When, where and with whom?: The most important information about the 2023 Down Under World Cup

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When and where will the 2023 World Cup take place?

The World Cup will take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20. For the first time, a final tournament will be held in two countries and for the first time 32 countries will participate. The opening game will take place in Auckland, the final in Sydney. Games are also played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Dunedin, Hamilton and Wellington.

In which stadiums will the matches be played?

The matches will take place in ten stadiums in nine cities. Four locations are in New Zealand (Hamilton, Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington) and the others in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide).

• Australia Stadium, Sydney: 83,000 spectators – a round of 16, a quarter and a semi-final and the final
• Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane: 52,263 spectators – 5 group matches, a round of 16 and a quarter final and a match for third place
• Eden Park, Auckland: 48,276 spectators – 5 group matches, a round of 16, a quarter and a semi-final
• Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney: 42,512 spectators – 6 group matches and a round of 16
• Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington: 39,000 spectators – 6 group matches, a round of 16 and a quarter final
• Melbourne rectangular stadium: 30,052 spectators – 4 group matches and 2 eighths
• Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin: 28,744 spectators – 6 group matches
• Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: 25,111 spectators – 5 group matches
• Perth Oval, Perth: 22,225 spectators – 5 group matches
• Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide: 18,435 spectators – 3 group matches and a round of 16

Who is the defending champion?

At the 2019 tournament in France, the USA defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the final. The Americans have won four of the previous eight World Championships.

Who qualified?

• Host: Australia and New Zealand
• North America and the Caribbean: USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Haiti and Panama
• Asia: China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam
• Africa: Zambia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa
• South America: Brazil, Colombia and Argentina
• Europe: Sweden, Spain, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, England, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Switzerland

How much money is it?

At the 2019 World Cup, almost CHF 50 million was paid out in prizes and bonuses for the World Cup preparation. World champion USA received a prize money of $ 4 million, all participants at least $ 750,000 entry fee. With the 2023 tournament in mind, FIFA aims to double the prize money. The federations receive around one million Swiss francs just for the preparations for the World Cup.

How many times has Switzerland participated in a World Cup?

It is Switzerland’s second participation in the World Cup. At the premiere in Canada in 2015, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s team qualified for the round of 16, losing 1-0 to the hosts in Vancouver.

The Swiss team

National coach Inka Grings has called up 23 players for the World Cup. Surprisingly, she does without Riola Xhemaili. The only 16-year-old Iman Beney should have traveled to the tournament for that. But she ruptures her cruciate ligament during training for the final test match and is out. Grings nominated Amira Arfaoui for her. Click through the gallery for the list.

The game plan

In October 2022, the eight groups of four were drawn in Auckland. The teams of numbers 1 and 2 qualify for the eighth finals, for the others it is time to pack their bags again after the group phase.

group A

• July 20
  9:00 New Zealand v Norway, Auckland
• 21 July
  07:00: Philippines – SwitzerlandDunedin
• July 25
  7.30am New Zealand v Philippines, Wellington
  10am: Switzerland —Norway, Hamilton
• July 30
  9:00 am.: Switzerland – New Zealand, Dunedin
  9:00 Norway-Philippines, Auckland

Group B

• July 20
  12pm: Australia v Ireland, Sydney
• 21 July
  4.30am: Nigeria v Canada, Melbourne
• July 26
  2pm Canada-Ireland, Perth
• July 27
  12:00 Australia v Nigeria, Brisbane
• July 31
  12pm Canada-Australia, Melbourne
  12.00 Ireland – Nigeria, Brisbane

Group C

• 21 July
  9.30am Spain v Costa Rica, Wellington
• July 22
  9am: Zambia v Japan, Hamilton
• July 26
  07:00 Japan-Costa Rica, Dunedin
  9.30am Spain v Zambia, Auckland
• July 31
  9am Japan-Spain, Wellington
  9am: Costa Rica v Zambia, Hamilton

Group D

• July 22
  11.30am England v Haiti, Brisbane
  2pm Denmark-China, Perth
• July 28
  10.30am England v Denmark, Sydney
  1pm: China-Haiti, Adelaide
• 1 August
  1pm: China v England, Adelaide
  1pm: Haiti-Denmark, Perth

Group E

• July 22
  3:00 US-Vietnam, Auckland
• July 23
  9.30am Holland-Portugal, Dunedin
• July 27
  3am: USA v Holland, Wellington
  9.30am Portugal-Vietnam, Hamilton
• 1 August
  9am Vietnam-Holland, Dunedin
  9:00 Portugal-USA, Auckland

Group F

• July 23
  12:00 France – Jamaica, Sydney
• July 24
  1pm: Brazil v Panama, Adelaide
• July 29
  12:00 France – Brazil, Brisbane
  2:30 p.m. Panama-Jamaica, Perth
• August 2
  12:00 Jamaica-Brazil, Melbourne
  12 noon: Panama-France, Sydney

Group G

• July 23
  7am Sweden v South Africa, Wellington
• July 24
  8am Italy-Argentina, Auckland
• July 28
  2.00 Argentina v South Africa, Dunedin
• July 29
  9.30am Sweden v Italy, Wellington
• August 2
  9am Argentina-Sweden, Hamilton
  9am South Africa v Italy, Wellington

Group H

• July 24
  10.30am: Germany v Morocco, Melbourne
• July 25
  4am: Colombia v South Korea, Sydney
• July 30
  6.30am South Korea v Morocco, Adelaide
  11.30am: Germany v Colombia, Sydney
• 3 August
  12pm: South Korea v Germany, Brisbane
  12:00 Morocco-Colombia, Perth

• August 5
  AF1 7.00: Winner A – Second Place C, Auckland
  AF2 10am: Winner C – Second Place A, Wellington
• August 6
  AF3 4.00: Winner E – Second Place G, Sydney
  AF4 11am: Winner G – Second Place E, Melbourne
• August 7
  AF5 9.30am: Winner D – Second Place B, Brisbane
  AF6 12.30pm: Winner B – Second Place D, Sydney
• August the 8th
  AF7 10am: Winner H – Second Place F, Melbourne
  AF8 1pm: Winner F – Second H, Adelaide

• August 11
  VF1 3.00: Winner AF1 – Winner AF3, Wellington
  VF2 9.30am: Winner AF2 – Winner AF4, Auckland
• August 12
  VF3 9am: Winner AF6 – Winner AF8, Brisbane
  VF4 12.30pm: Winner AF5 – Winner AF7, Sydney

• August 15
  HF1 10am: Winner VF1 – Winner VF2, Auckland
• August 16
  HF2 12 hours: Winner VF3 – Winner VF4, Sydney

• August 19
  10am: Loser HF1 – Loser HF2, Brisbane

• 20th of August
  12 noon: Winner HF1 – Winner HF2, Sydney

Where can I watch the World Cup?

SRF delivers the full load of the Women’s World Cup. All matches are broadcast on TV on SRFzwei or SRFinfo, or can be followed online in the web stream.

Past world champions

In 1991, a Women’s World Cup was held for the first time. Since then, the US in particular has dominated the tournament. Four of the eight world titles to date have gone to the Americans. They are also the defending champions in Australia and New Zealand. Here is an overview of the previous finals:

• 1991: USA – Norway 2:1
• 1994: Norway – Germany 2-0
• 1999: US – China 0:0 aet / 5:4 aet
• 2003: Germany 2-1 Sweden (98th minute golden goal)
• 2007: Germany 2-0 Brazil
• 2011: Japan – US 2:2 aet / 3:1 aet
• 2015: United States 5-2 Japan
• 2019: USA – Netherlands 2-0

Source : Blick