FIFA Womens World Cup 2023 Qualifiers

To assist with your planning for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, we’ve detailed the tournament schedule below.

The women’s national teams around the world will play qualifying matches until late 2022. Once all the qualifying teams have been decided, tournament organizers will hold the Women’s World Cup draw. The draw will determine the eight groups of four teams, as well as where and when they will play in the group stage. Here are some of the key details about the 2023 Women’s World Cup schedule:

• The tournament is scheduled to take place between July 20 and August 20, 2023.
• The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be the first to take place with 32 teams, expanded from 24 in 2019.
• The group stage matches will be divided into with eight groups of four teams (four groups in Australia, four groups in New Zealand)
• The top two teams from each group of four will proceed to the Round of 16.
• All matches after the group stage will be knockout format.
• A total of 64 games will be played.
• The games will take place in 10 venues in New Zealand and Australia.
• The opening match of the tournament will take place in Eden Park, Auckland, and will include the Opening Ceremony.
• The first semi-final is at Eden Park, Auckland. The second semi-final is at Stadium Australia in Sydney, which will also host the Championship Final.

We’ll continue to update this page as more information becomes available.