herrera
CF	21	Sheika Scott		85'
LF	14	Priscila Chinchilla
Substitutions:
FW	9	María Paula Salas		72'
MF	13	Emilie Valenciano		85'
MF	19	Alexandra Pinell		90+1'
Manager:
Amelia Valverde


GK	1	Catherine Musonda
RB	8	Margaret Belemu
CB	15	Agness Musase
CB	3	Lushomo Mweemba
LB	13	Martha Tembo	40'
DM	4	Susan Banda
CM	20	Hellen Chanda		90+9'
CM	12	Evarine Katongo		74'
RF	21	Avell Chitundu		85'
CF	11	Barbra Banda (c)	66'
LF	17	Racheal Kundananji
Substitutions:
MF	6	Mary Wilombe		74'
MF	19	Siomala Mapepa		85'
MF	9	Hellen Mubanga		90+9'
Manager:
Bruce Mwape

Player of the Match:
Barbra Banda (Zambia)

Assistant referees:
Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)
Soukaina Hamdi (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Video assistant referee:
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Offside video assistant referee:
Sian Massey-Ellis (England)

References

[1] The rankings of October 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[nb 1]