All of the 23-strong squads for the Women’s World Cup have now been announced and all three of the Gunners’ new signings; Amanda Ilestedt, Cloe Lacasse and Alessia Russo, will be taking part in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. I have put all of the kickoff times in UK time together with the UK channel the games are being broadcast on.
The tournament runs from 20 July until 20 August, Arsenal start their season with a UWCL qualifier against Linkoping in Sweden on September 6.
ENGLAND
Lotte Wubben-Moy (who will wear number 14) and Alessia Russo (who will wear 23) have been selected to play for England. Here are the timings for their group games.
Saturday 22 July, 10.30am, Lang Park, Brisbane
England v Haiti (ITV)
Friday 28 July, 9.30am, Stadium Australia, Sydney
England v Denmark (BBC)
Tuesday, 1 August 12noon, Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
China PR v England (ITV)
AUSTRALIA
Steph Catley (who will wear the number 7 shirt) and Caitlin Foord (who will wear 9) have been selected for the Matildas, who are the joint hosts.
Thursday, 20 July, 11am, Stadium Australia, Sydney
Australia v Republic or Ireland (ITV)
Thursday, 27 July 11am, Lang Park, Brisbane
Australia v Nigeria (BBC)
Monday, 31 July 11am, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Australia v Canada (BBC)
NORWAY
Frida Maanum has been selected to play for Norway
Thursday, 20 July 8am, Eden Park, Auckland
New Zealand v Norway (BBC)
Tuesday, 25 July 9am, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Switzerland v Norway (ITV)
Sunday, 30 July 8am, Eden Park, Auckland
Norway v Philippines (BBC)
SWITZERLAND
Lia Walti will captain Switzerland and wear the number 13 shirt, while Noelle Maritz will wear number 5
Friday, 21 July 6am, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Philippines v Switzerland (ITV)
Tuesday, 25 July 9am, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Switzerland v Norway (ITV)
Sunday, 30 July 8am, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Switzerland v New Zealand (BBC)
CANADA
Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo and new signing Cloe Lacasse have been selected for Canada.
Friday, 21 July 3.30am, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Nigeria v Canada (BBC)
Wednesday, 26 July, 1pm, Perth Rectangular Stadium
Republic of Ireland v Canada (ITV)
Monday, 31 July 11am, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Australia v Canada (BBC)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Katie McCabe will captain Ireland at their first ever Women’s World Cup and she will wear the number 11 shirt.
Thursday, 20 July, 11am, Stadium Australia, Sydney
Australia v Republic or Ireland (ITV)
Wednesday, 26 July, 1pm, Perth Rectangular Stadium
Republic of Ireland v Canada (ITV)
Monday, 31 July, 11am, Lang Park, Brisbane
Nigeria v Republic or Ireland (BBC)
SWEDEN
Lina Hurtig, Stina Blackstenius and Amanda Ilestedt have all been selected to play for Sweden.
Sunday, 23 July, 6am, Wellington Regional Stadium
Sweden v South Africa (BBC)
Saturday, 29 July, 8.30am, Wellington Regional Stadium
Sweden v Italy (BBC)
Wednesday, 2 August, 8am, Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Argentina v Sweden (BBC)
NETHERLANDS
Victoria Pelova has been selected to play for Netherlands and will wear number 17.
Sunday, 23 July, 8.30am, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Netherlands v Portugal (BBC)
Thursday, 27 July, 2am, Wellington Regional Stadium
USA V Netherlands (BBC)
Tuesday, 1 August, 8am, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Netherlands v Vietnam (ITV)
DENMARK
Katherine Kuhl has been selected to play for Denmark
Saturday, 22 July, 1pm, Perth Rectangular Stadium
Denmark v China PR (BBC)
Friday 28 July, 9.30am, Stadium Australia, Sydney
England v Denmark (BBC)
Tuesday, 1 August, Perth Rectangular Stadium
Denmark v Haiti (ITV)
Great coverage of women football by Tim, as always.
Just to add regarding shirt numbers; for Sweden Lina will wear number 8, Stina 11 and Amanda 13.
Which club is the most represented in the world cup?
Sadly, there will be huge Williamson, Mead and Miedema-shaped holes there, too.
Thanks very much for breaking this down, Tim. I’m getting so excited about this – just two weeks to go!
Shame there isn’t any Germany players at arsenal, Pop for instance would be great
Yeah. Could get Jen to do the welcome Popp video.
Tim, Kuhl’s given name is “Kathrine” instead of “Katherine”.
It took my brain too long to figure out what Tim Krul had to do with anything here…. I think I should go back to bed.
Wow, FIFTEEN of them! And it would be eighteen if Williamson, Mead, and Miedema were fit. What a squad we have!