The 2023 Women's Finalissima will be the first edition of the

Women's Finalissima The Women's Finalissima is a future official super cup football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA and contested by the winners of the Copa América Femenina and UEFA Women's Championship. Organised as a quadrennial one-off match, it is a w ...

, an intercontinental women's football match between the winners of the most recent

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and

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championships. The match will feature

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, winners of

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, and

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, winners of the

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. It will be played at

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, England, on 6 April 2023. The match will be organised by

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and CONMEBOL as part of a renewed partnership between the two confederations.

Background

On 12 February 2020, UEFA and CONMEBOL signed a renewed memorandum of understanding meant to enhance cooperation between the two organisations. As part of the agreement, a joint UEFA–CONMEBOL committee examined the possibility of staging European–South American intercontinental matches, for both men's and women's football and across various age groups. In September 2021, UEFA and CONMEBOL announced the revival of the

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between the winners of the men's

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and

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

. On 15 December 2021, UEFA and CONMEBOL again signed a renewed memorandum of understanding lasting until 2028, which included specific provisions on opening a joint office in

and the potential organisation of various football events. On 2 June 2022, the day after staging the

2022 Finalissima The 2022 Finalissima ( es, Finalísima; ) will be the third edition of the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, a football match between the winners of the previous South American and European championships. The match will feature Italy, winners o ...

, CONMEBOL and UEFA announced a series of new events between teams from the two confederations. This included the Women's Finalissima the winners of South America's

Copa América Femenina The Copa América Femenina (''Copa América Feminina'' in Portuguese; previously the ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino'' (''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino''), usually shortened to ''Sudamericano Femenino'' (''Sul-Americano ...

and Europe's

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. As part of the announcement, the first edition was confirmed to take place in Europe, with the exact date and venue to be announced at a later date. The match was provisionally scheduled to be held during the

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window of 13 to 25 February 2023, but was later confirmed to take place on 6 April 2023 in

. On 26 October 2022, it was confirmed the match would take place at

Teams

qualified for the match by virtue of winning

as hosts, having defeated

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2–1 after extra time in the

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. The win secured England's first major women's football title.

qualified for the match by virtue of winning the

, having defeated hosts Colombia 1–0 in the

. The win was Brazil's eighth Copa América title.

Match

Details

Notes

References

External links

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