2023 SheBelieves Cup

2023 SheBelieves Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 16–22
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored12 (2 per match)
Attendance77,882 (12,980 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Mallory Swanson
(4 goals)
Best player(s)United States Mallory Swanson[1]
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The 2023 SheBelieves Cup, named the 2023 SheBelieves Cup Presented by Visa for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. Featuring national teams from Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the United States, the tournament lasted from February 16 to February 22, 2023.[2][3] The United States emerged as champion, winning all three of its games.[4]

Format

The four invited teams played in a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. In the event two teams were tied in points, tie-breakers would be applied in the order of goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head result, and a fair play score based on the number of yellow and red cards.

Venue

Orlando Frisco
(Dallas–Fort Worth area) 		Nashville
Exploria Stadium Toyota Stadium Geodis Park
Capacity: 25,500 Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 30,000

Squads

Main article: 2023 SheBelieves Cup squads

Teams

Team FIFA Ranking
(December 2022)
 United States
1
 Canada[5]
6
 Brazil[6]
9
 Japan[7]
11

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States (H, C) 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
2  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
3  Brazil 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Canada 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Results

All times are local. (The first two matches are UTC−5 and the remaining games are UTC−6.)

Japan 0–1 Brazil
Report
  • Debinha 72'
Attendance: 6,453
United States 2–0 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 14,697
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
United States 1–0 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Brazil 0–2 Canada
Report
Attendance: 6,502
Canada 0–3 Japan
Report
Attendance: 6,975
Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)
United States 2–1 Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 17,784

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

4 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ Reardon, Logan (February 23, 2022). "Mallory Swanson named MVP of SheBelieves Cup". NBC Sports.
  2. ^ "2023 Schedule Set for She Believes Cup". US Soccer. December 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Herrera, Sandra (December 9, 2022). "2023 SheBelieves Cup: USWNT will face World Cup participants Brazil, Canada and Japan". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Murray, Caitlin (February 22, 2022). "USWNT wins SheBelieves Cup with win over Brazil, but performances leave questions for World Cup". ESPN.
  5. ^ "Canada Soccer's Women's National Team to feature in SheBelieves Cup in February". Canadian Soccer Association. December 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Seleção Feminina enfrentará Estados Unidos, Japão e Canadá no Torneio She Believes". Brazilian Football Confederation. December 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nadeshiko Japan to participate in the 2023 SheBelieves Cup". Japan Football Association. December 10, 2022.