Nike unveiled new jerseys for 13 national teams ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup — check them out
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- Nike has unveiled new home and away jerseys for 13 of the top women's national soccer teams on the planet.
- The squads will wear the updated uniforms for this summer's highly anticipated Women's World Cup hosted across Australia and New Zealand.
- From the US Women's National Team's paint-splattered tops to the England Lionnesses' funky, Art Deco-inspired away kits, check out all 13 teams' new threads.
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A whopping 32 national teams — up from the 24 invited to the 2019 World Cup — have qualified to compete this summer on the biggest stage soccer has to offer. They'll play their games at stadiums spread across the biggest cities in Australia and New Zealand with hopes of making their way to Sydney for the final.
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While each team will sport it's own color scheme and design, Nike used the same materials for all of the kits. The designers "prioritized mobility, breathability, and sustainability" in order to ensure the uniforms feature "venting exactly where it's needed most," according to Nike's press release.
The actual jerseys and shorts are made out of recycled polyester from recycled plastic bottles. The signature Swoosh and jersey trim, meanwhile, are made of Nike Grind — the "manufacturing scrap, unused manufacturing materials, and end-of-life footwear" that Nike collects and reuses for new purposes.
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Sam Kerr and the Matildas will be wearing a mix of classic and modern looks for what they hope will be a long run through their home tournament. Their home kits, which feature their signature green-and-gold colorway, boast "a created-by-hand acrylic pour and marbling pattern" meant to represent the diversity of Australia's landscape and people.
The away jerseys are a bold turquoise with royal blue trim and pale yellow accents. Nike says the uniform "looks to the future and represents a nation that is vibrant, energetic, and forward-thinking."
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In every tournament, Brazil's national teams wear yellow jerseys with green decals and royal blue shorts in a nod to the country's flag. The 2023 Women's World Cup will be no different.
But if you take a closer look at Brazil's new home jerseys, you may notice a twist on the classic kit. A foliage pattern weaved into the fabric "highlights the beautiful Amazon ecosystem" native to Brazil, per Nike.
The away kit, meanwhile, "plays into the landscape's deep, bright jungle colors" with white shorts and a royal blue top with green leaves on the sleeves.
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Canada will look to carry the momentum from its gold-medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics into this summer's World Cup. Christine Sinclair and her teammates will wear black-and-red home threads featuring "a bold evolution of their iconic geometric maple leaf design," Nike says.
They'll opt for a more familiar look with their away uniforms, which feature white tops paired with red shorts.
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Though China's red home kits with yellow trim may look simple at first glance, they actually feature hidden xiangyun symbols — the "traditional Chinese stylized cloud associated with good luck and good fortune," as Nike explains.
Conversely, China's away jerseys are a striking yellow color with red accents.
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Fresh off of a massive UEFA Women's Euro victory on their home turf, England's Lionnesses are a favorite to hoist the World Cup Down Under. They'll wear classic off-white tops and royal blue bottoms as their home kits, which Nike says are inspired by "the country's first women's team assembled for a major tournament."
But when they're away, the Lionnesses will sport "the first expression of blue in the team's history" with a geometric pattern that offers a nod to the Art Deco movement.
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Inspired by "Orphism, an art movement popularized in the 1920s," France's away kit for the upcoming tournament features a white shirt with hexagonal textures and colorful cuffs on the sleeves.
The home kit, meanwhile, boasts "light blue and lilac hues" reminiscent of the uniforms worn by "the first French women's football teams" who took the field in the 1920s, as Nike explains.
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Both of Korea's jerseys combine innovation with tradition. The red home kits are relatively traditional — until you catch the bubblegum pink trim and socks. Their away jerseys, meanwhile, feature clean white tops with red and blue "split side panels" that "point to traditional ideas of balance and opposites on the Korean flag," per Nike.
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As always, the Netherlands will wear their signature all-orange home kits featuring what Nike calls "a two-color contrast rooted in Dutch football culture." And as the away team, FIFA's eighth-ranked squad will wear navy blue uniforms with red trim and lighter blue geometric designs.
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Both of New Zealand's uniforms for the 2023 World Cup play on the team's nickname — the Football Ferns. For the home kits, "Nike designers used black and silver spray paint techniques" to place ferns across the jerseys and shorts.
When they're away, the Ferns will wear white tops and socks with "bright futuristic blue" shorts and accents. The kits, Nike says, were "inspired by the 1991 qualifying squad."
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Nike didn't shy away from bold colors and designs in Nigeria's two kits for this summer's World Cup, and that was a very deliberate choice, according to the company. The home jerseys feature "electric green color scheme" with a "bespoke pattern on the cuffs and sock ribbing inspired by traditional Nigerian artwork and textiles."
The darker away uniform "combines modern shapes with traditional prints" that, when you look closer, "pay homage to the team's 'Super Falcons' name."
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As international superstar Ada Hegerberg looks to lead the Grasshoppers back into the spotlight, she and her teammates will wear royal blue, white, and bright red home and away kits. Their "bold color-blocking combinations," Nike says, is a nod to Norway's flag.
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Portugal's home kits are standard red and green colors as a nod to the country's flag. The away jerseys are a bit more playful, featuring bright green shorts and an off-white jersey bespeckled with small splotches of red, green, and beige. The design, Nike says, is meant to evoke "the country's famous calçada Portuguesa," or Portuguese pavement.
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The USWNT's eye-popping home jerseys feature "a distinct drip-paint technique pattern" in blue on a clean, white top and paired with navy shorts. The kits are "inspired by the art movement of abstract expressionism, which started in the 1940s in New York City as the art epicenter began to shift from Europe to the US," Nike says, likening the change "to what the USA team has done for women's football."
When they're away, Alex Morgan, Sophia Smith, and the rest of the Americans will sport a royal blue ensemble with red accents and patterned socks.
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