Women’s World Cup 2023: How many substitutions can each team make?

The 2023 Women’s World Cup gets underway on 20 July in Australia and New Zealand.

Thirty-two nations will compete in the Women’s World Cup for the first time.

The first edition of the tournament had 12 teams competing in 1991. It was later expanded to include 16 countries in the USA in 1999 and 24 in Canada in 2015.

Women’s World Cup titles

USA (4)

Germany (2)

Norway (1)

Japan (1)

Subs at World Cup

With multiple group games, coaches at the tournament will be happy to use their squads and rotate when needed.

There will be a maximum of five substitutions allowed for each country over the four weeks in Australia and New Zealand.

Women’s World Cup final

In the Women’s World Cup final, a maximum of twelve substitutes can be named.

There will be a maximum of five substitutions for each country throughout the tournament, but in the final on 20 August, a sixth sub will be allowed if the game goes to extra time.

Each finalist will be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.