Women's World Cup 2023: 10 interesting numbers about statistics, records

The 2023 Women's World Cup will be a historic tournament for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team in particular and Vietnamese football in general. The tournament will take place after more than 2 weeks with the opening match between co-hosts New Zealand and Norway on July 20. Ahead of the 9th season of the Women's World Cup, let's look back at 10 interesting statistics and records:

64 - A total of 64 matches will be played across five cities in Australia and four in New Zealand. The final will be held at the Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia on 20 August.

40 - This is the number of wins the US women's team has had in the Women's World Cup and is the most by a single team in the tournament. The US women's team also holds the record for total games played (50).

The US team holds the most wins after 8 past Women's World Cups

32 - Unlike previous tournaments, the 2023 Women's World Cup will be the first year with 32 participating teams, divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. This is the number of teams participating in the men's World Cup tournaments applied since 1998.

17 - Brazil's Marta has scored 17 goals at the Women's World Cup, the most by a female player in the last eight tournaments.

Brazilian international Marta is the all-time leading scorer in Women's World Cups

Besides Marta, the two names ranked behind are Birgit Prinz (Germany) and Abby Wambach (USA) with 14 goals each.

13 - This is a record number of goals scored in a match. The US women's team defeated Thailand 13-0 in 2019. It was also the biggest win in the history of the tournament.

7 - Seven nations have competed in all nine Women's World Cups (including 2023): USA, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Brazil and Nigeria.

Formiga is the player who has participated in the most Women's World Cups to date.

This is also the most seasons of a female player ever held by Miraildes Maciel Mota "Formiga" (Brazil) from 1996 to 2019.

5 - Marta and Christine Sinclair have scored at least one goal in five consecutive Women's World Cups, becoming the only two players in the tournament's history to achieve this feat.

4 - With four Women's World Cup titles, the US team has won more times than any other team.

Germany is the only country to have won more than one championship (twice). Japan and Norway each have won once.

2 - The Women's World Cup is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand for the first time. It is also the first World Cup to be held in the southern hemisphere.

0 - No team (men's or women's) has ever won three consecutive World Cups. The United States, if they win this year's tournament, will become the first team to achieve this feat (the previous two were in 2015 and 2019).

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/world-cup-nu-2023-10-con-so-thu-vi-ve-cac-thong-ke-ky-luc-20230703172244285.htm