Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team will have another
\u200bopportunity to build on their team chemistry this June as they continue their
\u200bpreparations for the Olympic Games. As part of the last window on the FIFA
\u200bWomen’s International Match, Canada will face both the Czech Republic and
\u200bBrazil in a pair of international friendly matches in Cartagena, Spain.
Canada will first face Czech Republic on Friday 11 June at
\u200b17.00 local (11.00 ET / 08.00 PT), followed by Brazil on Monday 14 June at
\u200b21.00 local (15.00 ET / 12.00 PT). Both matches will take place at Estadio
\u200bCartagonova. Fans will find extended coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital
\u200bchannels on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter featuring the social
\u200bmedia hashtag #CANWNT.
“This camp will provide us with similar conditions to what
\u200bwe will face in an Olympics, with two very different opponents within a
\u200bthree-day window, so it is a great opportunity to see how we cope in those
\u200bcircumstances as well as in the heat,” said Bev Priestman, Canada Soccer’s
\u200bWomen’s National Team Head Coach. “Another two games under our belt before the
\u200bTokyo Olympic Games is critical and again will provide another opportunity to
\u200bassess players, test and develop player partnerships, and build on the work we
\u200bhave done to date. With more players in season now, I’m excited to see how
\u200bplayers come in more and more ready for Tokyo and hope we can build on a
\u200bsuccessful April window.”
The Friday match will be the first-ever meeting between
\u200bCanada and the Czech Republic at the international “A” level. The Czech
\u200bRepublic recently reached the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 qualifying playoff, but
\u200bwere eliminated on kicks from the penalty mark after a two-leg series with
\u200bSwitzerland.
Canada most recently played Brazil at the 2021 SheBelieves
\u200bCup in February 2021, which ended up in a 2:0 win for Brazil. Five years ago,
\u200bCanada defeated host nation Brazil in the bronze medal match at the Rio 2016
\u200bOlympic Games to secure back-to-back podium finishes at the London 2012 and Rio
\u200b2016 Olympic Games. Canada earned the distinction of becoming the first
\u200bCanadian team to win back-to-back medals at the Summer Olympic Games since 1908
\u200bas well as the first-ever women’s Canadian team to repeat on the podium.
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team is scheduled to face
\u200bhost Japan, Great Britain and Chile in the group phase of the Women’s Olympic
\u200bFootball Tournament this summer. Canada are one of just five nations in the
\u200bworld that have qualified for each of the past four Women’s Olympic Football
\u200bTournaments. Canada are also the only nation in the world to reach the podium
\u200bat both London 2012 and Rio 2016 in women’s football.
OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS & CONCACAF CHAMPIONS
\u200bCanada are two-time Olympic bronze medal winners (2012 and 2016) and two-time Concacaf champions (1998 and 2010). In all, Canada have participated in seven consecutive editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ (1995 to 2019) and three consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2016). At Rio 2016, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team were the first Canadian Olympic team to win back-to-back medals at a summer Olympic Games in more than a century.
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Youth Teams, meanwhile,
\u200bhave won four Concacaf youth titles: the 2004 and 2008 Concacaf Women’s
\u200bUnder-20 Championship, the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, and the
\u200b2014 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for seven
\u200beditions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada
\u200b2002) and all six editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a
\u200bfourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).