2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Player Offence ( s ) Suspension
Anouk Dekker in qualifying vs Switzerland ( 13 November 2018 ) Group E vs New Zealand ( matchday 1 ; 11 June )
Nothando Vilakazi in Group B vs Spain ( matchday 1 ; 8 June ) Group B vs China PR ( matchday 2 ; 13 June )
Formiga in Group C vs Jamaica ( matchday 1 ; 9 June ) in Group C vs Australia ( matchday 2 ; 13 June ) Group C vs Italy ( matchday 3 ; 18 June )
Taneekarn Dangda in Group F vs United States ( matchday 1 ; 11 June ) in Group F vs Sweden ( matchday 2 ; 16 June ) Group F vs Chile ( matchday 3 ; 20 June )
Ngozi Ebere in Group A vs France ( matchday 3 ; 17 June ) Round of 16 vs Germany ( 22 June )
Rita Chikwelu in Group A vs South Korea ( matchday 2 ; 12 June ) in Group A vs France ( matchday 3 ; 17 June ) Round of 16 vs Germany ( 22 June )
Fridolina Rolfö in Round of 16 vs Canada ( 24 June ) in Quarter-finals vs Germany ( 29 June ) Semi-finals vs Netherlands ( 3 July )
Millie Bright in Semi-finals vs United States ( 2 July ) Third place play-off vs Sweden ( 6 July )
Statistics -- Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences : [ 48 ] Receiving a red card ( red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences ) Receiving two yellow cards in two matches ; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals ( yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches ) The following suspensions were served during the tournament :
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. The United States entered the competition as defending champions after winning the 2015 edition in Canada and successfully defended their title with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final. In doing so, they secured their record fourth title and became the second nation, after Germany, to have successfully retained the title.