The name is purring but you shouldn't worry more than that for the French women's team.
Les Bleues inherited Brazil, Jamaica and a play-off in their pool after the draw for the 2023 World Cup, which was held on Saturday morning.
The play-offs are Taiwan, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea and Panama, and the name of the last wheel of the carriage will be known in February.
Not on the way to the USA
Les Bleues have an appointment on July 23 in Sydney against Jamaica.
They will then head to Brisbane to face the Brazilians six days later, before returning to Sydney to challenge the play-off on August 2, according to the schedule communicated by Fifa.
They are in a different picture from the United States, their executioner in the quarter-finals of the 2019 edition on home soil, which ensures that they do not face the reigning double world champions before the eventual final on the 20th. August in Sydney.
But possibly on that of the Germans
The ceremony organized on Saturday in Auckland therefore proved to be happy for the French women, eliminated this summer in the semi-finals of the Euro by Germany.
They could find their German neighbors, members of group H, from the round of 16.
The United States, double reigning world champions, are in the same group as the Netherlands, Vietnam and a play-off team.
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