Four teams are given short odds to win the Women s World Cup. USA have the shortest at +250, followed by England +350, Spain +450 and Germany +650. Odds from DraftKings July 18.
Seven nations have qualified for every single previous edition of the tournament. Those countries include USA, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Brazil, Japan and Nigeria. So it s no surprise to see most of those teams all among the top Women s World Cup contenders. Six of them rank in the top 12 of the odds, with only Nigeria, The Super Falcons coming in as longshots at +25000.
Meanwhile. with the expanded field from 24 to 32 teams, there are also eight debutants in the tournament for the first time in Haiti, the Republic of Ireland, Zambia, Vietnam, Portugal, Morocco, Panama and the Philippines.
Zambia are the lowest-ranked nation at #77 but are third favorites in Group C and recently upset Germany in a friendly 3-2.
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Upsets can happen in any sport, but they rarely come at the Women s World Cup. Only eight countries have ever even made it to the final and only four have ever won. As such, looking anywhere past say the top 10-13 teams in the odds would simply be swinging for a longshot and a huge payday.
Women s World Cup Favorites
Here s a look at some of the top favorites in this year s Women s World Cup.
Defending champions USA fell to Canada in the semifinals of the Olympics in 2021 and then ran off a streak of 21 games undefeated. After a brief blip that saw them lose to England, Spain and Germany in friendlies, they were back in the win column and have won each of their past nine games where they ve outscored their opponents 21-2.
The US boasts an incredibly deep player pool. While they ll still bring plenty of familiar faces to Australia-New Zealand such as Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, head coach Vlatko Andonovski has also chosen 14 players who will be making their World Cup debuts. They re also be missing the likes of Mallory Swanson, Catarina Macario, captain Beck Sauerbrunn and Sam Mewis. This likely means a bigger role for the likes of Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman, Alyssa Thompson and others.
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England
England slipped up in their last two World Cup warm-up matches with a 0-0 draw with Portugal and 2-0 loss versus Australia. But prior to that, they had been rolling, going undefeated in 30 games including a win over Brazil in the Finalissima. During qualifying the Lionesses coasted at 10-0-0 and outscored their opponents 80-0.
England were in the semifinals in 2019, then in the 2020 Olympics, English players played as Great Britain, losing in the quarterfinals. In 2022 they won the Euro Championship 2-1 in extra-time over Germany. England will also be without several big names with injuries to captain Leah Williamson, Golden Boot winner Beth Mead and Fran Kirby, plus the retirements of Jill Scott and Ellen White.
Spain
One of the top favorites for this tournament, Spain have been brushing aside their opponents since losing to England in the quarterfinals of the Women s Euros last summer. They re 12-1-1 since, while outscoring their opponents 52-6. Their lone defeat came to Australia in the Cup of Nations (3-2). They ve won each of their past six games.
This is despite the team going through a mutiny against their head coach and 15 players leaving the team. The results wouldn t show it and three of the players who left, Alexia Putellas, Irene Parades and Jenni Hermosa have since returned. Getting Ballon d Or winner Putellas back from an ACL injury is a huge boost. But she s only just returned and did leave training early already this week so likely will need to be used with a minutes restriction.
Germany
Despite being one of the top Women s World Cup favorites, the Germans have only two wins in their past six games including a 3-2 loss to 77th-ranked Zambia. But these are still the Euro finalists from last summer who lost their star striker Alexandra Popp to a pre-game injury in warm-ups heading into that final. Popp s teammate Lena Oberdorf was voted best young player of the tournament in the Euros and was Germany s youngest-ever player at the World Cup in 2019 at 17 years old. Up until age 16, she also had always only played in boys soccer.
France
Les Bleues have all sorts of disfunction among their ranks but it hasn t shown in their results. They re 6-1-1 in their past eight and have outscored their opponents 18-6. In their past 31 games they are 25-2-4.
After falling out with some of the team s top players, head coach Corrine Diacre was sacked. New head coach Herve Renard has only been in charge of four friendlies but is 3-0-1 in that time, with the one loss coming to Australia in their most recent game, 1-0.
Recent Women s World Cup Winners
