How to watch 2023 Women’s World Cup on TV & live stream

How to watch 2023 Women’s World Cup on TV & live stream

On the plane back from China in 1991, Michelle Akers could hardly contain her glee after scoring a tournament-high ten goals to help the US win the inaugural Women’s World Cup.

Manager Anson Dorrance remembers an elderly passenger asking Akers what she had been up to in China. “Well we went and we played in the first women’s world championship and we’re world champions,” Akers beamed.

“The old lady,” Dorrance continued, “turns to her and says: ‘Uh, that’s nice, dear.'”

Three decades on, there was a serious danger that the winners of the 2023 World Cup would have their success shielded as FIFA rebuffed the initial broadcast deals offered by numerous nations. President Gianni Infantino chastised some of the bids as a “slap in the face”.

However, UK broadcasters – less than a month before the tournament kicks off – have belatedly come to a suitable agreement. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the game’s greats gather together for this televised international jamboree.

The ninth edition of the official Women’s World Cup will take place between 20 July and 20 August 2023. For the first time in the competition’s history, there will be as many as 32 nations involved.

Eight groups of four teams will duke it out to decide the participants in the knockout stage, which begins at the round of 16 on 5 August.

The final will take place at Stadium Australia / Jason McCawley/GettyImages

The 2023 Women’s World Cup is spread across Australia and New Zealand – it will be the first held in the Southern Hemisphere.

There will be ten venues – six in Australia, four in New Zealand – spread across nine cities. Sensibly, each group will play all of its matches in one country before international travel is required in the knockout stages.

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For the 2019 World Cup, the BBC was the only place to watch the action in the United Kingdom. However, terrestrial rivals ITV have been part of a joint bid to land the rights for the 2023 competition.

The UK broadcasters reportedly paid in the region of £9m for the competition’s TV rights – which was considerably more than the pitiful opening bid of £300,000 from Italy but less than 10% of the sum offered for the men’s World Cup in 2022.

While the nation’s two chief broadcasters will divvy up the knockout stages once the qualified teams are revealed, all of the group games have been claimed by BBC or ITV.

2023 Women’s World Cup group stage TV schedule in the UK

Date

Time (BST)

Fixture

Broadcaster

20/07/2023

08:00

New Zealand v Norway

BBC

20/07/2023

11:00

Australia v Republic of Ireland

ITV

21/07/2023

03:30

Nigeria v Canada

BBC

21/07/2023

06:00

Philippines v Switzerland

ITV

21/07/2023

08:30

Spain v Costa Rica

BBC

22/07/2023

02:00

United States v Vietnam

BBC

22/07/2023

08:00

Zambia v Japan

BBC

22/07/2023

10:30

England v Haiti

ITV

22/07/2023

13:00

Denmark v China

BBC

23/07/2023

06:00

Sweden v South Africa

BBC

23/07/2023

08:30

Netherlands v Portugal

BBC

23/07/2023

11:00

France v Jamaica

ITV

24/07/2023

07:00

Italy v Argentina

ITV

24/07/2023

09:30

Germany v Morocco

ITV

24/07/2023

12:00

Brazil v Panama

ITV

25/07/2023

03:00

Colombia v South Korea

BBC

25/07/2023

06:30

New Zealand v Philippines

ITV

25/07/2023

09:00

Switzerland v Norway

ITV

26/07/2023

06:00

Japan v Costa Rica

ITV

26/07/2023

08:30

Spain v Zambia

BBC

26/07/2023

13:00

Canada v Republic of Ireland

ITV

27/07/2023

02:00

United States v Netherlands

BBC

27/07/2023

08:30

Portugal v Vietnam

ITV

27/07/2023

11:00

Australia v Nigeria

BBC

28/07/2023

01:00

Argentina v South Africa

ITV

28/07/2023

09:30

England v Denmark

BBC

28/07/2023

12:00

China v Haiti

ITV

29/07/2023

08:30

Sweden v Italy

BBC

29/07/2023

11:00

France v Brazil

BBC

29/07/2023

13:30

Panama v Jamaica

ITV

30/07/2023

05:30

South Korea v Morocco

BBC

30/07/2023

08:00

Norway v Philippines

BBC

30/07/2023

08:00

Switzerland v New Zealand

BBC

30/07/2023

10:30

Germany v Colombia

ITV

31/07/2023

08:00

Costa Rica v Zambia

ITV

31/07/2023

08:00

Japan v Spain

ITV

31/07/2023

11:00

Canada v Australia

BBC

31/07/2023

11:00

Republic of Ireland v Nigeria

BBC

01/08/2023

08:00

Portugal v United States

ITV

01/08/2023

08:00

Vietnam v Netherlands

ITV

01/08/2023

12:00

China v England

ITV

01/08/2023

12:00

Haiti v Denmark

ITV

02/08/2023

08:00

Argentina v Sweden

BBC

02/08/2023

08:00

South Africa v Italy

BBC

02/08/2023

11:00

Jamaica v Brazil

ITV

02/08/2023

11:00

Panama v France

ITV

03/08/2023

11:00

Morocco v Colombia

BBC

03/08/2023

11:00

South Korea v Germany

BBC

The likes of Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan are so widely known they are unlikely to encounter the same case of bemused anonymity as Akers 32 years ago. However, their profiles are set to grow further following the confirmation that all Women’s World Cup games will be broadcast on FOX or its sister channel FS1 (FOX Sports).

Matches will also be available to stream on FOXSports.com or the FOX Sports App.

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