The draw for the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, can be held on Oct. 22 in Auckland.
The draw, introduced early Friday in New Zealand, will decide the teams for the preliminary stage of soccer’s premier ladies’s occasion, which is able to embrace an expanded subject of 32 groups.
“The draw is an internationally important occasion in its personal proper. It supplies a possibility for New Zealand and Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) to showcase our tradition and traditions to a worldwide viewers,” New Zealand Prime Minister Grant Robertson mentioned in a ready assertion. “At this time’s announcement additionally begins to create pleasure because the draw reveals which groups we’ll be internet hosting in New Zealand.”
The draw can be televised internationally and showcase the host cities for matches in each international locations. The World Cup is ready to open on July 20, 2023 at Eden Park in Auckland. The ultimate is ready for Aug. 20 in Sydney.
China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines Vietnam, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark have certified for the occasion, becoming a member of hosts Australia and New Zealand.
The defending champion U.S. nationwide staff will play within the CONCACAF W Championship in Monterrey, Mexico, in July. The highest 4 groups on the event will advance to the World Cup.
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