The 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is a race to lift the trophy, sure. But just because your team is going all out to win doesn’t mean they can’t look while they’re doing it.
England, France, Germany and defending champions the United States all arrived among the favourites to win the tournament, but it’s a level playing field for all 32 nations from six continents when it comes to who has the best kits.
From Argentina to Zambia, those 32 countries are vying for glory in the sartorial stakes, with an array of home and away jerseys inspired by such diverse concepts as natural splendour, ancient art, comic books and even cobblestone pavements.
Here’s a rundown of the kits that will be shown during the tournament, an overview of their designs, and a definitive ranking of them all from No. 32 to No. 1.
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Zambia were forced to cancel a contract with their previous kit supplier five years ago and instead set up KoPa, their own in-house producer. As Football Association of Zambia president Andrew Kamanga puts it, this novel approach is “a true testimony that local brands can grow if well…