PRESENTATION GROUP A and GROUP B
Picture : Dzsenifer Marozsan, the playmaker of Olympique Lyon and of the German National team, has won the Champions League with his club and can win the World Cup with his national team to be crowned as the future Ballon d’Or.
24 teams will participate at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The IFFHS present the teams by Groups.
GROUP A
FRANCE
Previous participations : 3 (2003, 2011, 2015)
Best performance : 4th in 2011
Performance WC 2015 : Quarter final
Coach : Corinne DIACRE (since 2017)
Stars : Olympique Lyon players Sarah BOUHADDI, Wendie RENARD, Amandine HENRY, Eugénie LE SOMMER …
Wendie RENARD
KOREA REPUBLIC
Previous participations : 2 (2003, 2015)
Best performance : Round of 16 in 2015
Coach : YOON DEOK-YEO (since 2013)
Stars : Ji SO-YUN (Chelsea), Cho SO-HYUN, Lee MIN-A
NORWAY
Previous participations : 7 (all since 1991)
Best performance : WC Winner 1995
Performance WC 2015 : Round of 16
Coach : Martin SJÖGREN (Sweden) since 2015
Stars : Ingrid Hjelmsteth, Maren Mjelde (Chelsea) , Caroline Graham Hansen (Wolfsburg /FC Barcelona)
Ada Hegerberg, BALLON D’OR 2018, don’t participate.
NIGERIA
Previous participations : 7 (all since 1991)
Best performance : Quarter final 1999
Performance WC 2015 : Group stage
Coach : Thomas DENNERBY (Sweden) since 2018
Stars : Asisat OSHOALA (FC Barcelona), Ngozi OKOBI, Francisca ORDEGA
Asisat OSHOALA
GROUP B
GERMANY
Previous participations : 7 (since 1991)
Best performance : WC Winner 2003 and 2007
Performance WC 2015 : 4th
Coach : Martina VOSS-TECKLENBURG (since 2018)
Stars : Dzsenifer MAROZSAN (Lyon), Alexandra POPP (Wolfsburg), Lena GOESSLING (Wolfsburg)
CHINA PR
Previous participations : 6 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015)
Best performance : Runner-up 1999
Performance WC 2015 : Quarter final
Coach : Jia XIUQUAN (since 2018)
Stars : Shuang WANG (Paris SG), Shanshan WANG, Li YING
SPAIN
Previous participations : 1
Best performance : Group stage 2015
Coach : Jorge VILDA (since 2015)
Stars : Patricia GUIJARRO (FC Barcelona), Sandra PANOS (FC Barcelona), Irene PAREDES (Paris SG)
SOUTH AFRICA
FIRST PARTICIPATION
Coach : Desirée ELLIS (since 2016)
Stars : Janine VAN WYK (JVW), Kgatlana THEMBI (Beijing), Jane REFILOE
Janine VAN WYK