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☆ Women's World Cup 2023: Facts and statistics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Soccer Football - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Final - Spain v England - Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia - August 20, 2023 Spain players celebrate after winning the Women's World Cup REUTERS/Carl Recine Acquire Licensing RightsAug 20 (Reuters) - Spain beat England 1-0 in the Women's World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday to win their first title. Following are some facts and statistics from the ninth edition of the tournament, which was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand:* Number of matches: 64* Number of teams: 32* Venues: 10, in nine host cities* Goals scored: 164, highest at any edition of the World Cup* Penalties taken: 27, excluding shootouts* Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa of Japan (five goals)* Fastest goal: after 68 seconds, scored by Panama's Marta Cox against France in the group stage* Highest scoring team: Spain (18 goals)* Biggest win: Netherlands 7-0 Vietnam in the group stage* Youngest player: Casey Phair of South Korea at 16 years and 26 days, youngest ever in the history of the tournament* Winning team's prize money: $4.29 million* Total prize money: $110 million* Highest match attendance: 75,784 for four games at full capacity at Stadium Australia in Sydney* Total attendance: 1,978,274* Average attendance: 30,911 - more than 9,000 above the average for the 2019 edition in France, which had 24 teams participating)Compiled by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Carl Recine, Hinata, Panama's Marta Cox, Casey Phair, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, England, REUTERS, France, Australia, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Sydney, Japan, Netherlands, Vietnam, South Korea, France, Hyderabad

☆ Germany exit Women's World Cup after draw with South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRISBANE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Twice former winners Germany crashed out in the opening phase of the Women's World Cup for the first time after being held to a 1-1 draw with South Korea in their final Group H match on Thursday. Casey Phair, who became the Women's World Cup's youngest ever player earlier in the tournament, almost gave the Koreans the lead when the 16-year-old saw her second minute effort pushed onto the post by goalkeeper Merle Frohms. Germany were frustrated by the hard-pressing Koreans, but in the 42nd minute the former champions levelled as Popp out-jumped the defence to meet Svenja Huth's right wing cross and loop her header beyond Kim Jung-mi. Voss-Tecklenburg's side threw everything forward after the interval, with Popp's 57th minute header ruled out on review by VAR as the striker strayed offside following a clever flick by Lea Schuller. Reporting by Michael Church, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Cho, hyun, Alexandra Popp, Casey Phair, Merle Frohms, Colin Bell's, Lee Young, Popp, Svenja, Kim Jung, Lea Schuller, Kim, Sydney Lohmann thumped, Michael Church, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: BRISBANE, Germany, South, Thomson Locations: South Korea, Colombia, Perth, Germany, Voss

☆ Nouhaila Benzina: Morocco secures first Women's World Cup win as defender makes history
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Women’s World Cup 2023: Live scores, fixtures, results, tables and top scorersCNN —Morocco earned a surprise victory over South Korea on Sunday to secure the country’s first win at a Women’s World Cup in a match where Nouhaila Benzina also made history. Defender Benzina started for Morocco to become the first player to wear a hijab at a senior-level Women’s World Cup. Ranked 55 places below South Korea in the world rankings, it was a surprise when the debutants took the early lead but Morocco held on for a memorable win. Teenager Casey Phair had a chance to level for South Korea from close range late on but shot wide. South Korea will play Germany on August 3 in their final group stage match.

Persons: Nouhaila Benzina, Striker Ibtissam Jraidi, Benzina, ” Jraidi, Casey Phair Organizations: CNN — Morocco, South, Reuters, Germany, H’s Locations: South Korea, Morocco, Germany, Adelaide, Korea, Colombia

☆ Morocco stun South Korea to claim first ever Women's World Cup victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ADELAIDE, July 30 (Reuters) - Debutantes Morocco claimed their first ever victory at the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over South Korea in their second Group H encounter on Sunday, all but confirming the Asian side's exit. Morocco are 55 rungs below South Korea in the women's rankings, but the African side made an early breakthrough with their first ever World Cup goal from striker Ibtissam Jraidi. "There's a sense of pride for us to pull this first World Cup win out of the bag," coach Reynald Pedros said, dedicating the victory to the king of Morocco. Morocco defender Nouhaila Benzina, who became the first player to wear a headscarf at the Women's World Cup, made crucial interventions, while she almost scored from a set-piece when she volleyed a snapshot over the bar. We saved the worst two performances in my tenure for the World Cup.

