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
European
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and
South American
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championships. The match will feature
England
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, winners of
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by U ...
, and
Brazil
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, winners of the
2022 Copa América Femenina
The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 t ...
. It will be played at
Wembley Stadium
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in
London
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, England, on 6 April 2023.
The match will be organised by
UEFA
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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
Artemio Franchi Cup
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*Artemio Franchi (1922–1983), Italian football administrator
* Artemio Lomboy Rillera (1947–2011), the Roman Catholic bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
*Artemio Panga ...
between the winners of the men's
UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...
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
London
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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
UEFA Women's Championship
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...
. 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
FIFA International Match Calendar
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window of 13 to 25 February 2023, but was later confirmed to take place on 6 April 2023 in
London
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.
On 26 October 2022, it was confirmed the match would take place at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
.
Teams
England
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qualified for the match by virtue of winning
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by U ...
as hosts, having defeated
Germany
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2–1 after extra time in the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
. The win secured England's first major women's football title.
Brazil
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qualified for the match by virtue of winning the
2022 Copa América Femenina
The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 t ...
, having defeated hosts
Colombia 1–0 in the
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
. The win was Brazil's eighth Copa América title.
Match
Details
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2022–23 in UEFA football
2023 in South American football
England women's national football team matches
2022–23 in English women's football
Brazil women's national football team matches
2023 in Brazilian women's football
International association football competitions hosted by London
April 2023 sports events in the United Kingdom
2023 sports events in London
Association football matches in England
Scheduled association football competitions
Events at Wembley Stadium