2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

[tetsujin1979]

Ireland have been drawn in Group A against Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, and Georgia*


Group Fixtures





Date
Home
Score
Away


Friday, 17th September 2021
Georgia
PSTPD
Republic of Ireland


Thursday, 21st October 2021
Republic of Ireland
0-1
Sweden


Tuesday, 26th October 2021
Finland
1-2
Republic of Ireland


Thursday, 25th November 2021
Republic of Ireland
1-1
Slovakia


Tuesday, 30th November 2021
Republic of Ireland
11-0
Georgia


Tuesday, 12th April 2022
Sweden
1-1
Republic of Ireland


Monday, 27th June 2022
Georgia
0-9
Republic of Ireland


Thursday, 1st September 2022
Republic of Ireland
1-0
Finland


Tuesday, 6th September 2022
Slovakia
0-1
Republic of Ireland








Play Off





Tursday, 11th October 2022
Scotland
0-1
Republic of Ireland



Group Fixtures Confirmed
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2c8301d5ae03b60/original/Match-Schedule-FIFA-Women-s-World-Cup-Australia-New-Zealand-2023.pdf

Date
Opposition
Location
Local time
Irish Time
World Time Buddy


Thursday, 20th July
Australia
Sydney
8pm
11am
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=2147714,2964574&h=2147714&date=2023-7-20&sln=20-21&hf=1


Wednesday, 26th July
Canada
Perth
8pm
1pm
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=2063523,2964574&h=2063523&date=2023-7-26&sln=20-21&hf=1


Monday, 31st July
Nigeria
Brisbane
8pm
11am
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=2174003,2964574&h=2174003&date=2023-7-31&sln=20-21&hf=1



Links
FIFA Women's World Cup (https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification(UEFA) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA) )
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification UEFA Group A (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80 %93_UEFA_Group_A)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Play Offs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80 %93_UEFA_play-offs)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Stage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup#Group_stage)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B)

FAI request postponement of qualifier against Georgia: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/new-date-set-for-georgia-v-wnt

*because it's not an international qualification group if Georgia are not involved

[samhaydenjr]

Ireland have been drawn in Group A against Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, and Georgia*

Fixtures
17 September, 2021: Georgia v Republic of Ireland
21 October, 2021: Republic of Ireland v Sweden
26 October, 2021: Finland v Republic of Ireland
25 November, 2021: Republic of Ireland v Slovakia
30 November, 2021: Republic of Ireland v Georgia
12 April, 2022: Sweden v Republic of Ireland
1 September, 2022: Republic of Ireland v Finland
6 September, 2022: Slovakia v Republic of Ireland

wiki links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80 %93_UEFA_Group_A

*because it's not an international qualification group if Georgia are not involved

If we don't scrape a lucky away win with a late goal in the opener, then Pauw should be fired - and I mean if we win 4-0, she should be fired - we demand nothing but frustrating nailbiters in Tbilisi

[Insidetherock]

Just wondering why this isn't in the international thread.. giving a great performance here against Finland, currently two one up, after putting in another good performance against Sweden the other night

Brilliant stuff from the ladies

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA) )
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80 %93_UEFA_Group_A)

[Insidetherock]

Hon the women, great result

[tetsujin1979]

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[Insidetherock]

They played good football.. rode their luck when they had to.. but could have got a few more

There's great things happening at underage in girls soccer.. a world cup appearance could see the game explode

Im proud to see two of the u17 girls last month in Norway come from a club I set up 10 years ago.. small rural league.. and I know there's oodles of untapped talent out there

[gastric]

They played good football.. rode their luck when they had to.. but could have got a few more

There's great things happening at underage in girls soccer.. a world cup appearance could see the game explode

Im proud to see two of the u17 girls last month in Norway come from a club I set up 10 years ago.. small rural league.. and I know there's oodles of untapped talent out there

Sincerely, you must be very proud. Very exciting times. Hopefully they qualify for the WC and I look forward to seeing them play in Australia! Similarities between them and the men's team , I think they hadn't won in 10 or 11 games and now showing some form. Katie McCabe is so tough, I think she is one of ten, that might explain it. I loved the job Louise Quinn did on Sam Kerr against the Aussies who is one of the best strikers in the world. Certainly a sense of optimism around Irish football, long may it continue.

