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Seven times Europe and the World Champions from the USA – the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup has become a kind of European Championship with US involvement. After two other teams from Europe beat the Chinese on Tuesday with the Netherlands against Japan and Italy, the teams from the "old world" are now almost among themselves.
"It does not surprise me that Europe is so strong, which simply shows the development that has taken place in recent years," commented national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg the field of participants in the round of the top eight, but seemed a bit thoughtful, because a Such European dominance was not on the wish list of the DFB women. After all, the World Cup is also crucial for the Olympic qualification. Only the three best teams from Europe will be in Tokyo in 2020. A victory on Saturday in the quarterfinals against the Swedes (Kick off 18:30 CEST, from 18 clock in the ‘ Liveticker) therefore only means the guaranteed Olympic ticket, if previously the US progresses against hosts France.
Olympic participation as the next step
Ex-national coach Silvia Neid
Voss-Tecklenburg's pre-predecessor Silvia Neid sees the "EM with US involvement" differentiated: "On the one hand, I'm surprised that the others are all out already," said the former coach to the SID: "On the other side we have a lot of good teams in Europe and I think that is mainly due to the structures and the well-functioning leagues. "
In previous World Cups, the semi-final entry always meant the secure Olympic ticket. There have been seven FIFA World Cup finals, and more than five European teams have never survived the round of 16. And in the semifinals there were never more than three. This time it will be a little harder for the DFB women to reach the next big goal.
"It would be really important and nice if we could qualify for the Olympics because it would be a next step for the young team to make that experience top level," said Martina Voss-Tecklenburg: "The Olympic Games will be very important footballing for all that's coming up in Germany in the next four or five years. " Silvia envy looks the same. "The Olympics still has a high priority," said the 55-year-old, who now heads the women's scouting department of the DFB: "It always does the women's football in Germany, if he moves into the spotlight and is present on the TV."
Simple recipe
Basically, it is quite easy for the Germans – assuming a victory against Sweden: either, they put their hopes on the defending champion, top favorites and fierce opponents from the US, or they win again after the quarter-final victory against the Swedes – in the semifinals against the Netherlands or Italy.
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