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2022 The Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityLouisville, Kentucky
DatesAugust 14–20, 2022
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited States OL Reign
Runners-upUnited States Racing Louisville FC
Third placeMexico Club América
Fourth placeItaly AC Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored27 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Alison González
Kiana Palacios (3)
← 2021
All statistics correct as of August 21, 2022.

The 2022 The Women's Cup was the second edition of The Women's Cup, a friendly invitational tournament of women's soccer matches. It was hosted at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, from August 14 to 20, 2022. The field expanded from four teams in 2021 to six.[1][2][3] OL Reign won by defeating defending champions and hosts Racing Louisville FC 2–1.

Teams

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Nation Team League
 United States Racing Louisville FC (hosts) National Women's Soccer League
 United States OL Reign National Women's Soccer League
 Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza WE League
 Italy AC Milan Serie A
 England Tottenham Hotspur Women's Super League
 Mexico Club América Liga MX Femenil

Venue

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Louisville, Kentucky
2022 The Women's Cup (the United States)
Lynn Family Stadium
Capacity: 11,700

Broadcasting

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In 2022, The Women's Cup was streamed in the United States exclusively on Paramount in the United States, with delayed replays broadcast on CBS Sports Network.[1] Elsewhere, it was broadcast or streamed on various services and networks:

Region or Nation Service
Latin America
The Caribbean		 DirectTV Sports
Japan Nippon TV
Sub-Saharan Africa W-Sports
Germany
Austria
Switzerland		 Streamster

All other regions could stream directly from the official website.[4][5]

Bracket

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Matches

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Visiting international clubs played each other in the quarterfinal round, with Club América and AC Milan advancing over Tottenham and Tokyo Verdy, respectively.[6][7]

Quarterfinals

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AC Milan Italy3–1Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza
 Report
Story
Tottenham Hotspur England1–2Mexico Club América
 Report

Semifinals

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OL Reign United States2–1Mexico Club América
 Report
Racing Louisville FC United States2–0Italy AC Milan
 Report

Fifth-place match

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Tokyo Verdy Beleza Japan2–1England Tottenham Hotspur
 Report

Third-place match

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AC Milan Italy4–5Mexico Club América
 Report
Report

Championship

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Racing Louisville FC United States1–2United States OL Reign
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Story
Highlights

Goalscorers

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There were 27 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: The Women's Cup

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gonzalez, Roger; Herrera, Sandra (August 15, 2022). "The Women's Cup schedule: AC Milan, Tottenham join OL Reign, Racing Louisville and more". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Chernoff, Andrew (August 14, 2022). "International clubs excited to be taking part in The Women's Cup". WLKY. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Ratterman, Lexie (April 12, 2022). "Racing Louisville FC to host The Women's Cup for second time in August". WDRB. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  4. ^ The Women's Cup [@thewomenscup] (August 13, 2022). "HOW TO WATCH 📺" (Tweet). Retrieved August 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Ross, Martin (June 22, 2022). "Spring Media distributing media rights to expanded Women's Cup". SportBusiness. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Cunningham, Connor (August 14, 2022). "Women's Cup Semifinals are Set". WAVE. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  7. ^ Crawford, Eric (August 15, 2022). "Racing Louisville FC set to take on AC Milan in Women's Cup semifinal". WDRB. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  8. ^ Sylvs, Southern (August 20, 2022). "OL Reign defeat Racing Louisville 2-1 to win 2022 The Women's Cup". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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