Women’s World Cup 2023

There are few events in a career that come close to playing a World Cup on home soil. For the New Zealanders, that should drive their desire to do well for their country from July 20 through August 20 in the ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup. The New Zealand group has not qualified to play a match beyond the group stage in its history, so the New Zealand women’s selection has a real feat this summer to make the best result of its existence and satisfy fans who promise many to support one of the two. Host countries besides Australia. Zoom manpower, calendar and ambitions of New Zealand’s 2023 Women’s World Cup squad.

New Zealand squad for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Nannies:

• Erin Nayler (IFK Norrkoping)
• Brianna Edwards (Bankstown)
• Murphy Schiff (Jacksonville Dolphin)

Defenders:

• Kate Taylor (Wellington Phoenix)
• Claudia Pong (Melbourne Victory)
• CJ Pot (Leicester City)
• Michaela Moore (Glasgow City)
• Ali Riley (Angel City)
• Michaela Foster (Wellington Phoenix)
• Katie Bowen (Melbourne City)
• Grace Neville (London City Lionesses)
• Mackenzie Barry (Wellington Phoenix)
• Elizabeth Anton (Perth Glory)

Midfielders:

• Malia Steinmetz (Western Sydney Wanderers)
• Daisy Cleverly (coog)
• Olivia Chance (Celtic)
• Betsy Hassett (Wellington Phoenix)
• Ava Collins (St. John’s Red Storm)

Attackers:

• Gabe Rainey (Arizona State Sun Devils)
• Grace Gill (Canberra United)
• Big Satchel (Wellington Phoenix)
• Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City)
• India Paige Riley (Brisbane Roar)

trainer: Jitka Klimkova

With a group of 23 players selected for the competition, it will be a very complicated task for Czech Jitka Klimkova. Coming from the four corners of the planet (USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand), it is very difficult for the person who will lead this selection to have a view of their workforce. She arrived on the continent in Canberra after a brief trial as a coach in the Czech Republic, and after more than a decade of proving herself, the former defender is set to play her first World Cup as a coach.

As for the key players in her squad, many of them are due to play their last major competition and come from a generation that came of age for the World Cup on home soil. Among them, one is standard for everyone outside of the captain’s armband: Ali Riley. Coming from the National Women’s Soccer League, the women’s soccer championship in the United States, she must play her last meeting with her selection at the age of 35.

New Zealand schedule for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Group A: First round, July 20, 2023

9 am: New Zealand – Norway (Eden Park, Auckland)

Group A – Round Two – July 25, 2023

07:30: New Zealand-Philippines (Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington)

Group A: Round III July 30, 2023

09:00: Switzerland-New Zealand (Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin)

Round of 16 (if qualified) – 05 August 2023

Quarter-finals (if qualified) – August 11, 2023

Also read: Women’s World Cup 2023, full program and schedule

What are New Zealand’s goals in the 2023 Women’s World Cup?

It’s a real results crisis affecting New Zealand’s selection just weeks before the most important competition in their history begins. Unable to win for almost a year and ten matches contested ending in two draws and eight defeats, it is a true miracle that the neighboring island of Australia seems to be waiting for this World Cup.

If the opening match against Norway promised to be very difficult, then the other matches of this group A against the Philippines and Switzerland will be a chance for the locals to reach the round of 16 for the first time in their history. Winners of this same Philippine selection last September, it is the encounter against Helvetii that promises to be decisive in a qualification that will be historic for the country with the Silver Ferns.