Women's World Cup 2023: Team of the tournament

  • Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup
  • England, Sweden and Australia all reached the semi-finals
  • 90min picks the overall team of the tournament
Spain's Aitana Bonmati was named best player at the tournament
Spain's Aitana Bonmati was named best player at the tournament / Daniela Porcelli/ISI Photos/GettyImages
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That's it, the 2023 Women's World Cup is over. Spain are champions for the first time and the talent that exists in the country deserves to be applauded.

It was a single goal from captain and left-back Olga Carmona that decided the tight final against England, the narrowest winning margin decided inside of 90 minutes since 1991.

Australia also rode the growing wave of home support all the way the semi-finals, while Sweden maintained their consistency at this level with another third place finish.

Here, 90min delivers picks for the Women's World Cup 2023 team of the tournament...


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Women's World Cup 2023: Team of the tournament

Mary Earps
Mary Earps was outstanding throughout / Maryam Majd/GettyImages

GK: Mary Earps (England) - Only beaten from open play by the highest quality goals and saved a penalty in the final that kept the Lionesses in the game right to the end.

RB: Ellie Carpenter (Australia) - Furthered her case to be considered one of the world's very best right-backs in a tournament that was initially tough for the co-hosts.

CB: Irene Paredes (Spain) - No longer captain but played every minute of the tournament and was the senior Spanish defender alongside a couple of different centre-back partners.

CB: Amanda Ilestedt (Sweden) - Solid at the back yet also a consistent goalscoring threat, netting four times over the course of the World Cup - more than all but one player at the tournament.

LB: Olga Carmona (Spain) - Lifted the World Cup trophy as Spain captain after a monumental contribution, having scored the winning goal in both the semi-final and final.

CM: Aitana Bonmati (Spain) - Walked away with the Golden Ball as player of the tournament and was pulling strings for her team since day one. It would have been a travesty had she missed out.

CM: Teresa Abelleira (Spain) - Announced herself as a world class deep-lying playmaker, picking key passes and expertly screening in front of the back four at every stage.

CM: Georgia Stanway (England) - The Bayern Munich star has really matured over the last couple of years and was the energy that the Lionesses needed in a few otherwise sluggish team performances.

RW: Hinata Miyazawa (Japan) - Went no further than the quarter-finals but dominated the group stage and ultimately picked up the Golden Boot as outright top scorer.

ST: Lauren Hemp (England) - Few would have expected to see her in a 'number nine' role when the World Cup began, yet it was a new position in which she thrived.

LW: Salma Paralluelo (Spain) - Came off the bench to score in both the quarter-final and semi-final, as well as posing incredible danger to England in the final itself.