2023 Women’s World Cup draw: times, TV and how to watch online

Ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, which is to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, the tournament draw takes place in Auckland this weekend.

When and where is the 2023 World Cup draw?

The draw will be held at the Kiwi city’s Aotea Centre on Saturday 22 October 2022, and is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm local time. In the United States, that’s 2:30am ET on Saturday morning, or 11:30pm PT on Friday night. If you’re elsewhere in the world, check out what time the draw gets going where you are.

How can I watch the draw?

In the US, TV viewers will be able to watch the draw on Fox Sports 1, Telemundo and Universo, or stream it on Peacock. Wherever you are on the planet, you can watch the draw live online on FIFA+, the world governing body’s streaming service.

World Cup draw live with AS USA

You’ll also have the option of following AS USA’s live blog of the event, which will keep you abreast of all the latest developments in Auckland.

Who has qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup?

So far, 29 of the total of 32 teams have qualified for the event. They are:

The remaining three World Cup slots are to be decided in the inter-confederation playoffs. Due to be played between 18 and 23 February 2023, the playoffs will be contested by Cameroon, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Haiti, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Portugal, Senegal and Thailand.

How will the World Cup draw work?

The qualified teams will be placed in four pots - Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3 and Pot 4 - before being drawn into eight groups of four containing one nation from each pot. The World Cup seedings are based on the women’s world rankings published by FIFA earlier this month, with two exceptions. As hosts, Australia and New Zealand automatically go into Pot 1, while the final three slots in Pot 4 have been allocated to the teams who qualify via the inter-confederation playoffs.

New Zealand will be drawn into Group A, and Australia will be in Group B.

World Cup pots

Pot 1: Australia (hosts), New Zealand (hosts), England, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, United States

Pot 2: Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea

Pot 3: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Jamaica, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Vietnam

Pot 4: Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Zambia, playoff Group A winners, playoff Group B winners, playoff Group C winners

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When is the 2023 Women’s World Cup?

The 2023 Women’s World Cup, which will be the ninth edition of the tournament, kicks off on 20 July 2023, and concludes with the final in Sydney on 20 August. Four-time world champions United States are the holders, having beaten the Netherlands 2-0 in the final at France 2019 to lift their second straight title.