The ParaMatildas football team beat the USA 6-2 in the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Women's World Cup final.
In 2023, Australia was officially gripped by Matildas fever as our women's football team historically made the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney. The ParaMatildas have now gone one better, becoming the first Australian football team to ever win a World Cup. They beat the USA 6-2 in the 2024 International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football Women's World Cup final in Spain overnight. The USA scored two goals in the opening six minutes.
The ParaMatildas are Australia's national football team for women and girls with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury and symptoms of stroke. "It's such a new team," ParaMatildas player Carly Salmon told SBS News late last year. "But we're getting our names out there now. Hopefully, that means we can only grow, get more girls involved — and get Australia on board.
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