2023 SheBelieves Cup

2023 SheBelieves Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 16–22
Teams	4 (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 played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Attendance	77,882 (12,980 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mallory Swanson (4 goals)
Best player(s)	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
Orlando Frisco Nashville

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.)

February 16, 2023

16:00

Japan	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Debinha 72'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 6,453

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

February 16, 2023

19:00

United States	2–0	Canada
Swanson 7', 34'	Report

Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 14,697

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

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February 19, 2023

14:30

United States	1–0	Japan
Swanson 45'	Report

Geodis Park, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 25,471

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

February 19, 2023

17:30

Brazil	0–2	Canada
	Report	Gilles 31' Viens 71'

Geodis Park, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 6,502

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

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February 22, 2023

15:00

Canada	0–3	Japan
	Report	Seike 26' Hasegawa 41' (pen.) Endo 77'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 6,975

Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

February 22, 2023

18:00

United States	2–1	Brazil
Morgan 45+2' Swanson 63'	Report	Ludmila 90'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 17,784

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

• Mallory Swanson

1 goal

• Debinha
• Ludmila
• Vanessa Gilles
• Evelyne Viens
• Jun Endo
• Yui Hasegawa
• Kiko Seike
• Alex Morgan

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.

External links

• Official website