The line-up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ is now complete with Haiti, Portugal, and Panama booking their spots at this year’s tournament in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand following success at the inaugural Play-Off Tournament.
Qualification means Haiti and Panama will head to Australia in July to complete Group D and F respectively, while Portugal will make their way back to Aotearoa New Zealand to join defending FIFA Women’s World Cup champions USA in Group E.
Football fans in Aotearoa New Zealand were given a taste of what’s to come at the FIFA Women’s World Cup with passionate fans turning out to see their national teams put on a display of world-class football.
FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura said:
“I am delighted to welcome Haiti, Portugal, and Panama to the final line up of teams who will play at the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. All three teams will bring colour and excitement to the Tournament which will capture the imagination of fans around the world as women’s football goes Beyond Greatness in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand this July and August.”
Attention now turns to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 with additional single match passes for Australia’s showpiece opening Group B match against Republic of Ireland to go on sale on Friday 24 February 2023. Sales will commence at midday AEDT / 14:00 NZDT / 02:00 CET.
Friday 3 March will see the second sales phase of tickets conclude, with the Last-Minute Sales Phase commencing on Tuesday 11 April – 100 days prior to the opening matchday.
About the Event
The FIFA Women’s World Cup, an international women’s association football championship played every four years between women’s national teams and hosted by FIFA, will take place for the ninth time in 2023.
It will be the first FIFA Women’s World Cup to have more than one host nation, as well as the first senior World Cup for either sex to be held across multiple confederations, as Australia is in the Asian Confederation and New Zealand is in the Oceanian Confederation.
The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023. Also, this competition will be the first to use the expanded format, which now includes 32 teams instead of the previous 24.
