2023 Women’s World Cup Power Rankings: Colombia climb after upsetting

31 July، 2023

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The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is officially in full swing and for the first time the competition is being co-hosted in the southern hemisphere in Australia and New Zealand. The tournament has been expanded to 32 participating nations with eight debutant teams. This year’s tournament has been billed as the most competitive to date, but there have been some small surprises along the way, including a huge upset with Colombia’s win against Germany.

Here’s how the 32 teams rank in our latest power rankings:

1.	USWNT	—	A mixed performance against the Netherlands ended in a draw with no major substitutions by Vlatko Andonovski. Their come-from-behind performance will motivate them to close out group play on a high note and Andonovski will have to make player rotations after two consecutive identical starting lineups.
2.	Germany	—	Lena Oberdorff returned just in time for the Germans to suffer a massive upset against Colombia….