The Women’s World Cup is quickly approaching, and the anticipation will continue to rise as we countdown the days to one of the biggest events in the world. The Group Stage is one of the best parts of the tournament because there are nonstop high-level games every single day.
The Group of Death is a popular term coined since the 1970 Men’s World Cup in Mexico. This summer Group F, featuring France, Brazil, Jamaica, and Panama, has been dubbed the new Group of Death, with one team truly left to face the heartbreak of going home early.
But what about the rest of the groups, who will have an easier road to the next round versus a gauntlet to run through? We’ve ranked the World Cup groups for you and included their FIFA rankings as of March 24th next to them. However, don’t be fooled by the FIFA Rankings. They don’t mean everything.
Group G: Sweden (3), Italy (16), Argentina (28), South Africa (54)
Group G comes in as the easiest group because South Africa is here for the first time, and Argentina hasn’t won a game at the World Cup in nine tries.
Sweden is the clear-cut winner of this group, and Italy isn’t the strongest second team in the group but shouldn’t have much trouble with Argentina or South Africa. If Italy does,…