Sweden dominates Australia to secure third place at World Cup

WOMEN’S CUP

It’s the fourth time the Swedes have finished third in a World Cup

The third place in the World Cup goes to Sweden. This Saturday (19), the Scandinavian team was not intimidated by the crowd present in force at the Brisbane Stadium, in Australia, and defeated the hosts by 2-0, in the duel that earned the bronze medal of the Women’s World Cup in 2023 .

Thank you for the m̶u̶s̶i̶c̶ football. 🇸🇪@SvenskFotboll | #FIFAWWC

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) August 19, 2023

It is the fourth time that the Swedes have finished a Cup in third place, repeating 1991, 2011 and the previous edition, in 2019. The European team still has a runner-up in 2003. The Australians reached the top-4 of the World Cup in an unprecedented way , carrying out the best campaign in the history of the country. Even with the defeat, the Matildas (as the team is known) left the field applauded, in recognition.

The Scandinavians say goodbye to the Cup with six victories (one of them on penalties, over the United States, main favorites, in the round of 16) and only one defeat, by Spain, by 2-1, in the semifinal. The Australians, in turn, won four times (once on penalties, against France) and lost three. One of the defeats was the semifinal, for England, by 3 to 1.

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