The 2023 Women's World Cup is just nine months away, and the qualified teams will soon know their opponents for the upcoming summer tournament.
Australia and New Zealand will host the tournament jointly, with both sides qualifying automatically. The World Cup will begin on July 20, and the final will take place in Sydney, Australia on August 20.
Top-ranked U.S. women's soccer national team will learn its group stage competitors along with the rest of the teams, with the draw taking place in New Zealand.
The Sporting News brings you all the necessary information ahead of Saturday morning's draw from the other side of the globe.
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How to watch 2023 Women's World Cup draw in USA
- Date: Saturday, October 22
- Time: 2 a.m. ET (11 p.m. PT)
- USA TV channel: FS1
- USA streaming: fuboTV, Fox Sports app
The 2023 Women's World Cup draw will unfold in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 22.
The draw takes place in Auckland, New Zealand at the Aotea Centre. It will be shown live on FS1 and streamed on the Fox Sports app in the United States. FS1 is also available to be streamed on fuboTV.
Viewers from around the world can also stream the draw via FIFA+.
How does the Women's World Cup draw work?
The 32 teams who have qualified for the 2023 Women's World Cup will be separated into four pots based on FIFA world rankings.
Pot 1 includes the two hosts Australia and New Zealand, plus the top six ranked teams in the world. Pots 2 and 3 are seeded by the next teams in the rankings, while Pot 4 includes the bottom-five ranked teams plus the three yet-unknown intercontinental playoff winners (matches to be played in February 2023).
FIFA executives and guest pickers will select one team from each pot to create eight groups comprised of four teams each. The hosts have been pre-placed into the first two groups, with New Zealand the top seed in Group A and Australia placed in Group B.
Teams from the same continent cannot be drawn into the same group, with the exception of Europe, with groups capped at a maximum of two European teams each. For example, the United States cannot be drawn with a Pot 2 opponent of Canada or a Pot 3 opponent of Costa Rica or Jamaica.
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Pots for 2023 Women's World Cup
The teams have been separated into pots for the 2023 Women's World Cup, with each eventual group crafted during the draw consisting of one team from each pot.
Pot 1 includes the two hosts Australia and New Zealand, plus the top six ranked teams in the world. The United States is the top-ranked team in the world, followed by five European teams.
The three playoff qualifiers are not yet known, and are therefore treated as automatic Pot 4 teams.
FIFA world ranking for each nation as of October 13, 2022 indicated in parentheses.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (22)* | Canada (7) | Denmark (18) | Nigeria (45) |
| Australia (13)* | Netherlands (8) | Switzerland (21) | Philippines (53) |
| United States (1) | Brazil (9) | Rep. of Ireland (24) | South Africa (54) |
| Sweden (2) | Japan (11) | Colombia (27) | Morocco (76) |
| Germany (3) | Norway (12) | Argentina (29) | Zambia (81) |
| England (4) | Italy (14) | Vietnam (34) | Playoff Group A winner |
| France (5) | China (15) | Costa Rica (37) | Playoff Group B winner |
| Spain (6) | South Korea (17) | Jamaica (43) | Playoff Group C winner |
* Co-hosts are automatically placed in Pot 1 regardless of FIFA ranking