[Insidetherock]

Yeah big time.. and think this WC might be a step early, but even getting to the next Euros would be massive. I think like the mens team in 88, they need that one big tournament to kick on

[pineapple stu]

I'm not sure if we benefit from too many sub-forums. I can understand dahamsta's logic behind having a separate area for the two, but I think it'd gain more traction here (and more traction = better, I would have thought)

[tetsujin1979]

There is a thread for the women's team, but, in the 12 years since it was started, it's had less than 100 posts
https://foot.ie/threads/105190-Ireland-Women-s-National-Team
I'll treat this the same as the underage tournament threads - one thread per competition, and then archived when the competition itself is complete

[samhaydenjr]

Yeah big time.. and think this WC might be a step early, but even getting to the next Euros would be massive. I think like the mens team in 88, they need that one big tournament to kick on

I don't know - two victories in November, combined with two victories for Sweden at home to Finland and Slovakia, and we'll be in pole position for second place going into 2022 - unfortunately I think we're in one of the tightest groups so blowout victories will be hard to come by so, if we do come second, we won't get a bye to the first round. But still, at that point we'll only be two victories from qualification (or an intercontinental play-off) and anything could happen

[geysir]

There are only 2 WC places for the 9 runners-up to scrap over. Is first spot a bridge too far? I didn't watch Irl V Swe, but was there much between them? The Finns will be no pushover for Sweden.

[passinginterest]

There are only 2 WC places for the 9 runners-up to scrap over. Is first spot a bridge too far? I didn't watch Irl V Swe, but was there much between them? The Finns will be no pushover for Sweden.

It was a good performance against Sweden but they're definitely a level above Ireland and Finland, I don't think there's any prospect of either side beating them.

[geysir]

It was a good performance against Sweden but they're definitely a level above Ireland and Finland, I don't think there's any prospect of either side beating them.

Finland had a high ranking status not so long ago and was able to compete against Sweden when Sweden were at their best. In recent qualifiers Ireland were humped by Finland who themselves were then at a low ebb. But it speaks volumes about the progress Ireland have made to beat Finland away from home, with Finland now having reached the UEFA finals 2022 and ranked in the top 12 - 16.
The Scandi/Nordic countries have traditionally done well at Women's football because the gender equality factors in their society called for resources to be administered equally towards both genders in sport, from kindergarten level upwards. In most of their football club academies there are equal nr of male/female participants receiving the same standard of coaching. Ireland are just at the point where outstanding progress has already been made, the potential to compete internationally has already reached a very decent level and that competitive ability is still on the rise.

[gastric]

Finland had a high ranking status not so long ago and was able to compete against Sweden when Sweden were at their best. In recent qualifiers Ireland were humped by Finland who themselves were then at a low ebb. But it speaks volumes about the progress Ireland have made to beat Finland away from home, with Finland now having reached the UEFA finals 2022 and ranked in the top 12 - 16.
The Scandi/Nordic countries have traditionally done well at Women's football because the gender equality factors in their society called for resources to be administered equally towards both genders in sport, from kindergarten level upwards. In most of their football club academies there are equal nr of male/female participants receiving the same standard of coaching. Ireland are just at the point where outstanding progress has already been made, the potential to compete internationally has already reached a very decent level and that competitive ability is still on the rise.

Thanks Geysir for acknowledging the progress of this team and long may it continue. The cheap, infantile shots on here on an Irish international football team are what I would expect on ybig, not on this forum.

[ltfc_2004]

The forum says Ireland it doesn't specifically state any gender at all.

Its great to see a good result get some recognition. Lets see how they do in the next few qualifiers.

[passinginterest]

The standard has improved greatly from what I've seen the last few years. There's a real push to drive the visibility of women's sport and to increase participation, I think little things like having more mainstream media coverage and discussion alongside the men's game can only be a good thing. In Denise O'Sullivan and Katie McCabe we have two players in the "world class" sphere, which is more than can be said for the men's game at the moment. Bringing in a few granny rulers hasn't hurt either, so we may well see some discussion in the eligibility threads!

