Tournament Page: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ homepage is the dedicated space for technical coverage of the competition. Over the course of the tournament, it will grow to include a range of interviews, videos, analyses and reports related to the events unfolding in Australia and New Zealand. FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG), spearheaded by Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, provide the main technical expertise behind the content.

The Training Centre's FIFA Women's World Cup™ homepage is the dedicated space for technical coverage of the competition.

At the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand, the experts from FIFA’s TSG witnessed several significant changes in how the beautiful game is played at the highest level. After reflecting on what was the most competitive Women’s World Cup to date, the TSG have compiled the most striking of these technical and tactical shifts in a post-tournament analysis.

Technical and tactical analysis

The most competitive FIFA Women’s World Cup ever

24 Jan 2024

Line-breaking solutions key to 2023 success

24 Jan 2024

The significance of direct pressure and forced turnovers

24 Jan 2024

More goals from corners and the impact of in-swingers

24 Jan 2024

Set plays case study: Sweden and the finalists

24 Jan 2024

Goalkeeping: Offers, receiving & distribution

24 Jan 2024

Goalkeeping: Decision-making & positioning

24 Jan 2024

Goalkeeping: Explosiveness from the set position

24 Jan 2024

Physical analysis

Part 1: Introduction and methodology

06 Feb 2024

Part 2: Setting physical benchmarks across teams

06 Feb 2024

Part 3: Setting physical benchmarks across positions

06 Feb 2024

Part 4: Half-by-half differences across teams & positions

06 Feb 2024

Part 5: Contextual & tactical influences on physical demands

06 Feb 2024

Coach interviews

Jill Ellis on the global growth of women’s football and tactical flexibility

26 Mar 2024

Tony Gustavsson on managing a squad and setting core values

16 Apr 2024

Francisco Neto on preparing for a FIFA Women's World Cup™ debut

30 Apr 2024

Throughout the tournament, the TSG gather their observations to produce analyses at both the team and player level. Why is it that one team seems to be in control of the game even though they are seeing less of the ball? Which lines are being broken the most and by who? The answers to these types of questions, and where they fit into the wider tactical context of matches, are presented in the analyses below.

Emerging trends

Goalkeeping: Saves and defending the space

11 Aug 2023

Progress and competitiveness highlighted in emerging trends

08 Aug 2023

Jill Ellis says 'gap closing' in women's football

07 Aug 2023

Team analyses

Group stage review

FIFA's post-match summary reports provide a wealth of statistical information. They include data for various different game states, broken down by team and by player. Taken together, they are a powerful empirical complement to the action on the pitch, enhancing any enthusiast's technical understanding of the tournament.

Click here to access the match reports for every game at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™

FIFA's post-match summary reports provide a wealth of statistical information. They include data for various different game states, broken down by team and by player.

The TSG are FIFA's dedicated team for analysing its international tournaments. The group's objective is to observe every game within a tournament and highlight the key trends as they emerge, piecing together a fuller picture of how the beautiful game is developing. You can find introductions to the TSG members who will be in Australia and New Zealand below.

The Technical Study Group (TSG) are FIFA's dedicated team for analysing its international tournaments. The group's objective is to observe every game within a tournament and highlight the key trends as they emerge.

Meet the experts

Wenger explains Enhanced Football Intelligence metrics

The EFI metrics