The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup– the ninth edition of the global soccer competition– will be collectively hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The group phase begins on July 20 and will go through Aug. 3. The Round of 16 will be held Aug. 5-8, quarterfinals on Aug. 11-12, semifinals on Aug. 15-16, third-place video game on Aug. 19 and the last on Aug. 20.
The United States goes into the competition as two-time protecting champs and seeking to end up being the first string– guys’s or ladies’s– to win 3 successive World Cups. The U.S. owns 4 ladies’s World Cup titles; Germany is the next-closest group with 2 competition wins.
Where will the Women’s World Cup be held?
Australia and New Zealand are hosting a World Cup– guys’s or ladies’s– for the very first time. In Australia, Adelaide (Hindmarsh Arena), Brisbane (Lang Park), Melbourne (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), Perth (Perth Rectangular Arena) and Sydney (Arena Australia and Sydney Football Arena) will host video games. In New Zealand, Auckland (Eden Park), Dunedin (Forsyth Barr Arena), Hamilton (Waikato Arena) and Wellington (Wellington Regional Arena) will host video games. The last will be kept in Sydney at Arena Australia.
The number of groups remain in the Women’s World Cup?
An overall of 32 groups will contend in the 2023 World Cup. This is the very first time the ladies’s competition will include 32 groups, with the field increasing from the 24 that completed at the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
How to enjoy the 2023 Women’s World Cup
FOX Sports will air all 64 video games, with 29 matches set for FOX’s primary broadcast network and 35 on FS1. Streaming will be offered on the FOX Sports app Spanish-language broadcasts will be offered on Telemundo.
What groups remain in the Women’s World Cup? What are the groups?
Group A
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Philippines
- Switzerland
Group B
- Australia
- Canada
- Republic of Ireland
- Nigeria
Group C
- Costa Rica
- Japan
- Spain
- Zambia
Group D
Group E
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- United States
- Vietnam
Group F
- Brazil
- France
- Jamaica
- Panama
Group G
- Argentina
- Italy
- South Africa
- Sweden
Group H
- Colombia
- Germany
- Morocco
- South Korea
What is the FIFA World Cup 2023 schedule?
GROUP PLAY
Thursday, July 20
Group A: New Zealand vs. Norway (Eden Park), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group B: Australia vs. Republic of Ireland (Sydney Football Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group B: Nigeria vs. Canada (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 10:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
Friday, July 21
Group A: Philippines vs. Switzerland (Forsyth Barr Arena), 1 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group C: Spain vs. Costa Rica (Wellington Regional Arena), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group E: United States vs. Vietnam (Eden Park), 9 p.m. ET (FOX)
Saturday, July 22
Group C: Zambia vs. Japan (Waikato Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group D: England vs. Haiti (Lang Park), 5:30 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group D: Denmark vs. China (Perth Rectangular Arena), 8 a.m. ET (FOX)
Sunday, July 23
Group G: Sweden vs. South Africa (Wellington Regional Arena), 1 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group E: Netherlands vs. Portugal (Forsyth Barr Arena), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group F: France vs. Jamaica (Sydney Football Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Monday, July 24
Group G: Italy vs. Argentina (Eden Park), 2 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group H: Germany vs. Morocco (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 4:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group F: Brazil vs. Panama (Hindmarsh Arena), 7 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group H: Colombia vs. South Korea (Sydney Football Arena), 10 p.m. ET (FS1)
Tuesday, July 25
Group A: New Zealand vs. Philippines (Wellington Regional Arena), 1:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group A: Switzerland vs. Norway (Waikato Arena), 4 a.m. ET (FS1)
Wednesday, July 26
Group C: Japan vs. Costa Rica (Forsyth Barr Arena), 1. m. ET (FS1)
