As one of 32 finalists for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, Canada will learn of their group opponents this Saturday 23 October (19.30pm local / Saturday 02.30am ET / Friday 23.30pm PT) at the Official Draw in Auckland, New Zealand at the Aotea Centre. Canada qualified for their eighth consecutive FIFA Women’s World Cup after finishing second in the Concacaf W Championship in July 2022 and will enter the tournament as the Gold Medalists from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Canada was ranked seventh in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings following October’s international window. They have been placed in Pot 2 which means that they will not face the Netherlands (8), Brazil (9), Japan (11), Norway (12), Italy (14), China PR (15) and Korea Republic (17) in the group phase.
This draw is a major milestone as it marks the first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup that will feature 32 teams. There will be anticipation from fans around the world as they find out who and where their teams will play in their three group-stage matches. The 32 teams (including three to be confirmed in the inaugural playoff tournament in February) will be allocated into eight groups of four.
The FIFA Womens World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, which will be held from 20 July 2023 to 20 August 2023, will see 30 nations join the hosts Australia and New Zealand who have already qualified for the biggest womens tournament in the world. The FIFA Womens World Cup 2023 will be a tournament of firsts. In 2023, fans will see 32 nations playing 64 matches across nine host cities in Australia and New Zealand for the first time in Womens World Cup history.
Where to watch the draw
Fans around the world will be able to watch the draw live on FIFAs YouTube channel and in Canada on TSN1 and TSN3. Two-time FIFA Womens World Cup champion Carli Lloyd along with CNN sports anchor Amanda Davies will be conducting Saturday’s draw. Together they will lead the technical component of the event, which will start at 19.30pm Auckland local time (Saturday 02.30am ET / Friday 23.30pm PT). The presenters for the evening have been confirmed as Sky Sports Kirstie Stanway and Channel 7s Mel McLaughlin.
FIFA Womens World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 draw procedures :
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2703755dc034786f/original/Draw-Procedures-FIFA-Women-s-World-Cup-2023-EN.pdf
The line-up of draw assistants features former Football Fern Maia Jackman and former Matilda Julie Dolan, along with former England international and TV/radio personality Ian Wright, FIFA World Cup 2002 winner Gilberto Silva from Brazil, Alexi Lalas from the USA, and former Cameroon star Geremi.
Canada Soccer Women’s National Team head coach Bev Priestman and Canada Soccer’s General Secretary Earl Cochrane will be in attendance to represent Canada. Around 800 guests will be in attendance including the FIFA President and Secretary General, Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Australian Federal Minister for Sport Anika Wells, representatives from the qualified teams, FIFA Legends and international media.
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CANADA SOCCERS WOMENS NATIONAL TEAM
Canada are Olympic champions (Tokyo 2020), two-time bronze medal winners (2012 and 2016), and two-time Concacaf champions (1998 and 2010). In all, Canada have participated in seven consecutive editions of the FIFA Womens World Cup (1995 to 2019) and four consecutive editions of the Womens Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2021). At Tokyo 2020, Canada Soccers Womens National Team became the first Canadian team to win three consecutive medals at the Summer Olympic Games and just the third nation in the world to win three medals in womens soccer.
Canada Soccers Womens National Youth Teams, meanwhile, have won four Concacaf youth titles: the 2004 and 2008 Concacaf Womens Under-20 Championship, the 2010 Concacaf Womens Under-17 Championship, and the 2014 Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for eight editions of the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002) and all seven editions of the FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup (including a fourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).
CANWNT Results at the FIFA World Cup:
Sweden 1995/ Sude 1995 10th place / 10e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=296
USA 1999 12th place / 12e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=309
USA 2003 4th place / 4e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=339
China PR 2007 / Chine 2007 9th place / 9e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=369
Germany 2011 / Allemagne 2011 16th place / 16e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=405
Canada 2015 6th place / 6e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=1000
France 2019 11th place / 11e place –
https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=1272
MEDIA CONTACTS
Richard Scott
Director, Communications | Directeur, Communications
rscott@canadasoccer.com
m. +1 613.818.0305
Marianne Gagn
Womens National Team Communications Manager |
Responsable des communications de l’quipe nationale fminine
mgagne@canadasoccer.com
m. +1 613.402.3869
Philomne Sully-Bitsi
Communications Coordinator | Coordonnatrice des communications
media@canadasoccer.com