Everything to know about - The largest women's sporting event in the world - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

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Everything to know about - The largest women's sporting event in the world - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football championship contested by women's national teams and organized by FIFA.

The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023. It will be the first FIFA Women's World Cup to have more than one host nation, and also the first senior World Cup for either sex to be held across multiple confederations.

In addition, this tournament will be the first to feature the expanded format of 32 teams from the previous 24, replicating the same format used for the men's World Cup from 1998 to 2022.

The opening match will be contested between New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park, Auckland on 20 July 2023. The final will take place on 20 August 2023 at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia.

Qualifiers for Australia & New Zealand 2023

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China PR, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea Republic, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Vietnam, Zambia.

Women's World Cup fixture schedule

Following the group stage draw which took place in October 2022, the full fixture schedule for the tournament is now in place, with New Zealand v Norway as the opening game on 20 July.

Group stage

20 July: Group A - New Zealand v Norway / Group B - Australia v The Republic of Ireland.

21 July: Group B - Nigeria v Canada / Group A - Philippines v Switzerland / Group C - Spain v Costa Rica.

22 July: Group E - USA v Vietnam / Group C - Zambia v Japan / Group D - England v Haiti / Group D - Denmark v China.

23 July: Group G - Sweden v South Africa / Group E - Netherlands v Portugal / Group F - France v Jamaica.

24 July: Group G - Italy v Argentina / Group H - Germany v Morocco / Group F - Brazil v Panama.

25 July: Group H - Colombia v Korea Republic / Group A - New Zealand v Philippines / Group A - Switzerland v Norway.