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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Sweden secure third place with 2-0 win over co-hosts Australia
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Baku, August 19, AZERTAC
Sweden defeated co-hosts Australia 2-0 in Brisbane on Saturday to take third place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, according to the official website of the Olympic Games.
Fridolina Rolfo scored from the penalty spot after half an hour, and a second-half strike from Kosovare Asllani saw the Swedes secure another podium finish in a major tournament.
This is the second consecutive third-place finish at a FIFA Women’s World Cup for Sweden. In 2019, they fell to the Netherlands in the semi-finals before beating England 2-1 in the play-off for third.
Co-hosts Australia had to settle for fourth place, matching their best placing in a global competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Australia missed out on a chance to compete in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final after a 3-1 semi-final loss to England’s Lionesses, and Sweden went down 2-1 to Spain.
Sweden have become all too familiar with narrowly missing out on a major tournament final.
Having done so in 2019 and at last year’s European Championships, one could question whether a side still has the desire to battle it out for a third place. However, on Saturday the Swedes came out fighting once again.