The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is down to its final four teams: Spain, England, Australia, and Sweden. It’s been a long, grueling set of games for those squads to get to this point, but all four teams are ranked within the world’s top 10. But what about the squads that entered the tournament as underdogs?
While none of the true tournament underdogs ended up making it all the way to the semifinals, it was still a great World Cup for upsets and surprises. Plenty of teams exceeded expectations, especially when it came to their performances in the group stage of the event.
Let’s take a look at five of the biggest surprise teams of this year’s World Cup.