England and the Republic of Ireland have learned their group opponents for the 2023 Women's World Cup. Here's all you need to know ahead of the tournament.
When and where is the 2023 Women's World Cup?
Next year's tournament will be held in Australia and New Zealand making it the first ever co-hosted Women's World Cup.
The tournament starts on July 20 with the final taking place on August 20 in Sydney at the Accor Stadium.
The USA are the defending champions and are looking to become the first team in the competition's history to win the tournament three times in a row.
Who has qualified so far?
This Women's World Cup is the first to feature 32 teams, after the previous edition in 2019 saw 24 countries compete.
England and the Republic of Ireland are two of 29 teams to have qualified for the tournament so far:
- Australia (co-hosts)
- New Zealand (co-hosts)
- China (AFC)
- Japan (AFC)
- Philippines (AFC)
- South Korea (AFC)
- Vietnam (AFC)
- Morocco (CAF)
- Nigeria (CAF)
- South Africa (CAF)
- Zambia (CAF)
- Canada (CONCACAF)
- Costa Rica (CONCACAF)
- Jamaica (CONCACAF)
- United States (CONCACAF)
- Argentina (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil (CONMEBOL)
- Colombia (CONMEBOL)
- Denmark (UEFA)
- England (UEFA)
- France (UEFA)
- Germany (UEFA)
- Italy (UEFA)
- Netherlands (UEFA)
- Norway (UEFA)
- Republic of Ireland (UEFA)
- Spain (UEFA)
- Sweden (UEFA)
- Switzerland (UEFA)
Ten teams will compete for the final three places at the inter-confederation play-off tournament in February, which will be held in New Zealand:
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- Chinese Taipei (AFC)
- Thailand (AFC)
- Cameroon (CAF)
- Senegal (CAF)
- Haiti (CONCACAF)
- Panama (CONCACAF)
- Paraguay (CONMEBOL)
- Chile (CONMEBOL)
- Papua New Guinea (OFC)
- Portugal (UEFA)
Draw confirmation
The 32 teams were divided into four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of October 13.
Pot One contained both co-hosts Australia and New Zealand along with the six highest-ranked teams, including England and defending champions USA, while the Republic of Ireland were in Pot Three.
With the exception of UEFA, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn in the same group.
Group A
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Switzerland
Group B
Australia
Republic of Ireland
Nigeria
Canada
Group
C
Spain
Costa Rica
Zambia
Japan
Group D
England
Group B play-off winner
Denmark
China
Group E
USA
Vietnam
The Netherlands
Group A play-off winner
Group F
France
Jamaica
Brazil
Group C play-off winner
Group G
Sweden
South Africa
Italy
Argentina
Group H
Germany
Morocco
Columbia
Korea Republic
What is the schedule?
The group stage will begin on July 20 and run over a two-week period finishing on August 3 and see group winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16, which takes place from August 5 to August 8.
The quarter-finals, which will be held in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney, are scheduled for August 11 and 12.
The first semi-final will then be played on August 15 in Auckland, with the other semi-final taking place on August 16 at the Accor Stadium in Sydney, which will then host the final on August 20.
A third-place play-off will be played the day before the final on August 19 in Brisbane.
What are the venues?
There are nine host cities, five in Australia and four in New Zealand:
Australia
- Sydney - Accor Stadium and Allianz Stadium
- Brisbane - Suncorp Stadium
- Melbourne - AAMI Park
- Perth - HBF Park
- Adelaide - Hindmarsh Stadium
New Zealand
- Auckland - Eden Park
- Wellington - Sky Stadium
- Dunedin - Forsyth Barr Stadium
- Hamilton - Waikato Stadium