Sydney will host in 2023 Women’s World Cup final at Stadium Australia on August 20, while co-hosts New Zealand will open the tournament at Auckland’s Eden Park on July 20, world governing body FIFA said.
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Both Stadium Australia and Eden Park will host the semi-finals, quarter-finals and round of 16, according to FIFA’s schedule.
Brisbane’s Lang Park and Wellington Regional Stadium, known to locals as “Tin Cake”, will host the other quarter-finals.
Co-hosts Australia will play the 11th round of 16 knockout matches and the women’s team will play all of their matches at home, Football Australia said on Thursday.
“We are very pleased with the schedule from many aspects,” Football Australia manager James Johnson said in a statement.
“It has given Australia a higher split… with 35 of the 64 matches possible across Australia’s five host cities and that includes a match against the Matildas on opening day at the Stadium. new Sydney football stadium.”
Eden Park will host the opening ceremony ahead of New Zealand’s first game.
The 32-team tournament will be divided into eight groups of four. New Zealand is in Group A and Australia is in Group B, but the other groups and teams will not be determined until qualifying is over and a draw is held.
The United States, which won the fourth World Cup in France in 2019, are among the teams that have yet to qualify.
The US has just completed a two-match friendly series with Matildas in Australia within the framework of the 2023 tournament, winning 3-0 in Sydney and drawing 1-1 in Newcastle.
Five Australian cities – Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide – and four New Zealand cities – Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Hamilton, will host the matches.
Australia will host 35 matches and New Zealand 29. The schedule is in favor of the host countries – Australia will play all matches at home if they win Group B and continue to win. New Zealand’s only match outside of their home country will be the final if they win Group A and go on to win.
Matches and start times will not be determined until a draw is held.
