 on the US West Coast and 9pm on the Eastern Seaboard. How to watch in the UK BBC and ITV submitted a joint bid and will share coverage of the games, ITV showing two of the group games, the BBC one while knockout games will be divvied up at a later date. Both broadcasters will show the final. All 64 matches will be shown across the BBC network, on ITV and ITV 4. The BBC also won live radio rights and will broadcast commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra. Saturday, July 22 England vs Haiti, 10.30am BST, ITV Friday July 28 England vs Denmark, 9.30am BBC Tuesday August 1 China vs England, noon ITV The final, on Sunday, August 20 starts at 11am in the UK. The BBC's coverage will be presented by Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Reshmin Chowdhury. Pundits include Euro 2022 winner Ellen White, former Lionesses captain Steph Houghton and England's most-capped player, Fara Williams){kind=link}
The ninth World Cup is spread across a month in July and August across several Antipodean time zones – here is how to tune in back home
The 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and begins on July 20. This ninth global tournament is split across nine cities and 10 venues, six in Australia and four in New Zealand.
The holders, USA, will be based in New Zealand for the group stages in their quest to win a hat-trick of world titles. England, the European champions and World Cup semi-finalists in 2015 and 2019, will play their Group D matches in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide.
With all but five of the 48 group games scheduled to take place in the late afternoon or evening across four distinct time zones, there will be a confusing melange of kick-off times but, with one eye on the US market, USA have been awarded two of the early kick-offs, both at Eden Park Auckland, which will be at 6pm (the day before) on the US West Coast and 9pm on the Eastern Seaboard.
BBC and ITV submitted a joint bid and will share coverage of the games, ITV showing two of the group games, the BBC one while knockout games will be divvied up at a later date. Both broadcasters will show the final.