What you should know about 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup

The time to catch football fever has come again as the FIFA Women’s World cup kick starts on Friday. Here are things you should know about the tournament:

·       It is the eighth edition of the FIFA Women’s world cup which is done every four years.

·        This year’s tournament will be hosted in France.

·       This is the first time France will host the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

·       This will be the first time the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be used in a Women’s World Cup tournament.

·         It commences today with the group stage fixtures and will run till 7th July 2019.

·       The United States’ are the defending champions.

·       This edition will feature 24 teams broken into six groups of four teams each.

Below are the groupings of the teams:

GROUP A

France, South Korea, Norway, Nigeria

GROUP B

Germany, China PR, Spain, South Africa

GROUP C

Australia, Italy, Brazil, Jamiaca

GROUP D

England, Scotland, Argentina, Japan

GROUP E

Canada, Cameroon, New Zealand, Netherlands

GROUP F

United States, Thailand, Chile, Sweden