FAtma Samoura, Secretary General of FIFA, and Grant Robertson, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, announced this Friday that Auckland/Tmaki Makaurau to host the 2023 World Cup draw on Saturday 22 October. The ceremony, which will take place at the Aotea Center conference center, will reveal the matches between the 32 participating teams in the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand in a little over a year.
The draw will be broadcast on television around the world and include cultural performances and information on the host cities that will host the teams and fans -five in Australia and four in New Zealand-among many other surprises.
During the announcement broadcast from Auckland/Tmaki Makaurau, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson of New Zealand stated that it would be a privilege to hold the draw in Aotearoa. “Auckland/Tmaki Makaurau, in addition to hosting the opening ceremony and the opening match on July 20, 2023 -in which the New Zealand team will participate-, will also be the scene of a draw that has its own international relevance, as it will offer us the opportunity to show the world the culture and traditions of New Zealand and Auckland / Tmaki Makaurau. With this announcement begins the exciting countdown to meet the teams that we will host in this country, “he stressed.
Spain, among the eleven teams with a place
For its part, Fatma Samoura, FIFA Secretary Generalstated that “preparations are going from strength to strength to host the world’s largest single discipline women’s competition in Australia and New Zealand. The official draw in October is an important milestone for the teams and the fans in this countdown to the start We are especially excited about the influence this competition has in inspiring and encouraging more girls and women to play football, and hope that the draw will pave the way for the FIFA Women’s World Cup to achieve greatness. limitless.”
At the moment there are 11 of the 32 World Cup places assigned: Australia and New Zealandas hosts; Chinachampion of the Asian Cup; South Korea; Asian Cup runner-up; Japan and the Philippinessemifinalists of the Asian Cup; VietnamAsian Cup play-off winner; Sweden, France, Denmark and Spainchampions of their groups in the qualifying phase of the European zone.
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