Current Rankings of Intercontinental teams: 27. Portugal 38. Chinese Taipei 39. Chile 41. Thailand 49. Papua New Guinea 51. Paraguay 56. Haiti 57. Panama 59. Cameroon 84. Senegal
Schedule: GROUP A Feb. 18 A2 vs. A3 Feb. 22 A2/A3 winner vs. Portugal GROUP B Feb. 18 B2 vs. B3 Feb. 22 B2/B3 winner vs. Chinese Taipei GROUP C Feb. 19 C3 vs. Thailand C4 vs. Chile Feb. 23 Group C Final Friendlies Feb. 17 New Zealand vs. Portugal TBD vs. Chinese Taipei Feb. 20 New Zealand vs. TBD Feb. 21 Loser or A2/A3 vs. Loser B2/B3 Feb. 23 Losers of Group C matches Feb. 23 New Zealand vs. TBD
Team pot 1 will include the four top-seeded teams in the play-off tournament based on the latest Women’s World Ranking prior to the play-off tournament draw, with a maximum of one seeded team per confederation. The remaining six teams will be allocated to team pot 2. Only one Asian team can be seeded. Papua New Guinea should be seeded and not Thailand.
23.Portugal 38.Chile 40.Chinese Taipei 41.Thailand 50.Papua New Guinea 51.Paraguay 56.Haiti 57.Panama 58.Cameroon 84.Senegal Portugal Group A, Chile Group B, Chinese Taipei and Papua New Guinea Group C
Group A Cameroon vs Thailand Portugal vs Cameroon/Thailand Group B Senegal vs Haiti Chile vs Senegal/Haiti Group C Chinese Taipei vs Paraguay Papua New Guinea vs Panama Chinese Taipei/Paraguay vs Papua New Guinea/Panama
Friendly matches played at play-off Looser 1 and 2 are for teams from Group A and B Looser 3 and 4 are for teams from Group C
I've got the feeling that the winner from Group C could possibly end being actually weaker of some eliminated teams from Groups A/B.
Sucks for Thailand to get drawn into Group A. Had them as the team to upset someone, but Portugal should get by them. I can see Panama as the upset team in Group C. Easy road for Chile in Group B.
I'll echo something said elsewhere - seems like POR got the two toughest non-seeded teams. They're still favorites to advance, but sucks for THA and CMR. I think group B is actually a lot more even than it looks. I'll never count a CAF team out, just because how often they're under-rated, and HAI definitely impressed in the last C'CAF championship. I'll agree with blissett that group C is probably full of teams weaker than any teams in the other groups. It's the playoff version of the Group of Life. That said, I'm really hoping TPE gets through. Basically, group A is as tough as it could possible be and group C is as easy as it could possibly be. So ended being very, very little advantage to the higher two seeds for not facing other "seeds"...
Senegal didn't exactly face tough competition in the 2022 WAFCON to get where they are outside of their lose against Zambia. Group stage: def. Uganda 2-0 def. Burkina Faso 3-0 lose vs. Morocco 1-0 Quarterfinals lose vs. Zambia 1-1(4-2 PKs) Repechage def. Tunisia 0-0(4-2 PKs) I don't believe Senegal has played any friendlies since, either.
I differ. Chile has a vulnerable defense and it was evident in the Copa America Femenina. Haiti plays counterattack and they had an excellence tournament in Concacaf. It will be a very even confrontation, if Senegal does not surprise Haiti.
I watched most of one of Senegal's qualifying games. I think Haiti sets up well against them. They are both incomplete teams, but I think Haiti is more organized and less gaff prone.
Haiti's roster for the WWC Playoffs: Barrages Intercontinentaux,-Haiti, la liste des 23 de Nicolas Delépine. pic.twitter.com/kofWiuzmPz— Fédération Haïtienne de Football (@fhfhaiti) February 3, 2023
Here is the full match schedule with New-Zealand and Argentina the two teams playing friendlies during the tournament.
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/ar...ifa-womens-world-cup-2023-play-off-tournament The first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Play-off Tournament will kick-off in Aotearoa New Zealand this week, with ten nations vying for the final three berths at the main tournament in July and August 2023. With the Play-off Tournament just six days away, FIFA can confirm the final squad lists for the upcoming matches to be contested at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, and Waikato Stadium in Hamilton / Kirikiriroa. The official squad lists for the Play-off Tournament, which will see Cameroon (CAF), Chile (CONMEBOL), Chinese Taipei (AFC), Haiti (Concacaf), Panama (Concacaf), Papua New Guinea (OFC), Paraguay (CONMEBOL), Portugal (UEFA), Senegal (CAF), and Thailand (AFC) compete for a place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 can be accessed via the following link. FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Play-off Tournament squad lists
Not looking good for Auckland either: national state of emergency declared. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/po...abrielle-national-state-of-emergency-declared
Broadcast information is so hard to find. Are the playoffs being broadcast on Fox Sports or anywhere else?