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Well, 48 hours after the end of the competition I can say I was impressed with this tournament, I've seen good matches, good positioning in the field, great shots on target, determination, fair play, individual skills, even though not all matches looked like this. Overall, women football in Africa is on the rise.

https://www.dw.com/en/srebrenica-massacre-netherlands-apologizes-after-27-years/a-62434446 Love you Netherlands!

[hide] Group Stage July 6th - July 18th, 2022 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st and 2nd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 6th 2022, h. 20:00 England 2 0 Austria July 7th 2022, h. 20:00 Norway 3 1 Northern Ireland July 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Austria 3 1 Northern Ireland July 11th 2022, h. 20:00 England 2 1 Norway July 15th 2022, h. 2000 Northern Ireland 0 3 England July 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Austria 2 3 Norway Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 8th 2022, h. 17:00 Spain 2 0 Finland July 8th 2022, h. 20:00 Germany 3 1 Denmark July 12th 2022, h. 17:00 Denmark 2 1 Finland July 12th 2022, h. 20:00 Germany 1 1 Spain July 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Finland 0 3 Germany July 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Denmark 0 3 Spain Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Portugal 1 1 Switzerland July 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 2 1 Sweden July 13th 2022, h. 17:00 Sweden 2 0 Switzerland July 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 2 0 Portugal July 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Switzerland 1 2 Netherlands July 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Sweden 3 1 Portugal Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Belgium 1 1 Iceland July 10th 2022, h. 20:00 France 2 0 Italy July 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Italy 2 1 Iceland July 10th 2022, h. 20:00 France 2 0 Belgium July 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Iceland 1 2 France July 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Italy 2 1 Belgium Finalists Place 1st 2nd Nation [/hide]

https://www.youtube.com/c/CAFTVafricanfootball Matches are here.

South Africa scored twice in a 3 minutes second half interval to upset Nigeria in a 2-1 win and Botswana are early leaders of Group 3 after defeating the other debutants from this group, Burundi 4-2. Today in the early 2nd group A matchday Senegal were lucky enough to convert a late given penalty against a more agressive Burkina Faso who is now at the hands of also other teams (mostly next opponents Uganda and forementioned Botswana) in their attempt to qualify further. Morocco managed to win 3-1 over Uganda after a 1-1 kind of leveled first half. Uganda now faces the same Burkina Faso's problems. Theoretically in Group B all teams except Togo should get the quarter finals spots but we shall wait and see.

Another big shock for Mexico but i've seen them almost leveled with USA at u-17 and u-20 CONCACAF championships this year. Can they do it also here or will they miss qualifying again?

Nice photos.

So, yesterday was the only day of this tournament with 3 matches. Luckily the 4 p.m. match between Senegal and Uganda didn't have to play in hot conditions as the temperature was listed by timeanddate.com to be on 24 Celsius. However it was a dull match in my opinion, with Senegal scoring it's second in the 50th minute and protecting a 2-0 victory to the end, even with spells of players on the ground needing medical attention, as far as they claimed. Group B started with Zambia and Cameroon playing a goalless draw. To my shame I forgot about Banda, Zambia's star in Tokyo. She was neither in the lineup nor on the bench and later I learned she was not available for the championships. Tunisia was a nice surprise to me but I think they are not a surprise for someone who follows closely women football in Northern Africa as they had some impressive results lately. After a 19th second opening and a 2-1 half time advantage, Tunisia won convincingly 4-1 having in Sabrine Ellouzi and Meriem Houij the top scorers of the tournament so far with 2 goals each. Tonight: early shock in Group C: Nigeria vs South Africa, while heavy underdogs Burundi entertain Botswana. I say heavy because they lost this year to every side qualified here which they met in friendlies.

Are these Mick Schumacher's first points in Formula 1? I wasn't sure about it.

Giani Infantino has a full early July flight schedule: yesterday in Morocco, tomorrow in Mexico, UK on the 6th and Colombia on the 8th. Will he be in Fiji on the 13th for OFC Women's kick off?

Thanks.

Yes, I think TahkamUnkit and GregorCoppi but I think I want to stick to this new username and no need to unify the accounts.

I watched the fist match on CAF TV on YouTube last night and I was surprised to see quality and an alert pace of the game. Somehow Morocco proved the better team even if winning only by 1-0 but Burkina Faso did not surrender at all.

Hello. I've been part of this in the past but somehow always had this issue of lack of time - easy quitting.... LOL However, Totallympics forum was always something that was missing, so here I am again, trying to get and give my best out of my passion for sport. It's nice to meet you all again.

Netherlands No 15 (Kika van Es) plays for her team mate (Miedema) preventing with that foul (and yellow card) a 4th for Banda...

This is already tea time for them.

It is.

Technically Banda could become this edition's topscorer if she scores 3 or 4 every match and all the stars and planets line perfectly.

Great effort from Banda! Her second.

Equal difference in Germany- China 8-0 in 2004.

1 remaining til your bet complete :P

They definitely have it.

I am also sure but.... they don't need that much :D

Netherlands are my favorite team, I'd like to see them get a medal but they should stop scoring tonight.

Indeed, as Group B is not by far as strong as the others, any of the team there could feel "lucky" as everybody has the chance to progress to quarter-finals. But that's it, so everybody should try and capitalize on this situation. As for Romania, they have the youngest team there and lost some good players and good momentum after surprising at Youth Euro 2019. Some players were not let to go to Japan by their clubs (especially those playing abroad) or lost their "touch" due to injuries or not playing much since 2 years ago. However some of the players were part of this year Youth Euro in Hungary when they did not perform bad in the group matches. There was also a change of coaches at this level as Mirel Radoi became coach of the senior NT but he will still lead the olympic team as Adrian Mutu who coached them in Hungary in March ended his contract. I am not sure what to hope for but I am sure it will be very very hard after progressing to knock-out stage.