2019 FIFA Women's World Cup the daughter of Footix, the Official Mascot of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France". The tournament will be used by UEFA to qualify three teams for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan. For the first time, as per the agreement between the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), Great Britain will attempt to qualify for the Olympics through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens). Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest
England at the FIFA World Cup Croatia in the semi-final, resulting in a 2–1 loss after extra time. England would later finish fourth in the competition, the best result since 1990. England would lose again to Belgium in the 3rd place playoff, thanks to goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard, despite an Eric Dier shot being cleared off the line by Toby Alderweireld. The tournament would see England score nine goals from set-pieces – the most by a team in a single World Cup tournament since 1966. "" Historically, very few English World Cup squad members were playing for a club in a foreign league