2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview: Odds, Groups and Schedule

This year marks the first tournament that will feature 32 teams. When the women’s tournament started in 1991, there were only 12 teams competing.

Held in countries all around the world since its inaugural 1991 event, this year’s tournament will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the Final match being played in Sydney, Australia.

Women’s World Cup 2023 Schedule

Initial Group Stage Games: July 20 through August 3

Round of 16 Teams: August 5 to August 8

Quarterfinals: August 11 and August 12

Two Semi-Final Games: August 15 and August 16

Third Place Game: August 19

Final: August 20

2023 Women’s World Cup Groups

This year’s tournament will feature eight groups of four countries each. Every team within each group will play a minimum of three games against each of the other teams in their group in what is called the “Group Stage.”

The two teams with the most points after the group stage will move forward to the Round of 16 – a series of elimination games. The winners of those matches will partake in the quarterfinals, which will of course lead to the semifinals and the third-place and final championship match.

The eight starting groups, called Groups A through H, for the 2023 tournament are listed below:

Below we’ve listed the groups, how many times each country has played in the WWC, what their World Cup record is, their best finish at the tournament, and their head coach.

GROUP A

New Zealand –  Appearances: 5; Record: 0-12-3; Best Finish: Group Stage in 1991, 2007, `11, ’15 and ’19; Coach: Jitka Klimkova

Norway –  Appearances: 8; Record: 24-12-4; Best Finish: Champion in 1995; Coach: Hege Riise

Philippines –  Appearances: 0; Coach: Alen Stajcic

Switzerland – Appearances: 1; Record: 1-3-0; Best Finish: Round of 16 in 2015; Coach: Inka Grings

GROUP B

Australia – Appearances: 7; Record: 7-13-6; Best Finish: Quarterfinals in 2007, `11 and ’15; Coach: Tony Gustavsson

Ireland – Appearances: 0; Coach: Vera Pauw

Nigeria – Appearances: 8; Record: 4-19-3; Best Finish: Quarterfinals in 1999; Coach: Randy Waldrum

Canada – Appearances: 7; Record: 8-14-5; Best Finish: Semifinals in 2003; Coach: Bev Priestman

GROUP C

Spain –  Appearances: 2; Record: 1-2-4; Best Finish: Round of 16 in 2019; Coach: Jorge Vilda

Costa Rica –  Appearances: 1; Record: 0-1-2; Best Finish: Group stage in 2015; Coach: Amelia Valverde

Zambia – Appearances: 0; Coach: Bruce Mwape

Japan – Appearances: 8; Record: 14-15-4; Best Finish: Champion in 2011; Coach: Futoshi Ikeda

GROUP D

England – Appearances: 5; Record: 11-5-3; Best Finish: Third place in 2015; Coach: Sarina Wiegman

Haiti –  Appearances: 0; Coach: Nicolas Delepine

Denmark –  Appearances: 4; Record: 3–10-1; Best Finish: Quarterfinals in 1991 and 1995; Coach: Lars Sondergaard

China – Appearances: 7; Record: 16-10-7; Best Finish: Final in 1999; Coach: Shui Qingxia

GROUP E

USA –  Appearances: 8; Record: 40-6-4; Best Finish: Champion in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019; Coach: Vlatko Andonovski

Vietnam – Appearances: 0; Coach: Mai Duc Chung

Netherlands – Appearances: 2; Record: 7-3-1; Best Finish: Runner-up in 2019; Coach: Andries Jonker

Portugal –  Appearances: 0; Coach: Francisco Neto

GROUP F

France –  Appearances: 4; Record: 10-3-6; Best Finish: Semifinals in 2011; Coach: Herve Renard

Jamaica – Appearances: 1; Record: 0-0-3; Best Finish: Group stage in 2019; Coach: Lorne Donaldson

Brazil – Appearances: 8; Record: 20-10-4; Best Finish: Runner-up in 2007; Coach: Pia Sundhage

Panama – Appearances: 0; Coach: Ignacio Quintana

GROUP G

Sweden –  Appearances: 8; Record: 23-5-12; Best Finish: Runner-up in 2003; Coach: Peter Gerhardsson

South Africa – Appearances: 1; Record: 0-3-0; Best Finish: Group Stage in 2019; Coach: Desiree Ellis

Italy – Appearances: 3; Record: 6-5-1; Best Finish: Quarterfinals in 1991 and 2019.; Coach: Milena Bertolini

Argentina – Appearances: 4; Record: 0-7-2; Best Finish: Group Stage in 2003, 2007 and 2019; Coach: German Portanova

GROUP H

Germany – Appearances: 8; Record: 30-9-5; Best Finish: Champion in 2003 and 2007; Coach: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Morocco – Appearances: 0; Coach: Reynald Pedros

Columbia – Appearances: 2; Record: 1-4-2; Best Finish: Round of 16 in 2015; Coach: Nelson Abadia

South Korea – Appearances: 3; Record: 1-8-1; Best Finish: Round of 16 in 2015; Coach: Collin Bell

2023 Women’s World Cup Winner Odds

The 2019 Women’s World Cup saw the favourite – the USWNT – win the final against the Netherlands with a final score of 2-0. The United States are again priced as favourites to repeat in 2023.