FIFA Women’s World Cup schedule, Matchday 1: Betting lines for opening group stage games
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Matchday 1 is well underway with plenty of intriguing results.
The pregame narrative: Both host nations - Australia and New Zealand - opened the tournament with wins while Canada drew against Nigeria. There are still several big games remaining for Matchday 1 which ends on Monday.
Check out the Women’s World Cup schedule and odds for Matchday 1 of the group stage, which began July 20.
Women's World Cup schedule
Matchday 1 consists of five days before Matchday 2 starts on July 25.
Each country will play three games in the group stage to determine which teams advance to the round of 16, which begins August 5.
As for Canada, it drew Nigeria 0-0 in its opener and is guaranteed games on July 26 (vs. Ireland) and July 31 (vs. Australia).
Women's World Cup schedule: July 24
Women's World Cup oddsas of 10:17 a.m. on 07/23/2023.
Neither Italy nor Argentina profile as a high-end contender at this tournament, but this will be an important match.
Both squads will likely be fighting behind Sweden for second in Group G, and the result of this match will likely be a deciding factor.
Germany (+800) has the fourth-best odds to win this tournament, which explains its status as a sizeable favourite against Morocco. The Atlas Lionesses are competing in their first-ever Women’s World Cup. They enter this contest winless in their last five appearances.
It could be a rough go for Panama in its first-ever World Cup match. The country has lost its last two matches by a combined score of 12-0. Brazil, meanwhile, is a competitive side with back-to-back wins ahead of tournament play.
Columbia and South Korea meet in the lone match during Matchday 1 where neither side is a minus-odds favourite.
Las Chicas Superpoderosas were slight favourites, but are now small underdogs.
South Korea hasn’t seen many elite sides in its 2023 international friendlies (Haiti, Zambia twice), but the country has won all three matches.
