France v South Korea live in the Fifa Women's World Cup

Summary

Fifa Women's World Cup Group A
Le Sommer scores opener before Mbock Bathy volley is ruled out by VAR
Renard heads in two goals from corners before Henry hits hosts' fourth
France one of the favourites for the tournament

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Emma Sanders

Cameroon have arrived!published at 19:20 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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Postpublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
Luke Reddy
BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden
A recent trip to New York for an Anthony Joshua fight pointed to an obvious thirst for this tournament in the country.
As Joshua said when quizzed by media in the US: "Everybody loves a winner".
And that's exactly what the US women's team represent, they've won their last six games in a row and haven't conceded in four.
Throw in the fact they are defending the trophy in France and they look like they'll be a tough nut to crack.
"Dream with us,' is the slogan which covers the billboards of a sports brand a few hundred metres from Times Square.
Thailand, USA's opening opponents, may well be having nightmares.
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The battle of Group Apublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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France, ranked fourth in the world, are the favourites to top Group A. Plenty of people are banking on them going all the way due to home advantage and good form coming into the tournament.
But the stats suggest home advantage could actually be a disadvantage. The last three World Cup hosts have failed to progress from the group stages.
Obviously, France are hoping to change that. They have lost just once in the last two years and have beaten two world champions during that time - Japan and the USA.
South Korea, ranked 14th, qualified via the preliminary stages on goal difference then had to win a play-off at the Asian Games. So the easy way then!
This will be South Korea's third World Cup appearance after 2003 and 2015. Of their previous seven games, they have won just one, coming in 2015 against Spain in their final group match.
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'I think France are going to win it'published at 19:16 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
France v South Korea (20:00 BST)
Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
I think France are going to win it. They are just about the strongest team and that home advantage will make a difference. If that happens this country will come alive.
The elusive trophypublished at 19:15 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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Neither of these two countries have won the Women's World Cup before. In fact, only four nations have.
The USA are the queens. They are three-time champions and are looking to become the first side to defend their trophy since Germany did so in 2007.
South Korea made it through to the knock-out stages for the first time ever in 2015 but only just qualified for the tournament this year.
Hosts France have never gone beyond the quarter-finals but they are ranked fourth in the world and are among the bookies' favourites to win the tournament.
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View from the gantrypublished at 19:14 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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'France wants to host the best Women's World Cup ever'published at 19:13 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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Julien Laurens
French football expert on BBC Radio 5 live
The idea here for the French is that they want to host the best Women's World Cup ever, that's what the government, the [Football] Federation and Sports Ministry are aiming for.
They chose the stadiums carefully, stadiums that will have a special atmosphere, where it will be friendly, there will be a good feeling and embrace the tournament, and at the end the French will win.
Postpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
The Parc des Princes is just one of nine venues that are hosting the World Cup. The semi-finals and final will take place in Lyon.
England and Scotland, who were both drawn in Group D, will face each other in their first match in Nice on Sunday (17:00 BST).
Grenoble's Stade des Alpes - which will host five matches - is the smallest, with a capacity of 20,068, while the Parc Olympique Lyonnais is the largest.
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Team newspublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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Tom Garry
BBC Sport at Le Parc des Princes
France give starts to seven of Lyon’s Champions League winning team, while South Korea include Chelsea star Ji So-Yun and West Ham’s Cho So-hyun in their midfield.
Here are the teams, who have just been greeted by huge cheers inside the stadium as they walk out for their warm-ups.
France XI: Bouhaddi, Renard, Torent, Henry, Le Sommer, Majri, Diani, Bussaglia, Thiney, M’bock Barty, Cascarino.
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South Korea XI: Kim Minjung, Hwang, Kim Doyen, Cho, Ji, Jung, Kang, Lee Youngju, Jang, Lee Geummin, Kim.
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Postpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
BBC One
Don't forget, you can watch the biggest games in the World Cup across the BBC for the next month.
It kicks off tonight on BBC One from 19:30 BST. You can also watch it on the iPlayer by clicking the icon at the top of this page.
Yes, yes, YES!
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Getting in the moodpublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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Postpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
Nearly a million tickets have been sold for this year's World Cup and Fifa are hoping it will be the biggest event in women's football history.
Tonight's venue - the Parc des Princes in Paris - will hold the opening ceremony around 20 minutes before kick-off.
Six groups of four teams will compete for the 16 places in the knockout phase, on the road to the final on Sunday, 7 July in Lyon.
The £24m awarded to participating teams in 2019 is double the amount of 2015, albeit a long way short of the £315m prize pot at the 2018's men's World Cup.
Our man Tom Garry, who is out in Paris for tonight's game, has written a lovely preview which has all the information you need to know.
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The 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup is here!published at 18:58 British Summer Time 7 June 2019
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HAPPY WORLD CUP DAY!
The moment you have all been waiting for. The countdown to the opening match of the 2019 Fifa World Cup Finals IS HERE!
It's the eighth edition of the competition and there are 24 teams taking part in what is expected to be a record-breaking event.
Four teams are making their World Cup debut, including Scotland, and VAR will also be used for the first time.
France are the hosts for the first time too and they will have the honour of playing in the first match against South Korea.
It's an hour away and I can't wait!
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