[gastric]

Sorry, where does it says mens' Irish international only at the top of the forum? It's in some ways a fledging sport in terms of professionalism and it might encourage new posters, possibly female posters is that a step too far for some!

[gastric]

Sorry my last post on this issue. Skstu, you mentioned a 'trigger' above. This comes out of 16 years of coaching girls' football. I initially baulked at the idea, but the head coach where I coached was a good friend and he knew I was over the crap associated with coaching boys, pushy parents, egos and bad attitudes. I built one team from u13s upwards and loved it. It's very different as you so often mention Stu from boys' football! The skills are more limited, but the endeavour and determination are no different. And once the game is over, girls move on straight away! The only Australian sporting team I felt any connection with is the Matildas. I do love watching them and for me to be able to watch Ireland play them recently was brilliant. TV coverage of Irish womens' football in Australia was non existent until recently and I now get as excited watching the Irish girls as much as the men! Our recent results show we can match it with the big girls and the sport will only get bigger and better. There are roughly 2066 threads in this section of foot.ie and I am sure there will be much more discussion in this section about our international team as it really hasn't got traction in the women's section. Is it too much to ask for respect for this one thread among 2066 other threads? I have lost a lot of respect for some posters on here who I had found funny and often insightful, and it is sad to see such sexism on here, not what I expected to be honest.

[Insidetherock]

The fact that there are probably more posts in the thread in a week than on the womens forum in the past 12 months is proof positive, that if you bring discussion of the womens game to a wider audience, just as playing of the womens game to a wider audience, more will engage with it.

Some of the responses to the thread have been baffling. If you don't like womens football, no one is beating you up to engage in it. Its one thread amongst '000's, so is seeing it on the front page so.. I don't know.. scary?

If Ireland had a beach football team, blind football, homeless football, amputee football, cerebral palsy football team.. would we not all celebrate their achievements too

Wait.. they have. And we do. We're all one football family.. lets embrace every branch on the tree

[tetsujin1979]

Off topic posts deleted. If you have an issue with this thread, take it to the support forum

[tetsujin1979]

Team named v Slovakia, kick off at seven on RTE 2
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[tetsujin1979]

Sweden and Finland drawing 1-1 in the other game in the group tonight, a Swedish win is better for us
https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032303--sweden-vs-finland/

[Insidetherock]

Poor result, poor poor performance.. first touch from some was terrible all night

[gastric]

Yes, flat performance and frustrating result in terms of finishing second in the group. Katie McCabe at left back makes no sense either.

[Insidetherock]

Katie seemed to be everywhere, that was the problem.. too often too far from where she was dangerous.. Savannah Mc Carthy unfortunately is lacking pace too much.. you can't waste Mc Cabe covering for her.

Thought the same when Jarrett came on in Finland.. hate to say it, but again we could be seeing the difference between playing pro/semi pro between WLOI and WSL in the UK

[tetsujin1979]

Starting XI announced for qualifier against Georgia at 7 tonight
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[passinginterest]

Tough conditions in Tallaght but Georgia look woeful. Should win this by 5 or 6 now.

[Insidetherock]

Tough conditions in Tallaght but Georgia look woeful. Should win this by 5 or 6 now.

If only the men could dispatch the Georgians with as much ease as the women seem to be doing.

Really hope that poor result on Thursday night doesn't end up catching the women out. Looks like the play off place will come down to the Finland game in Dublin next year

[pineapple stu]

Tough conditions in Tallaght but Georgia look woeful. Should win this by 5 or 6 now.
Looks like you underestimated that!

Though I suspect a foot.ie XI would beat Georgia tbh. Ball retention is nil. The keeper made one flying save in the second half but has watched most of the goals go in. You can see why there's huge scores in qualifying alright

[pineapple stu]

That's an outrageous sending off.

It makes up for the penalty that wasn't given earlier, but how it's a second booking to have the ball blasted at your elbow from three yards away I don't know

[tetsujin1979]

Georgia are an absolute shambles.

