Women's World Cup 2023 review
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Vicki Sparks and Karen Bardsley present a look back on the 2023 Women’s World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, including the Lionesses journey to the final.
They talk us through all the shocks and moments that made this World Cup the biggest to date and how England came so close to lifting the trophy, coming up short against Spain.
They are joined by South African midfielder Linda Motlhalo who made history by getting to the knock out stages for the first time. Plus England women's record goalscorer Ellen White drops by to chat through the final and the events that unfolded on the night and after the tournament.
TOPICS: 0:10 Intro 02:15 The hosts opening matches 04:50 No Sam Kerr 07:55 England Haiti 10:15 Historic moments and South African Linda Motlhalo 15:23 England Denmark 18:10 England China and Lauren James 22:05 Knock outs and England Nigeria 27:30 Quarter-finals England Colombia 30:10 Semi-finals England Australia 33:00 The final with Ellen White
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| 0:39.0 | Welcome to a special episode of the Football Daily Podcast as we look back at the |
| 0:44.7 | 2023 Women's World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. |
| 0:49.8 | Record-breaking, history-making, and ultimately heart-breaking, as England came devastatingly close |
| 0:56.6 | to a World Cup trophy. |
| 0:58.3 | I'm Vicky Sparks and I'm joined by former England goalkeeper Karen Bardley. |
| 1:03.0 | Karen what at allaments. |
| 1:05.4 | Yeah, where do you start, Vicky? |
| 1:07.0 | I mean, it was absolutely amazing from a personal standpoint, |
| 1:09.9 | you know, getting to see an amazing country, but also, you you know how far the game has come you know since you know I've been |
| 1:16.6 | involved in terms of 2011 15 and 19 and just to see the rise of women's football |
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