Follow the FIFA Women’s World Cup with CODE Sports
Get set Australia. The biggest sporting spectacle of 2023 is upon us. Here’s how to follow the Matildas take on the world at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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Australia, it’s time.
The World Cup is here and the Matildas are set to bring the nation to its feet in the biggest sporting spectacle we’ve hosted since the Sydney Olympics.
Have no doubt, this will be four weeks of thrills, goals, cheers and tears as the sporting world stops to watch the best players on the planet battle it out for the world crown.
CODE Sports will be your ultimate source of news and insights - your go to companion for the journey to the final in Sydney - covering every major moment and bringing to life the stories of the players with a team of the best football journalists in Australia.
We will be there alongside our subscribers cheering for the Matildas - and, the Kiwis too - and adding value to the spectacle of the best footballers battling it out for the ultimate prize in the game.
More on how we will cover this great tournament - how far we will go to bring you more news and knowledge - in a moment.
First, the build-up.
More than 1 million tickets sold, 32 massively talented teams proudly representing their nations, the biggest names in the sport playing in nine incredible cities in Australia and New Zealand - and our Matildas among the favourites.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is here - bring it on.
Can the Matildas win the whole thing?
Too right they can.
Our favourite star Sam Kerr will have the weight of the nation on her shoulders as the Matildas go in with a real chance after downing France 1-0 in their warm-up in Melbourne and the 2-0 defeat of European champs England a recent scalp.
This World Cup will take women’s football to the next level.
As the Matildas post calls for better pay for female footballers and capture the world’s media attention and debate, and more than 50,000 fans packed Marvel Stadium in Melbourne for the France warm-up, there’s a rapidly spreading hope this event is going to be a game changer - a spectacle everything as good as Qatar.
As this incredible ad from a French phone company captures.
How will the title holders, the United States, fare after so many pundits have written them off?
Can England turn their European title into the big one and make Britain fall in love with the Lionesses even more?
Can Brazil’s superstar Marta take her nation to the promised land in her last tilt at glory?
Only time will tell.
CODE’S coverage of the Women’s World Cup
And CODE will be there for the full journey, from the start to the finale in Sydney in front of 80,000 fans.
CODE will cover this huge event and make it an even greater spectacle by going further into the backgrounds of players, teams and the tournament than anyone else.
CODE will have 10 of the best football writers in the country covering the World Cup, chasing the breaking news, interviewing stars, and giving unbeatable insights.
Ten journalists will cover the tournament for CODE subscribers across the major Australian cities, including Adam Peacock who covered the Socceroos’ incredible journey in Qatar and will join the host broadcasters Channel 7 on TV.
Player interviews, team information and analysis will form part of the in-depth coverage.
Stories will be published to the CODE site and app - and multiple social channels - delivering daily information to add deeper context to the action on the pitch.
To get the full World Cup experience at your fingertips, turn the My CODE feature into a World Cup homepage feed for the next month.
On the app or CODE website, tap My CODE, tap Edit, tick Women’s World Cup and then go into journalists and follow any of the reporters listed below.
All stories published to those sections will populate automatically into My CODE.
The World Cup writing team includes:
Adam Peacock
Robbie Slater
Erin Smith
Marco Monteverde
Robert Craddock
Julian Linden
Jamie Pandaram
Tilly Werner
Tim Michell
The CODE Sports Match Centre - at the start of your app - will be packed with scores and stats from every game of the tournament, as will the World Cup hub at codesports.com.au/worldcup
And there will be video highlights contained in the articles, as well as in our video hub.
Here’s a fast guide to the tournament and following it with CODE Sports.
When and where is the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023?
The tournament starts July 20 when New Zealand play Norway at 5pm (AEST) in Auckland, followed by Australia v Ireland at 8pm (AEST) at Stadium Australia.
The Matildas continue their campaign against Nigeria (July 27) in Brisbane and complete their group play against Canada (July 31) in Melbourne.
NZ play the Philippines on July 25 in Wellington then Switzerland in Dunedin (July 30).
The final will be held at Stadium Australia on Sunday, August 20.
Matildas squad line-up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
The Matildas squad was named on June 19:
Mackenzie Arnold, Ellie Carpenter, Steph Catley, Alex Chidiac, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Larissa Crummer, Caitlin Foord, Mary Fowler, Emily Gielnik, Katrina Gorry, Charlotte Grant, Clare Hunt, Alanna Kennedy, Sam Kerr (c), Chloe Logarzo, Aivi Luik, Teagan Micah, Courtney Nevin, Clare Polkinghorne, Hayley Raso, Amy Sayer, Remy Siemsen, Kyah Simon, Emily van Egmond, Cortnee Vine, Clare Wheeler, Jada Whyman, Lydia Williams, Tameka Yallop.
Read more about every Matildas World Cup player and their role for Australia on CODE Sports.
World Cup fast facts
There have been eight Women’s World Cup tournaments, starting in China in 1991.
The tournament is held every four years, a year after the men’s.
The United States – the defending champions from the 2019 tournament in France – have won four times.
Germany has two titles, Japan and Norway one each.
Six countries have hosted the event – China and the United States twice, Canada, France, Germany, and Sweden once each.
The Australia-New Zealand tournament is the first in the southern hemisphere and the first major senior football tournament held in Oceania.
The most attended tournament was Canada, with 1.3m fans, and the biggest crowd was 90,185 when the US won on home soil in 1999.
Who are the favourites?
The top 10 ranked teams in the world are:
1. United States
2. Germany
3. Sweden
4. England
5. France
6. Spain
7. Canada
8. Brazil
9. Netherlands
10. Australia
Co-host New Zealand is ranked 26th.
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