FIFA Women’s World Cup Final: England v Spain

The FIFA Women’s World Cup has reached the final stage, with the two last-standing teams close to being crowned the World Champions. Neither of the two teams have won the FIFA Women’s World Cup before, whoever wins, it will be history in the making. These two teams last met in the UEFA European Women’s Championship quarter-final last year in competitive football, and England were the victors in a 2-1 scoreline.

The tournament has been nothing short of spectacular, from the performances of Sweden knocking off the tournament’s favourites USA and Japan. Banyana Banyana and Jamaica qualified for the round of 16 for the first time, making history, and now we will see the new Champions in the FIFA Women’s World Cup history.

England are going to the final as favourites, they claimed 3rd place in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup edition. The English Women’s team are coming into the final with a 100% record, they have not lost any game so far in the tournament. They came top in Group D, winning all their games and scoring 8 goals, the most goals in the group, conceding only one goal. The only game that was a bit challenging for them was against the African giants, Nigeria in the round of 16, the game ended in a 0-0 draw and was decided on penalties where they won 4-2. England are no strangers to world-stage competition and they are the champions of Women’s Finalissima.

Spain were not fan favourites coming into the tournament, despite the fact that world’s women’s best footballer Alexia Putellas is coming from Spain. They finished 2nd in Group C, winning 2 games. In one of the games, they trashed Zambia 5-0. Spain have no struggles when it comes to finding the back of the net, they have scored 17 goals in the tournament so far compared to England who have scored 13 goals. Their win against Sweden to reach the final for the first time in their history should be a motivation on its own.

The match for 3rd place will be on Saturday at Suncorp Stadium in Australia, Kickoff time is 10:00, and the final will be on the following day on Sunday kickoff time is 12:00 at Stadium Australia.

Siphamandla Lindwa

Siphamandla Lindwa is a sports writer and a publisher for Bet Central at Bet.co.za. He obtained a B-Tech in Sports Management from Tshwane University of Technology. When not writing sports content, Sipha scouts talent and networks for his future Sports Management agency.