Episode 779
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Fri, 2019-Jun-21 01:02 UTC
Length - 1:53
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The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) between 7 June and 7 July 2019. In March 2015, France won the right to host the event; the first time the country is hosting the tournament, and the third time by a European nation. Matches are being played in nine cities across France. The United States enters the competition as defending champions after their 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup championship in Canada. It is also the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:02 UTC on Friday, 21 June 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup on Wikipedia.
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