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The 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup. will characteristic six groups from Concacaf, probably the most ever from the confederation within the expanded, 32-team subject.

In fact, Concacaf doesn’t have the numbers like Europe, however Concacaf is tied with the Asian Soccer Confederation with the second-most variety of groups competing in Australia and New Zealand.

How did it occur? 4 groups certified from the Concacaf W Championship. Eight groups competed within the group stage, and the 4 groups that superior to the knockout spherical additionally punched their ticket to the World Cup. These groups have been america, Canada, Costa Rica and Jamaica.

In the meantime, the third-place finishers within the group stage — Haiti and Panama — superior to the inter-confederation playoffs this previous February.

That’s the place Concacaf shined. A complete of 11 groups competed for 3 invaluable spots on this summer season’s match. Haiti and Panama took two of the three spots. The Haitians took care of enterprise towards Senegal and a highly-favored Chile squad. In the meantime, Panama earned their ticket to the World Cup with wins over Papua New Guinea and Paraguay. It was a a lot totally different story than 4 years in the past, when Panama misplaced to Argentina within the international playoffs.

That’s how six groups from Concacaf discovered themselves going to the World Cup. America and Canada are the 2 highest-ranked groups from the area, and loads of pre-tournament protection has been devoted to them — see, for example, how the U.S. will fight the lack of defender and captain Becky Sauerbrunn, and the way Canada is battling their federation in a pay dispute.

On this article, we at The Equalizer are looking on the different 4 nations going to the Girls’s World Cup — two of them for the primary time of their nation’s historical past — and the way they might fare on the large stage.