The 2023 Women’s World Cup is finally here, and 32 teams enter it with hopes of lifting the trophy in a month’s time in Sydney. This is the first Women’s World Cup with 32 teams, and it’s the first edition to feature two host nations. New Zealand/Aotearoa and Australia both carry with them the hopes of a nation, and we will get to see both hosts in action on this first day.
The first match is New Zealand taking on Norway, and it’s a big test for the Football Ferns. Norway has a beast of an attack, with one of the world’s best players in Ada Hegerberg and another dynamite talent in Caroline Graham Hansen that can score a ton of goals.