All the fixtures to be played in New Zealand at the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Here are the 29 games to be played in New Zealand during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Football Ferns will play Norway (ranked #12 in the world) in the opening game of the tournament at Eden Park on July 20, 2023. Their other pool games will be against the Philippines (#46) and Switzerland (#20).
World champions United States will play two pool games at Auckland’s Eden Park and one at Wellington’s Sky Stadium.
Games for Groups A, C, E and G will be held at the four New Zealand venues, in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin.
The draw made in Auckland on October 22, 2022, allocated the following fixtures for New Zealand:
FIFA Women’s World Cup fixtures
FIFA Women’s World Cup fixtures
(Current world ranking shown in brackets)
Auckland
Eden Park, Auckland
Thursday July 20, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
New Zealand (#26) v Norway (#12)
Saturday July 22, 2023, 1pm (NZT)
United States (#1) v Vietnam (#32)
Monday July 24, 2023, 6pm (NZT)
Italy (#16) v Argentina (#28)
Wednesday July 27, 2023, 7.30pm (NZT)
Spain (#6) v Zambia (#77)
Sunday July 30, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Norway (#12) v Philippines (#46)
Tuesday August 1, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Portugal (#21) v United States (#1)
Saturday August 5, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Round of sixteen (winner Group A v runners-up Group C)
Friday August 11, 2023, 7.30pm (NZT)
Quarter-final
Tuesday August 15, 2023, 8pm (NZT)
Semi-final
Hamilton
FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Saturday July 22, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Zambia (#77) v Japan (#11)
Tuesday July 25, 2023, 8pm (NZT)
Switzerland (#20) v Norway (#12)
Thursday July 27, 2023, 7.30pm (NZT)
Portugal (#21) v Vietnam (#32)
Monday July 31, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Costa Rica (#36) v Zambia (#77)
Wednesday August 2, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Argentina (#28) v Sweden (#3)
Wellington
Sky Stadium, Wellington
Friday July 21, 2023, 7.30pm (NZT)
Spain (#6) v Costa Rica (#36)
Sunday July 23, 2023, 5pm (NZT)
Sweden (#3) v South Africa (#54)
Tuesday July 25, 2023, 5.30pm (NZT)
New Zealand (#26) v Philippines (#46)
Thursday July 27, 2023, 1pm (NZT)
United States (#1) v Netherlands (#9)
Saturday July 29, 2023, 7.30pm (NZT)
Sweden (#3) v Italy (#16)
Monday July 31, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Japan (#11) v Spain (#6)
Wednesday August 2, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
South Africa (#54) v Italy (#16)
Saturday August 5, 2023, 8pm (NZT)
Round of sixteen (Winners Group C v runners-up Group A)
Friday August 11, 2023, 1pm (NZT)
Quarter-final
Dunedin
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Friday July 21, 2023, 5pm (NZT)
Philippines (#46) v Switzerland (#20)
Sunday July 23, 2023, 7.30pm
Netherlands (#9) v Portugal (#21)
Wednesday July 26, 2023, 5pm (NZT)
Japan (#11) v Costa Rica (#36)
Friday July 28, 2023, 12pm (NZT)
Argentina (#28) v South Africa (#54)
Sunday July 30, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Switzerland (#20) v New Zealand (#26)
Tuesday August 1, 2023, 7pm (NZT)
Vietnam (#32) v Netherlands (#9)
Australia groups
Group B: Australia (#10), Rep. of Ireland (#22), Nigeria (#40), Canada (#7)
Group D: England (#4), Haiti (#53), Denmark (#13), China (#14)
Group F: France (#5), Brazil (#8), Jamaica (#43), Panama #52)
Group H: Germany (#2), Morocco (#72), Colombia (#25), South Korea (#17)
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