[Insidetherock]

The sending off was unnecessary all right

[sadloserkid]

You can see why there's huge scores in qualifying alright

England 19-0 up on Latvia for example.

[sadloserkid]

England 19-0 up on Latvia for example.

20-0. Apologies.

[pineapple stu]

England 19-0 up on Latvia for example.

20-0 now.

Shame; it would have been the second 19-0 of the week.

I think looking at some of the results that some of the eastern European teams in particular struggle to get a full squad for away games, which doesn't help. Presumably they can't afford time off to travel

[passinginterest]

Good to see them be so ruthless. The sending off was very harsh. Hard to believe Sweden only put 4 past them. There’s obviously still some massive gaps in standard across women’s football.

[Insidetherock]

Mick Mc Carthy would have been happy with a two nil win.. 😉

Fair play to the ladies.. great win. Be great to see them qualify, would make a huge difference to the womens game in Ireland

[Eminence Grise]

At ten, I thought Amb Barrett’sment of riches would be a sub-editor’s dream headline, then they went and wrecked it with the eleventh goal.:D

[tetsujin1979]

Finland and Slovakia drew 1-1, puts us in a really good position to finish second now
https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/match/2032307/

[tetsujin1979]

qualifier against Sweden later will be on RTE Player internationally for all the forummers based outside Ireland
It's a bit of a gimme, in that Sweden are expected to win and qualify, but a loss won't affect us too much with qualification still very much in our own hands


BTW has anyone read the layout for the play offs? It's a mess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80 %93_UEFA_play-offs

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[Eirambler]

The playoffs make reasonable sense until you get to the bit where they rank the winning playoff teams, which is absolutely nuts. So you come second in your group, win your two playoff matches but still don't qualify because you drew with Slovakia or someone a year earlier - that's crazy.

The only thing is that, with the huge differences in standards that exist in women's football, there must be a reasonable chance that the inter continental playoff you'd then go into would be against some absolute no hoper from another continent, so you might qualify easily anyway.

Overall from an Irish point of view though, qualification looks extremely difficult here. Even if they get second in the group they still need to win two playoff games, most likely against higher ranked teams, and maybe an inter continental playoff as well. Big ask for them to qualify.

But yet we'll no doubt see countries from other parts of the world have much easier qualification paths and then get 13-0 type beatings in the finals, as happened in 2019.

EDIT: Just looked at the inter continental playoff format as well and that's a complete mess too - groups of three, groups of four etc.

There's got to be a better way...

[tetsujin1979]

15 minutes in, still 0-0
Finland leading Georgia 5-0 in the other game in the group today
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[passinginterest]

Turned it on just in time to see them take the lead. Massive deflection on a McCabe shot. Get the impression it was all Sweden up to that point. Would be an incredible result if they can keep the clean sheet in the second half.

[tetsujin1979]

1-0 up at half time! Katie McCabe with a deflected shot. Sweden should have scored though, one glaring chance that came back off the underside of the crossbar

[Insidetherock]

Hon the women.. mighty performance so far.. remember they kept them scoreless in the second half in Tallaght too

Realistically you'd still back Sweden to win, but have to give the women some credit

Getting to the world cup would be somecshot in the arm for the women and girls game in Ireland

Plus, just shows you how good the Swedes are.. pretty much all the Irish players are playing in England in the Super League, but theyre pinned back constant

[Insidetherock]

One of the greatest performance by a senior Irish international team.. brilliant for them.. get the win in Georgia, and fill the stadium in Tallaght for the Finland game.. they deserve it

[gastric]

Great result, shows we can match it with the big teams now and this was despite a number of key injuries!COYGIG!

[geysir]

Great result, shows we can match it with the big teams now and this was despite a number of key injuries!COYGIG!

It was a stunning result, I didn't watch the game but I doubt Ireland came close to matching Sweden, there's a considerable gap to the top UEFA teams. Should Ireland finish ahead of Finland in the group reaching the play-offs, that would be a considerable mark of progress made.

[gastric]

We have beaten Australia and drawn with Sweden who both finished top 4 in the last Olympics? I think that is matching it with the best.