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. Show 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:
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: Also See:
Draw confirmationThe 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 Group B Group
C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H 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
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Will FIFA 23 have World Cup?The FIFA World Cup mode has arrived in FUT FIFA 23, and fans won't have to wait long to experience the competition on the virtual platform. EA Sports has already teased what's to come with a Deep Dive teaser previewing all of the upcoming stuff.
Why is World Cup every 4 years?The World Cup happens every four years in order to have enough time for the qualification tournaments and playoffs among national teams to take place. Additionally, four years provides the host country adequate time to plan the logistics of the tournament and how to best accommodate an influx of millions of fans.
Where is the World Cup held 2023?FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™
Will the World Cup be in 2022 or 2023?The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will be played from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar. It will be the 22nd edition of the competition, and the first played in the Arab world. The draw for the World Cup group phase took place in Doha, Qatar, on April 1 2022 to set the stage for the tournament.
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