Despite Canada's unsavoury Women's World Cup exit, it was important to chronicle the journey

14.08.2023 - 22:07 cbc.ca

Penalties. A major storyline around this World Cup has been extra time and then dramatic penalty shootouts at every stage of the tournament.

The penalty shootout that saw co-hosts Australia advance to the semifinals was one of the most exciting and exhausting in recent memory.

That particular shootout saw a most riveting rivalry between France and Australia go down to the wire. If you missed it, the shootout had ten penalty kicks each (yes, ten), with the Matildas finally winning the contest 7-6.

Cortnee Vine scored the winning penalty for the Matildas and thrust the co-hosts into the World Cup semifinals for the very first time.

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MELBOURNE : Scheduled in a far-flung time-zone and carrying eight extra teams, the ninth Women's World Cup kicked off in Australia and New Zealand a month ago with some doubts it could deliver on lofty ambitions.

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MELBOURNE : Australia's dream of hoisting the Women's World Cup trophy is over but the co-hosts are determined to take more than a bronze medal away from a watershed tournament.

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SYDNEY: Australia coach Tony Gustavsson is expecting a close match against England in the Women's World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday (Aug 16) and is banking on the home crowd to lift the Matildas in the biggest game of their lives.

Olga Carmona's Late Stunner Takes Spain Into Maiden Women's World Cup Final

Olga Carmona's stunning late strike gave Spain a 2-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday to propel them into the Women's World Cup final for the first time in their history. Spain's thrilling victory at Eden Park sets up a showdown in Sydney on Sunday with either Australia or England, who meet in the other semi-final on Wednesday. The semi-final in Auckland seemed to be drifting towards extra time before suddenly bursting to life when substitute Salma Paralluelo put Spain ahead with nine minutes left.

Carmona wondergoal fires Spain into Women's World Cup final

Spain's thrilling victory at Eden Park sets up a showdown in Sydney on Sunday with either Australia or England, who meet in the other semi-final on Wednesday.

Have the stars aligned for Sweden at the Women's World Cup? - ESPN

Officially, the Peter Gerhardsson era started when he first took charge of the Sweden women's national team in autumn 2017, marking his first match with a win over Croatia to get the Blågult's qualification bid for the 2019 Women's World Cup off to the perfect start. Yet, inheriting a team that was entrenched in the typical Swedish 4-4-2 and playing a style the coach likened to an old-fashioned English system, it would take almost four years for the squad to finally begin looking like the real (attacking) deal under the 63-year-old.