FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: A Comprehensive Guide to the Upcoming Tournament

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: A Comprehensive Guide to the Upcoming Tournament

With the highly anticipated ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup just a few days to go, Australia and New Zealand are set to host this 9th mega event on July 20. The tournament promises to offer a blend of intricacy and sentence diversity, with an impressive lineup of 64 matches set to take place.

To add to the excitement, New Zealand's Eden Park in Auckland will be the stage for the first fixture and the grand opening ceremony. Notably, this will happen the first time in the history of the Women's Soccer World Cup that two nations will jointly host the tournament.

The participating teams have been grouped into eight sets of four. The groups are as follows:

Group A: New Zealand (hosts), Norway, Philippines, Switzerland

Group B: Australia (hosts), Canada, Nigeria, Ireland

Group C: Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Zambia

Group D: China, Denmark, England, Haiti

Group E: Netherlands, Portugal, United States, Vietnam

Group F: Brazil, France, Jamaica, Panama

Group G: Argentina, Italy, South Africa, Sweden

Group H: Colombia, Germany, South Korea, Morocco

Matches will be spread across 10 different stadiums of both countries for this world cup, including Lang Park, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Perth Oval, Stadium Australia, Sydney Football Stadium, Dunedin Stadium, Eden Park, Waikato Stadium, and Wellington Regional Stadium.

Each team will play three matches in a round-robin format during the group round of the mega event. In the round of 16, which ushers in the knockout rounds, the top two teams from each group will move on to the next stage. 

These knockout games are scheduled to commence on August 5, leading up to the highly-anticipated final on Sunday, August 20, to be held at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Below is the schedule of World Cup matches for the first few days of the tournament:

Thursday, July 20

Group A: New Zealand vs. Norway

Group B: Australia vs. Ireland

Group B: Nigeria vs. Canada

Friday, July 21

Group A: Philippines vs. Switzerland

Group C: Spain vs. Costa Rica

Group E: United States vs. Vietnam

Saturday, July 22

Group C: Zambia vs. Japan

Group D: England vs. Haiti

Group D: Denmark vs. China

Sunday, July 23

Group G: Sweden vs. South Africa

Group E: Netherlands vs. Portugal

Group F: France vs. Jamaica

Monday, July 24

Group G: Italy vs Argentina

Group H: Germany vs. Morocco

Group F: Brazil vs. Panama

Group H: Colombia vs. South Korea

Tuesday, July 25

Group A: New Zealand vs. Philippines

Group A: Switzerland vs. Norway

Wednesday, July 26

Group C: Japan vs. Costa Rica

Group C: Spain vs. Zambia

Group B: Canada vs. Ireland

Group E: United States vs. Netherlands

Thursday, July 27

Group E: Portugal vs. Vietnam

Group B: Australia vs. Nigeria

Group G: Argentina vs. South Africa

Friday, July 28

Group D: England vs. Denmark

Group D: China vs. Haiti

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