At 9 p.m. Beijing time on the 8th, the Chinese women's football team will welcome Germany, the first opponent of this world cup. Since then, at 3 a.m. on the 14th and 0 a.m. on the 18th, the opponents of the Chinese women's football team in the group stage are South Africa and Spain respectively. A total of 24 teams participated in the world cup, and the top two teams and the third of the four best teams were promoted to the top 16 knockout.
The German women's football team will be the first opponent of the Chinese women's football team
German women's football team currently ranks second in the world, second only to the United States. In the history of the previous women's World Cup, Germany won the championship twice, just second only to the United States three times. The Chinese women's football team can only do its best when they meet the German team in the first game of this world cup. Many fans will remember that in the 1999 women's World Cup, the Chinese team cut through thorns and thorns and won the second place, the best result in the world cup in the team's history.
This is the seventh time that the Chinese team participated in the women's World Cup and the only time that they missed the finals was in the 2011 German women's World Cup. What hurt Chinese fans even more was that the Japanese women's football team won the world cup for the first time with its performance of shocking the world. Based on the results of the past six world cups, the best result of the Chinese women's football team is the runner up mentioned above (1999), but the past three competitions failed to cross the threshold of the top eight (2003, 2007 and 2015). Before the world cup, Chinese women's football coach Jia Xiuquan did not hide his desire for the world cup champion in an interview with the media. He said: 'the heart of the champion will always be with us! If you don't have a champion's heart, you will leave a regret if you just go to the world cup. "
Among the 23 players of Chinese women's football team participating in the world cup, 11 participated in the last Canadian women's football World Cup. The average age of the whole team is 26.1 years old. There are two post-80s players, and the other 21 players are post-90s. Among them, Li Ying, Tan Ruyin, Han Peng and Luo Guiping are from Meizhou Huijun team.
The Chinese women's football team's opponent Spain in the second round of the group game has 10 players from Barcelona women's football club. As the runner up team of this year's women's Champions League, Barcelona has contributed a total of 15 players to the participating teams of this world cup. It is not only the club that contributes the most international players, but also a new record of the women's World Cup. The second ranked Lyon women's football team has contributed 14 international players to the world cup.
Not only Chinese players, but also three female referees from China, including referee Qin Liang, assistant coaches Cui Yongmei and Fang Yan, appeared in the world cup. These three people are also the highest level events of the world women's football after the 2015 Canadian women's football World Cup. According to the list released by FIFA, a total of 75 competition officials will enforce the French women's World Cup, of which 27 are mainly responsible for the referee and 48 are assistant referees. They come from 42 member associations of FIFA.