FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Morocco take on France in Round of 16

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has seen some stunning highs and crushing lows with the exit of former champions such as the United States women’s team and Germany while the Philippines and Jamaica have made history for their countries.

The 2023 FIFA WWC being hosted in Australia and New Zealand has also broken previous records for in-person attendance. It currently has the best-attended edition of the tournament ever, FIFA said on Sunday, surpassing Canada in 2015.

Prior to the evening game between previous champions the US and Sweden in Melbourne, a total of 1,339,331 people had been through the turnstiles, FIFA said. An attendance of 27,706 in Melbourne pushed the overall number to a Women’s World Cup record.

Morocco versus France

Meanwhile, the Morocco women’s team is etching history along the same lines as their male counterparts did in the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar.

Morocco is participating in their first-ever world cup and take on France in the Round of 16. Morocco is ranked 72 in the 72nd in the world while France are ranked 5. Morocco had a disappointing start to their tournament with a 6-0 loss against Germany but made a remarkable comeback with wins against Colombia and South Korea.

The only debutants to reach the knockout stage of the 2023 @FIFAWWC: @EnMaroc ??

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— FIFA (@FIFAcom) August 8, 2023

France too bounced back from their opening match which was a scoreless draw against Jamaica before beating both Brazil and Panama.

The Atlas Lionesses, the only debutants to reach the Round of 16 stage, hope to make history as they seek to beat France and reach the quarter-finals. The match starts at 3 p.m. local time (9 p.m. AEST).

Match facts

Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Kickoff Time: 7 a.m. ET / 12 p.m. BST / 9 p.m. AEST/ 3 p.m. GST
Location: Hindmarsh Stadium (Adelaide, Australia)
Official: Tori Penso (USA)
Last meeting: France 2-2 Morocco (Nov. 16, 2007 | Friendly)

Live stream
The France vs Morocco World Cup match will be available to watch live around the world, with both TV and live stream options available. Fans in select regions of the world can stream the Women’s World Cup live on FIFA+, including in Japan, Brazil, Indonesia and Thailand.

In the UAE, the FIFA Women’s World Cup is available to stream on tod.tv. Additionally, state broadcasters might choose to broadcast certain matches for free.

Apart from the UAE, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 will be broadcasted in various countries worldwide.

Country	TV channel	Streaming
USA	FS1, Telemundo	Fubo, Fox Sports site/app, Peacock (Spanish), Telemundo Deportes site/app
UK	BBC One	BBC website/app
Australia	—	Optus Sport
Canada	TSN1, TSN4, TSN5, RDS	Fubo, TSN+, TSN site/app, RDS site/app
India	DD Sports	FanCode
New Zealand	Sky Sport 1 NZ	Prime TV, Sky Sport NOW
Singapore	FIFA WWC CH01	StarHub TV+, meWATCH
Hong Kong	Now TV	Viu TV
Malaysia	—	FIFA+