Rabat – As part of the 2023 Women’s World Cup tournament set to take place in Australia and New Zealand between July 20 and August 20, the Moroccan team will take on their German counterparts on the first match day of the group stage.
The match will take place on July 24 at the Melbourne Rectangular stadium in Australia at 9:30 a.m. Moroccan Time.
The channel broadcasting the game is the Fancode app and its website.
In preparation for the world cup event, the women’s football team has played seven friendly games since February against international teams, namely Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy, Switzerland, and Jamaica.
The score results were respectively as follows: 3-0, 2-0, 0-2, 0-1, two 0-0 draws, and 0-1.
This world cup’s ninth edition marks the first participation of the Moroccan team in such a prestigious footballistic event.
Their qualification for the 2023 Women’s World Cup came as a result of their win against Botswana in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in 2022.
In the same WAFCON tournament, Morocco reached the final stage to play against South Africa. Unfortunately, the title was in favor of the South African team.
Below is the full draw of the Australia-New Zealand World Cup 2023:
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
Group D: England, playoff Group B winner, China, Denmark
Group E: US, Netherlands, Vietnam, playoff Group A winner
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, playoff Group C winner
Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea
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