Group C: Spain vs. Zambia (Eden Park), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group B: Canada vs. Republic of Ireland (Perth Rectangular Arena), 8 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group E: United States vs. Netherlands (Wellington Regional Arena), 9 p.m. ET (FOX)
Thursday, July 27
Group E: Portugal vs. Vietnam (Waikato Arena), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group B: Australia vs. Nigeria (Lang Park), 6 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group D: Argentina vs. South Africa (Forsyth Barr Arena), 8 p.m. ET (FS1)
Friday, July 28
Group D: England vs. Denmark (Sydney Football Arena), 4:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group D: China vs. Haiti (Hindmarsh Arena), 7 a.m. ET (FS1)
Saturday, July 29
Group G: Sweden vs. Italy (Wellington Regional Arena), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group F: France vs. Brazil (Lang Park), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group F: Panama vs. Jamaica (Perth Rectangular Arena), 8:30 a.m. ET (FOX)
Sunday, July 30
Group H: South Korea vs. Morocco (Hindmarsh Arena), 12:30 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group A: Switzerland vs. New Zealand (Forsyth Barr Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group A: Norway vs. Philippines (Eden Park), 3 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group H: Germany vs. Colombia (Sydney Football Arena), 5:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Monday, July 31
Group C: Japan vs. Spain (Wellington Regional Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group C: Costa Rica vs. Zambia (Waikato Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group B: Canada vs. Australia (Lang Park), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group B: Republic of Ireland vs. Nigeria (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FS1)
Tuesday, Aug. 1
Group E: Portugal vs. United States (Eden Park), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group E: Vietnam vs. Netherlands (Forsyth Barr Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group D: Haiti vs. Denmark (Perth Rectangular Arena), 7 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group D: China vs. England (Hindmarsh Arena), 7 a.m. ET (FOX)
Wednesday, Aug. 2
Group G: Argentina vs. Sweden (Waikato Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group G: South Africa, Italy (Wellington Regional Arena), 3 a.m. ET (FS1)
Group F: Panama vs. France (Sydney Football Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group F: Jamaica vs. Brazil (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FS1)
Thursday, Aug. 3
Group H: South Korea vs. Germany (Lang Park), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
Group H: Morocco vs. Colombia (Perth Rectangular Arena), 6 a.m. ET (FS1)
ROUND OF 16
Friday, Aug. 5
Match 49: Group A winner vs. Group C runner-up (Eden Park), 1 a.m. ET (FS1)
Match 50: Group C winner vs. Group A runner-up (Wellington Regional Arena), 4 a.m. ET (FS1)
Match 51: Group E winner vs. Group G runner-up (Sydney Football Arena), 10 p.m. ET (FOX)
Saturday, Aug. 6
Match 52: Group G winner vs. Group E runner-up (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 5 a.m. ET (FOX)
Sunday, Aug. 7
Match 53: Group B winner vs. Group D runner-up (Arena Australia), 3:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Match 54: Group D winner vs. Group B runner-up (Lang Park), 6:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Monday, Aug. 8
Match 55: Group F winner vs. Group H runner-up (Hindmarsh Arena), 4 a.m. ET (FS1)
Match 56: Group H winner vs. Group F runner-up (Melbourne Rectangular Arena), 7 a.m. ET (FS1)
QUARTERFINALS
Wednesday, Aug. 10
Match 57: Winner of Match 49 vs. Winner of Match 51 (Wellington Regional Arena), 9 p.m. ET (FOX)
Thursday, Aug. 11
Match 58: Winner of Match 50 vs. Winner of Match 52 (Eden Park), 3:30 a.m. ET (FOX)
Friday, Aug. 12
Match 59: Winner of Match 53 vs. Winner of Match 55 (Lang Park), 3 a.m. ET (FOX)
Match 60: Winner of Match 54 vs. Winner of Match 56 (Arena Australia), 6:30 a.m. ET (FOX)
SEMIFINALS
Monday. Aug. 15
Match 61: Winner of Match 57 vs. Winner of Match 58 (Eden Park), 4 a.m. ET (FOX)
Tuesday, Aug. 16
Match 62: Winner of Match 59 vs. Winner of Match 60 (Arena Australia), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
Friday, Aug. 19
Semifinal losers (Lang Park), 4 a.m. ET (FOX)
FINAL
Saturday, Aug. 20
Semifinal winners (Arena Australia), 6 a.m. ET (FOX)