The FIFA Women’s World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Australia & New Zealand will host the competitions. The tournament will start on 20 July and return to Lyon on 20 August. Here is the list of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match schedule.
The opening match will be played at Eden Park, Auckland in New Zealand and the final match will be played at the Stadium Australia, Sydney. Total 32 teams world cup and divided into 8 groups.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match schedule
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This will be the first Women’s World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries. FIFA has decided to expand the tournament to 32 teams. FIFA is the top Federation in the soccer world and released the official match schedule for the event.
FIFA Women’s World Cup was founded in 1991 and the US is the most successful national world cup team. Women’s World Cups 2011 and 2015 were hosted in Germany and Canada and the 2019 women’s world cup was hosted by France.
The tournament will host across 12 host cities in New Zealand (Auckland, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington), and Australia (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, 2 in Sydney). The current format of the tournament is 32 competing teams.
2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match schedule details
Asia: 6 slots (including co-hosts Australia)
Africa: 4 slots
North, Central America, and the Caribbean: 4 slots
South America: 3 slots
Oceania: 4 slots
Europe: 11 slots
Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 3 slots
The opening match will be contested between New Zealand and Norway on 20 July. It’s a host 10 (in 9 host cities) and the final match takes place on 20 August 2023 at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia. Here is the full detailed information about the match schedule.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup confederations and qualifier Teams for the final tournament | match schedule
| Confederations | Teams |
|---|---|
| AFC (6) | Australia (co-hosts) China Japan Philippines (debut) South Korea Vietnam (debut) |
| CAF (4) | Morocco (debut) Nigeria South Africa Zambia (debut) |
| CONCACAF (6) | Canada Costa Rica Haiti (debut) Jamaica Panama (debut) United States |
| CONMEBOL (3) | Argentina Brazil Colombia |
| OFC (1) | New Zealand (co-hosts) |
| UEFA (12) | Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal (debut) Republic of Ireland (debut) Spain Sweden Switzerland |
2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup groups
| Group A New Zealand Norway Philippines Switzerland | Group B Australia Canada Nigeria Republic of 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 |
Match Schedule (Group, Teams, AEST Time, Date and Stadium)
Group A – New Zealand v Norway – 17:00 – Jul 20, 2023 – Eden Park
Group B – Australia v Republic of Ireland – 20:00 – Jul 20, 2023 – Stadium Australia
Group B – Nigeria v Canada – 12:30 – Jul 20, 2023 – Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Group A – Philippines v Switzerland – 15:00 – Jul 21, 2023,- Dunedin Stadium
Group C – Spain v Costa Rica – 17:30 – Jul 21, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium
Group E – United States v Vietnam – 11:00 – Jul 22, 2023 – Eden Park
Group C – Zambia v Japan – 17:00 – Jul 22, 2023 – Waikato Stadium
Group D – England v Haiti – 19:30 – Jul 22, 2023 – Brisbane Stadium
Group D – Denmark v China – 20:00 – Jul 22, 2023 – Perth Rectangular Stadium
Group G – Sweden v South Africa – 15:00 – Jul 23, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium
Group E – Netherlands v Portugal – 17:30 – Jul 23, 2023 – Dunedin Stadium
Group F – France v Jamaica – 20:00 – Jul 23, 2023 – Sydney Football Stadium
Group G – Italy v Argentina – 16:00 – Jul 24, 2023 – Eden Park
Group H – Germany v Morocco – 18:30 – Jul 24, 2023 – Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Group F – Brazil v Panama – 20:30 – Jul 24, 2023 – Hindmarsh Stadium
Group H – Colombia v South Korea – 12:00 – Jul 25, 2023 – Sydney Football Stadium
Group A – New Zealand v Philippines – 15:30 – 25 Jul, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium
Group A – Switzerland v Norway – 18:00 – 25 Jul, 2023 – Waikato Stadium
Group C – Spain v Zambia – 17:30 – 26 Jul, 2023 – Eden Park
Group C – Japan v Costa Rica – 15:00 – 26Jul, 2023 – Dunedin Stadium
Group B – Canada v Republic of Ireland – 20:00 – 26 Jul, 2023 – Perth Rectangular Stadium
Group E – USA v Netherlands – 11:00 – 27 Jul, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium –
Group E – Portugal v Vietnam – 17:30 – 27 Jul, 2023 – Waikato Stadium
Group B – Australia v Nigeria – 20:00 – 27 Jul, 2023 – Brisbane Stadium
Group D – England v Denmark – 18:30 – 28 Jul, 2023 – Sydney Football Stadium
Group G – Argentina v South Africa – 10:00 – 28 Jul, 2023 – Dunedin Stadium
Group D – China v Haiti – 20:30 – 28 Jul, 2023 – Hindmarsh Stadium
Group G – Sweden v Italy – 17:30 – 29 Jul, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium –
Group F – France v Brazil – 20:00 – 29 Jul, 2023 – Brisbane stadium
Group F – Panama v Jamaica – 18:30 – 29 Jul, 2023 – Perth Rectangular Stadium
Group H – Germany v Colombia – 19:30 – 30 Jul, 2023 – Eden Park
Group H – South Korea v Morocco – 18:00 – 30 Jul, 2023 – Hindmarsh Stadium
Group A – Norway v Philippines – 7:00 – 30 July, 2023 – Eden Park
Group A – Switzerland v New Zealand – 17:00 – 30 July, 2023 – Dunedid Stadium
Group B – Canada v Australia – 20:00 – 31 July, 2023 – Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Group C – Japan v Spain – 17:00 – 31 July, 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium
Group C – Costa Rica v Zambia – 17:00 – 31 July, 2023 – Waikato Stadium
Group B – Republic of Ireland v Nigeria – 20:00 – 31 July, 2023 – Brisbane Stadium
Grpou E – Portugal v USA – 17:00 – 1 Aug, 2023 – Eden Park
Group E – Vietnam v Netherlands – 17:00 – 1 Aug, 2023 – Dunedid Stadium
Group D – Haiti v Denmark – 19:00 – 1 Aug 2023 – Perth Rectangular Stadium
Group D – China v England – 20:30 – 1 Aug 2023 – Hindmarsh Stadium
Group F – Panama v France – 20:00 – 2 Aug 2023 – Sydney Football Stadium
Group F – Jamaica v Brazil – 20:00 – 2 Aug 2023 – Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Group G – South Africa v Italy – 17:00 – 2 Aug 2023 – Wellington Regional Stadium
Group G – Argentina v Sweden – 17:00 – 2 Aug 2023 – Waikato Stadium
Group H – South Korea v Germany – 20:00 – 3 Aug 2023 – Brisbane Stadium
Group H – Morocco v Colombia – 18:00 – 3 Aug 2023 – Perth Rectangular Stadium
