FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 FRANCE JUNE 7 - JULY 7 France hosts the FIFA Women’s World Cup as the tournament celebrates a remarkable rise in the popularity of the women’s game. Team USA, ranked No.1 in the world, will face tough competition to defend their title from a host of rapidly improving teams TICKET SALES: Over 700,000 match tickets sold within 48 hours of release – 7.5% increase on sales compared to similar stage in 2015. Opening match, along with semi-finals and final, sold out in record time France 2019 Tickets sold: 720,000 Canada 2015 Overall attendance: 1,353,506 666,000 Roll Call of Champions Trophy hand-crafted for 1999 World Cup, intended to symbolise athleticism, dynamism and elegance of international women’s football 1991 United States 2-1 Norway Host: China 1995 Norway 2-0 Germany Sweden 1999 United States 0-0 (5-4)* China United States 2003 Germany 2-1 Sweden United States 2007 Germany 2-0 Brazil China 2011 Japan 2-2 (3-1)* United States Germany 2015 United States 5-2 Japan Canada Carli Lloyd, USA Set to play in fourth World Cup Amandine Henry France captain and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin defensive midfielder Venues FRANCE Stade Océane, Le Havre 24,000 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes 22,600 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims 20,500 Roazhon Park, Rennes 28,600 Parc des Princes, Paris Capacity: 47,600 Stade de Lyon 57,900 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble 18,000 Stade de Nice 35,100 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier 19,300 FRANCE: WORLD CUP RECORD W6 D3 L5 Les Bleues aiming to use home advantage to better fourth-place finish achieved at 2011 tournament Competition schedule 24 teams contest total of 52 matches, played at nine venues, over four weeks 0 FIFA rank (Mar 2019) June A 4 14 12 38 7 France South Korea Paris 8 Norway Nigeria Reims 12 Nigeria South Korea Grenoble France Norway Nice 17 France France Rennes South Korea Norway Reims P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 June B 2 16 13 49 8 Germany China Rennes Spain South Africa Le Havre 12 Germany Spain Valenciennes 13 South Africa China Paris 17 South Africa Germany Montpellier China Spain Le Havre P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 June C 6 15 10 53 9 Australia Italy Valenciennes Brazil Jamaica Grenoble 13 Australia Brazil Montpellier 14 Jamaica Italy Reims 18 Jamaica Australia Grenoble Italy Brazil Valenciennes P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 June D 3 20 37 7 9 England Scotland Nice 10 Argentina Japan Paris 14 Japan Scotland Rennes England Argentina Le Havre 19 Japan England Nice Scotland Argentina Paris P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 June E 5 11 19 8 10 Canada Cameroon Montpellier 11 New Zealand Netherlands Le Havre 15 Netherlands Cameroon Valenciennes Canada New Zealand Grenoble 20 Netherlands Canada Reims Cameroon New Zealand Montpellier P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 June F 1 34 39 9 11 Chile Sweden Rennes United States Thailand Reims 16 Sweden Thailand Nice United States Chile Paris 20 Sweden United States Le Havre Thailand Chile Rennes P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 Top two from each group plus four best third-placed teams progress to knockout stage If scores level after 90 minutes, knockout matches go into extra-time. Matches remaining level decided on penalties Second stage Quarter-finals Third-place play-off Quarter-finals Second stage July 6 Nice June Nice June Montpellier 22 A2 25 C1 C2 June 27 Le Havre June 29 Valenciennes A3 / B3 / F3 Valenciennes Rennes 23 D1 25 E1 B3 / E3 / F3 Semi-final FINAL Semi-final D2 July 2 Lyon July 7 Lyon July 3 Lyon Le Havre Grenoble 23 A1 22 B1 C3 / D3 / E3 June 28 Paris June 29 Rennes A3 / C3 / D3 Reims Paris 24 B2 24 F2 F1 E2 Stade de Lyon Opened in 2016 as Stade des Lumieres, home to French champions Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. Hosted six men’s Euro 2016 matches and 2018 Europa League Final Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system to be used – VAR made full international debut at FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia *On penalties Source: FIFA Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS