The 2019 Women’s World Cup started yesterday, Friday, 7th June 2019. Google, as usual, is celebrating the series of events with the Google doodle on the site’s search engine.

 

All through the month of June, players from the national teams of 24 countries around the world will be competing against one another. The final match of the games will take place in Lyon, France on 7th July 2019, a month after the opening match. This will be the biggest Women’s World Cup yet.

 

 

Google is marking the eighth edition of the tournaments with a series of doodles by various guest artists. Each of them represents the competing countries to capture the local excitement of the competition. This is also so that they can personally express what the event means to them as a citizen of the participating country.

 

Google is mostly creative with its doodles, and this time is no different. More doodles will be exhibited during the course of the games. Google says; “Stay tuned for more from the artists, and best of luck to all the players!”

 

Today, the featured artists had some questions and answers with the doodle sketches and illustrations.

 

The predominant question of today’s Google doodle was, “What does ⚽ mean to you personally?”

 

Nigerian artiste Data Oruwari says, “Football to me is a passionate game that serves to unite everyone, regardless of their differences, on a neutral playing field.”

 

 

In China, Chinese artiste Lisk Feng answers, “It means dignity, sentiment and excitement. This sport is something that brings collective memory to a country.”

 

 

Representing Germany, Noam Weiner says, “I feel that football, especially the experience of watching a live game at a stadium, is a very inclusive experience that brings people together. I am an immigrant in Germany, and I see football as a positive aspect of the local culture that transcends race and nationality.”

 

 

Norway’s Ingunn Dybendal answers, “Football is fun! I’m not very good at it, but I still love playing it. It brings people together from all over the world, like a universal language.”

 

 

South Africa’s Phathu Nembilwi, answers, “Soccer is something that brings ubuntu among people.”

 

 

Finally, Spain’s Núria Tamarit says football is “a great chance to learn about working with others.​”