Fifa Women’s World Cup Draw: all you to know
The Draw takes place in Auckland on Saturday 22 October where 32 teams will be allocated to eight groups and learn whether they will be based in Australia or New Zealand.
Watch it live on SuperSport TV and Live streaming, starting at 08:30 (CAT).
The teams
Qualified teams (29): Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China PR, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea Republic, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Vietnam, Zambia.
Play-off tournament hopefuls (ten competing for three places): Cameroon, Chile, Chinese Tapei, Haiti, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Portugal, Senegal, Thailand.
The pots
The 29 qualified teams and three play-off tournament slot placeholders were allocated to four pots of eight teams each, based on the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking.
Based on the Ranking, the top six ranked teams were allocated to pot 1 along with the co-hosts, Australia and New Zealand.
24 HOURS TO GO! ??
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The procedures
The draw will start by drawing a team from Pot 1 and will end by drawing the last team from Pot 4. Each pot will be completely emptied before moving on to the next one.
Fifa’s general principle is to ensure, where possible, that no group has more than one team from the same qualification zone/confederation. This is applicable to all zones except Europe, which will be represented by 11 teams – a total that may increase to a total of 12, subject to the play-off tournament results. Each group will therefore have at least one but no more than two European teams.
Check out the draw procedures in full.
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The guests
Around 800 guests will be in attendance including the Fifa President and Secretary General, Fifa Legends, Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Federal Minister for Sport Anika Wells.
The 39 teams involved will be represented by 135 delegates, including 36 head coaches.
Tournament dates
The Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023™ will be played between 20 July to 20 August.
The #FIFAWWC Draw is happening on Saturday!
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) October 21, 2022
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