Germany, who won the tournament in 2003 and 2007, are among the top contenders for the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
However, German team’s coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg believes that the competition is tough this time.
Germany are in Group H alongside Colombia, South Korea and Morocco.
"All the games are tight, women's football teams have come ever closer," the coach said on the eve of Germany's World Cup opener on Monday against debutants Morocco in Melbourne.
"All the countries coming here are not only proud to be at the World Cup, but they absolutely have the quality to play here and to pose problems.
"We will have the same scenario tomorrow against Morocco."
Voss-Tecklenburg, who has been in charge since 2019, added that the challenging nature of the event will be good for women's football.
"We see this around the world, everybody keeps developing," she added.
"Women's football is getting ever tighter in an athletic sense, but itself as a sport it is also growing, and we are proud that is happening.
"We live that and we love that, and are up for the challenge.
"It is much more competitive than 20 years ago when I was playing."
There will be a round-robin format in the group stage of the football event when each of the 32 teams play three matches each. The top two in each group will progress to the round of 16. The knockout rounds begin on August 5 and the final will take place on Sunday, August 20 at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Matches will be held at 10 stadiums — Lang Park, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Perth Oval, Stadium Australia, Sydney Football Stadium, Dunedin Stadium, Eden Park, Waikato Stadium and Wellington Regional Stadium.