Everything you need to know for France 2019

When is the Women's World Cup?

The Women's World Cup begins with the opening game on Friday, June 7 and finishes a month later with the final on Sunday, July 7.

Where is the Women's World Cup?

France is the host nation for the Women's World Cup 2019. Nine cities are being used to host games in the eighth edition of the tournament.

The opening game sees the hosts France play South Korea at the Parc des Princes in Paris and the final will be held at the Stade de Lyon, the third largest stadium in France with a capacity of 58,215.

The other venues hosting games include the Allianz Riviera in Nice, Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, Stade Oceane in Le Havre, Stade des Alpes in Grenoble and Roazhon Park in Rennes.

Where can you watch the Women's World Cup?

The BBC have the exclusive rights to broadcast the Women's World Cup and live coverage will be spread out across BBC1, BBC2, BBC4, the red button and online.

Tournament format

The 24 teams involved in the tournament are split into six groups of four teams.

Group A: France, South Korea, Norway, Nigeria

Group B: Germany, China, Spain, South Africa

Group C: Australia, Italy, Brazil, Jamaica

Group D: England, Scotland, Argentina, Japan

Group E: Canada, Cameroon, New Zealand, Holland

Group F: USA, Thailand, Chile, Sweden

The four teams play each other in a round-robin format with the top two from each group and the top four third-placed teams making their way into the last 16.

Who won the last Women's World Cup?

The United States beat Japan 5-2 in the 2015 final in Canada. England finished third after beating Germany 1-0 after extra-time in the third-place playoff.

Fixtures

Group stage

Friday, June 7

France v South Korea, 8pm (Paris)

Saturday, June 8

Germany v China, 2pm (Rennes)

Spain v South Africa, 5pm (Le Havre)

Norway v Nigeria, 8pm (Reims)

Sunday, June 9

Australia v Italy, midday (Valenciennes)

Brazil v Jamaica, 2pm (Grenoble)

England v Scotland, 5pm (Nice)

Monday, June 10

Argentina v Japan, 5pm (Paris)

Canada v Cameroon, 8pm (Montpellier)

Tuesday, June 11

New Zealand v Netherlands, 2pm (Le Havre)

Chile v Sweden, 5pm (Rennes)

USA v Thailand, 8pm (Reims)

Wednesday, June 12

Nigeria v South Korea, 2pm (Grenoble)

Germany v Spain, 5pm (Valenciennes)

France v Norway, 8pm (Nice)

Thursday, June 13

Australia v Brazil, 5pm (Montpellier)

South Africa v China, 8pm (Paris)

Friday, June 14

Japan v Scotland, 2pm (Rennes)

Jamaica v Italy, 5pm (Reims)

England v Argentina, 8pm (Le Havre)

Saturday, June 15

Netherlands v Cameroon, 2pm (Valenciennes)

Canada v New Zealand, 8pm (Grenoble)

Sunday, June 16

Sweden v Thailand, 2pm (Nice)

USA v Chile, 5pm (Paris)

Monday, June 17

China v Spain, 5pm (Le Havre)

South Africa v Germany, 5pm (Montpellier)

Nigeria v France, 5pm (Rennes)

South Korea v Norway, 8pm (Reims)

Tuesday, June 18

Jamaica v Australia 20:00 BST (Grenoble)

Italy v Brazil 20:00 BST (Valenciennes)

Wednesday, June 19

Japan v England, 8pm (Nice)

Scotland v Argentina, 8pm (Paris)

Thursday, June 20

Cameroon v New Zealand, 5pm(Montpellier)

Netherlands v Canada, 5pm (Reims)

Sweden v USA, 8pm (Le Havre)

Thailand v Chile, 8pm (Rennes)

Round of 16

Saturday, June 22

Group B winner v third place Group A/C/D, 4.30pm (Grenoble)

Group A runners-up v Group C runner-up, 8pm (Nice)

Sunday, June 23

Group D winner v third place Group B/E/F, 4.30pm (Valenciennes)

Group A winner v third place Group C/D/E, 8pm (Le Havre)

Monday, June 24

Group B runners-up v Group F winner, 5pm (Reims)

Group F runners-up v Group E runners-up, 8pm (Paris)

Tuesday, June 25

Group C winner v third place A/B/F, 5pm (Montpellier)

Group E winner v Group D runners-up, 8pm (Rennes)

Quarter-Finals

Thursday, June 27

R16 winner one v R16 winner three, 8pm (Le Havre)

Friday, June 28

R16 winner four v R16 winner five, 8pm (Paris)

Saturday, June 29

R16 winner seven v R16 winner eight, 2pm (Valenciennes)

R16 winner two v R16 winner six, 5.30pm (Rennes)

Semi-finals

Tuesday, July 2

QF winner one v QF winner two, 8pm (Lyon)

Wednesday, July 3

QF winner three v QF winner four, 8pm (Lyon)

Third-place playoff

Saturday, July 6

SF one loser v SF two loser, 4pm (Nice)

Final

Sunday, July 7

SF one winner v SF two winner, 4pm (Lyon)

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