Persons: Ibtissam Jraidi, Ait, Ait El Haj, Jraidi, Reynald Pedros, Pedros, Nouhaila Benzina, yun, Collin Bell, Korea's Casey Phair, Bell, I'm, we've, Rohith Nair, William Mallard Organizations: Debutantes, South, South Koreans, Moroccan, Germany, Asian, Thomson Locations: ADELAIDE, Debutantes Morocco, South Korea, Morocco, Ait El, Germany, Colombia, Korea, Bengaluru

☆ She Just Finished Her Freshman Year of High School. Now She’s in the World Cup.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Jared Diamond | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

She Just Finished Her Freshman Year of High School. Now She’s in the World Cup. Casey Phair became the youngest person, man or woman, to play in the World Cup. The New Jersey 16-year-old playing for South Korea is one of more than 20 teens who have already played in the tournament.

Persons: Casey Phair Organizations: High School, The, South Locations: The New Jersey, South Korea

☆ Casey Phair: US-born South Korea forward becomes youngest player in World Cup history
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —South Korea forward Casey Phair on Tuesday became the youngest ever player to appear at the World Cup – just 26 days after celebrating her 16th birthday. Phair is the first player of mixed heritage to be selected for a Korean World Cup squad, according to Reuters. After announcing her selection, South Korea coach Colin Bell said it was his duty to protect the teenager from the glare of publicity. South Korea next face Morocco in Adelaide on Sunday. Norman Whiteside is the youngest player to appear at the men’s World Cup, representing Northern Ireland in 1982 at age 17 and 41 days.

Persons: Casey Phair, Chiejine, Phair, Kim Jung, Colin Bell, Norman Whiteside Organizations: CNN, Tuesday, South, FIFA, Reuters, Northern Ireland Locations: South Korea, South, Colombia, Sydney, Korea, Morocco, Adelaide, Northern

☆ Usme, Caicedo score to lift Colombia 2-0 over South Korea in Women's World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The ball squirted into the net, to the delight of the yellow-clad Colombian fans at Sydney Football Stadium. "Well, I am extremely happy, but this has to do with the collective work of everyone," Caicedo said on her first World Cup goal. It was the final game of the opening round of group matches and the 300th match in Women's World Cup history. But Colombia, who reached the round of 16 at the 2015 World Cup, dominated possession, slicing through South Korea's defence with ease. "When you lose it's not so nice but I'll treasure this moment for the rest of my life, my first World Cup match.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Joy SYDNEY, Linda Caicedo, Usme, Yoon Younggeul, Yoon, Caicedo, Casey Phair, Nelson Abadia, Lee Guimmen's, Choe Yuri, Catalina Perez, Mayra Ramirez, Colin Bell, Lori Ewing, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Stephen Coates Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Sydney Football Stadium, REUTERS, South, Real Madrid, Sydney Football, tooting, Germany, Sunday, ., Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Colombia, South Korea, Sydney, Australia, South Korean, Korea, British, debutantes Morocco, Morocco

☆ 2023 Women’s World Cup: South Korea’s Park Eun-seon almost quit soccer after gender controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Park playing against Brazil in the 2003 Women's World Cup. The striker is now set to star for South Korea at the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “Personally, I want to keep her like a flower in a greenhouse until the World Cup,” Bell said in April, hinting at a possible World Cup call-up for the 36-year-old striker this summer that has now been confirmed. ‘I scored a goal in the World Cup!’ I want this to be an opportunity where I can make this come true,” she said of her World Cup hopes. The 16-year-old was born in the US and, according to Reuters, is the first player of mixed heritage to be selected for a Korean World Cup squad.

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