FIFA Women's World Cup: Teams, groups, fixtures, dates, venues and live coverage in India

New Zealand, a country known more for its love of rugby than women’s football, is aiming to win fans as well as matches. They, and Australia, will play host to the ninth FIFA Women’s World Cup, which starts on July 20. New Zealand kick things off against Norway in a Group A clash. The tournament opener will be followed by co-hosts Australia taking on Ireland in Sydney. New Zealand Football announced that the opener at Auckland’s Eden Park will have the biggest crowd for a football match in the country’s history, estimated to be at least 50,000. In comparison, demand for tickets to Australia’s opener was so high that the match was moved to Stadium Australia, built for the 2000 Olympics and can seat over 82,000 people. What are the key dates for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup? The tournament gets underway on July 20 at the Eden Park in Auckland with New Zealand taking on Norway. The final will take place on August 20 at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia. Which teams have qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

The wait is almost over.

One day to go until the 2023 #FIFAWWC. 😍 pic.twitter.com/2aMrWc0hAn

— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 19, 2023

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the first to feature in the expanded 32 team format from the previous 24. It is replicating the same format used for the men’s World Cup from 1998 to 2022. From a 12-team tournament in 1991, it expanded to 16 teams in 1999 and 24 in 2015 to 32 now. Read: From Alexia Putellas to Megan Rapinoe, 5 players to watch out for What are the groups for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup? 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, Haiti, Denmark, China Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, Portugal Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea What are the venues for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

What a way to kick-start the @FIFAWWC! 👏

It's almost time to go #BeyondGreatness https://t.co/TYw7aeogry

— FIFA (@FIFAcom) July 18, 2023

Six of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup venues are in Australia and four in New Zealand. Brisbane Stadium – Brisbane / Meaanjin, Australia Dunedin Stadium – Dunedin / Ōtepoti, New Zealand Eden Park – Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand Hindmarsh Stadium – Adelaide / Tarntanya, Australia Melbourne Rectangular Stadium – Melbourne / Naarm, Australia Perth Rectangular Stadium – Perth / Boorloo, Australia Stadium Australia – Sydney / Gadigal, Australia Sydney Football Stadium – Sydney / Gadigal, Australia Waikato Stadium – Hamilton / Kirikiriroa, New Zealand Wellington Regional Stadium – Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara, New Zealand What is the schedule for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023?

🪂 Ready to go #BeyondGreatness! #FIFAWWC

— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 17, 2023

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Thursday, July 20 Group A: New Zealand vs. Norway Group B: Australia vs. Ireland Friday, July 21 Group B: Nigeria vs. Canada Group A: Philippines vs. Switzerland Group C: Spain vs. Costa Rica Saturday, July 22 Group E: United States vs. Vietnam 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 Tuesday, July 25 Group H: Colombia vs. South Korea 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 Thursday, July 27 Group E: United States vs. Netherlands Group E: Portugal vs. Vietnam Group B: Australia vs. Nigeria Friday, July 28 Group G: Argentina vs. South Africa Group D: England vs. Denmark Group D: China vs. Haiti Saturday, July 29 Group G: Sweden vs. Italy Group F: France vs. Brazil Group F: Panama vs. Jamaica Sunday, July 30 Group H: South Korea vs. Morocco Group H: Germany vs. Colombia Group A: Switzerland vs. New Zealand Group A: Norway vs. Philippines Monday, July 31 Group C: Japan vs. Spain Group C: Costa Rica vs. Zambia Group B: Canada vs. Australia Group B: Ireland vs. Nigeria Tuesday, August 1 Group E: Portugal vs. United States Group E: Vietnam vs. Netherlands Group D: China vs. England Group D: Haiti vs. Denmark Wednesday, August 2 Group G: Argentina vs. Sweden Group G: South Africa vs. Italy Group F: Panama vs. France Group F: Jamaica vs. Brazil Thursday, August 3 Group H: South Korea vs. Germany Group H: Morocco vs. Colombia Saturday, August 5 Match 49: 1A vs 2C Match 50: 1C vs 2A Sunday, August 6 Match 51: 1E vs 2G Match 52: 1G vs 2A Monday, August 7 Match 53: 1D vs 2B Match 54: 1B vs 2D Tuesday, August 8 Match 55: 1H vs 2F Match 56: 1F vs 2H Friday, August 11 QF1: W49 vs W51 QF2: W50 vs W52 Saturday, August 12 QF3: W53 vs W55 QF4: W54 vs W56 Tuesday, August 15 SF1: QF1 vs QF2 Wednesday, August 16 SF2: QF3 vs QF4 Saturday, August 19 Third-place match Sunday, August 20 Final What is the format for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

32 teams and 32 brand new hashflags! 🤩

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— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 13, 2023

32 teams are in contentions spread out across eight groups with four teams each. Each team will the other three nations in the group stage once in a round-robin format. The top-two teams from each group will then progress to the Round of 16 knockouts. It will then be followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. Who are the defending champions at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup? United States of America (USA) enter with a chance of doing a ’three-peat’ having won the 2015 edition in Canada and 2019 edition in France. The Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe headlined squad remain the force to contend with. The four-time winners once again will consider themselves favourites despite an ageing squad and injury to key members. Prime contenders to give them a run for their money will be England’s Lionesses. Their famous Euros win last summer has rekindled confidence into the side that reached the semi-finals of the last two editions. FIFA Women’s World Cup titles: USA (4) Germany (2) Norway, Japan (1) Where to watch 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in India? FIFA Women’s World Cup action will be live streamed on Fancode mobile app and website.