The Japan Women's World Cup, which will start in Australia and New Zealand in July next year, will be drawn by lottery. Nadeshiko Japan, ranked 11th in the world, will enter Group C in the first round, and will face Spain, ranked 6th in the world. It was decided to play against Costa Rica and Zambia.
The combination lottery was held in Auckland, New Zealand on the 22nd, and coach Futoshi Ikeda of the Japanese national team and the coaches of each team watched the lottery.
This year's tournament will feature 32 teams, an increase of 8 teams from the previous tournament, and a lottery will determine the opponents of the first league, which will be contested by four teams.
As a result, Japan, ranked 11th in the world, will be placed in Group C, where they will face Spain, ranked 6th, Costa Rica, ranked 37th, and Zambia, ranked 81st.
At the men's World Cup Qatar tournament that will start on the 20th of next month, Japan will be in the same group as Spain, Germany and Costa Rica in the first league, and the girls will play against Spain and Costa Rica just like the boys. .
Japan will play all three matches in New Zealand, with Zambia in the first match on July 22nd and Costa Rica in the second match on July 26th, before taking place on July 31st. We will challenge Spain in the third match.
In the first league, 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams from A to H, and the top two teams in each group will advance to the final tournament.
In addition, two-time defending World Cup winners USA entered Group E, where they were in the same group as the Netherlands.