England travel to Australia and New Zealand as one of the favorites to win the Women’s World Cup, with Sarina Wiegman’s side looking to secure last summer’s European Championship victory on home soil.
The Lionesses were knocked out at the semi-final stage in both 2015 and 2019, after suffering defeats at the hands of Japan and the United States.
The United States, who have won the tournament a record four times, will once again be one of the main obstacles for England, who are seeking to win their third consecutive World Cup.
Ireland will be participating in the Women’s World Cup for the first time, while Germany, Spain, France and Sweden will all be competing in Europe.
With the tournament just around the corner, here’s everything you need to know about watching the Women’s World Cup.
What is the date of the Women’s World Cup?
The tournament will start on July 20, 2023, with the opening match between the hosts of New Zealand and Norway. Australia will play Ireland later that day.
The knockout stage begins on August 5, with the World Cup final taking place in Sydney on August 20.
How can I watch the Women’s World Cup matches?
Television rights were finally agreed upon after a long public dispute between several European countries and FIFA. FIFA President Gianni Infantino threatened a media blackout to the continent’s biggest soccer countries (United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain), but this was avoided after an agreement was reached in mid-June.
For UK viewers, all games will be available to watch on BBC and ITV.
For the BBC, there will be live coverage on TV as well as on the BBC Sport website, with live audio commentary available on BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds app.
For ITV, live coverage will be available on TV as well as online via ITVX.
At the moment only the BBC and ITV have announced the group stage schedule, although the BBC has said it will broadcast both semi-finals with the final available on both channels.
When can I watch England?
England play their first World Cup match against Haiti in Group D on July 22. The game starts at 10:30am BST and will be shown on ITV.
On July 28, England will play Denmark at 9:30 AM BST and the match will be broadcast on BBC.
England’s final group stage match against China will take place on Tuesday 1st August and will be broadcast on ITV with the match kicking off at 12pm BST.
If England reach the round of 16, the match will be broadcast live on the BBC.
The complete TV schedule for the group stage
(all BST start times)
Thursday 20 July
Group A: New Zealand – Norway (08:00, Auckland) – BBC
Group B: Australia – Ireland (11:00, Sydney) – ITV
Friday 21st July
Group B: Nigeria – Canada (03:30, Melbourne) – BBC
Group A: Philippines – Switzerland (06:00, Dunedin) – ITV
Group C: Spain – Costa Rica (08:30, Wellington) – BBC
Saturday 22nd July
Group E: America – Vietnam (02:00, Auckland) – BBC
Group C: Zambia against Japan (08:00 Hamilton) – BBC
Group D: England – Haiti (10:30, Brisbane) – ITV
Group D: Denmark – China (1 pm, Perth) – BBC
Sunday 23 July
Group G: Sweden – South Africa (06:00, Wellington) – BBC
Group E: Netherlands – Portugal (08:30, Dunedin) – BBC
Group F: France – Jamaica (11:00, Sydney) – ITV
Monday 24 July
Group G: Italy – Argentina (07:00, Auckland) – ITV
Group H: Germany – Morocco (09:30, Melbourne) – ITV
Group F: Brazil – Panama (12 hours, Adelaide) – ITV
Tuesday 25 July
Group H: Colombia – South Korea (03:00, Sydney) – BBC
Group A: New Zealand – Philippines (06:30, Dunedin) – ITV
Group A: Switzerland – Norway (09:00, Hamilton) – ITV
Wed 26 Jul
Group C: Japan – Costa Rica (06:00, Dunedin) – ITV
Group C: Spain – Zambia (08:30, Auckland) – BBC
Group B: Canada – Ireland (1 pm, Perth) – ITV
Thursday 27 July
Group E: United States – Netherlands (02:00, Wellington) – BBC
Group E: Portugal – Vietnam (08:30, Hamilton) – ITV
Group B: Australia – Nigeria (11:00, Brisbane) – BBC
Friday 28 July
Group G: Argentina – South Africa (01:00, Dunedin) – ITV
Group D: England – Denmark (09:30, Sydney) – BBC
Group D: China – Haiti (12:00, Adelaide) – ITV
Saturday 29 July
Group G: Sweden – Italy (08:30, Wellington) – BBC
Group F: France – Brazil (11:00, Brisbane) – BBC
Group F: Panama-Jamaica (13:30, Perth)
Sunday 30 July
Group H: South Korea – Morocco (05:30, Adelaide) – BBC
Group A: Norway – Philippines (08:00, Auckland) – BBC
Group A: Switzerland – New Zealand (08:00, Dunedin) – BBC
Group H: Germany – Colombia (10:30, Sydney) – ITV
Monday 31st July
Group C: Costa Rica – Zambia (08:00, Hamilton) – ITV
Group C: Japan – Spain (08:00, Wellington) – ITV
Group B: Ireland – Nigeria (11:00, Brisbane) – BBC
Group B: Canada – Australia (11:00, Melbourne) – BBC
Tuesday 1st August
Group E: Vietnam – Netherlands (08:00, Dunedin) – ITV
Group E: Portugal – United States (08:00, Auckland) – ITV
Group D: Haiti – Denmark (12:00, Perth) – ITV
Group D: China – England (12:00 pm, Adelaide) – ITV
Wed 2 Aug
Group G: South Africa – Italy (08:00, Wellington) – BBC
Group G: Argentina – Sweden (08:00, Hamilton) – BBC
Group F: Jamaica – Brazil (11:00, Melbourne) – ITV
Group F: Panama – France (11:00, Sydney) – ITV
Thursday, August 3
Group H: South Korea – Germany (11:00, Brisbane) – BBC
Group H: Morocco – Colombia (11:00 Perth time) – BBC
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