How to watch: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022™ draw

Procedures for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022™ draw are now available

  • Draw for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ to take place on Thursday, 5 May
  • Costa Rican stars Shirley Cruz and Paulo César Wanchope confirmed as draw assistants
  • Draw to be streamed live on FIFA+

With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ fast approaching, some of the world’s best young players and future superstars of the women’s game will take to the field at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™ in Costa Rica from 10 to 28 August 2022.

Taking place at 5:00 am AEST on Friday, 6 May at the Teatro Nacional in San José, the Draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 is one of the final milestones in the lead-up to the tournament and will be where fans and the 16 participating teams learn the route that lies ahead in the quest to lift the coveted trophy in August.

With qualifications around the world now complete, the line-up for the tournament is as follows: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, the USA and hosts Costa Rica.

The CommBank Young Matildas in their international friendly against New Zealand in Canberra, April 2022. (Photo: Ann Odong / Football Australia)
The CommBank Young Matildas in their international friendly against New Zealand in Canberra, April 2022. (Photo: Ann Odong / Football Australia)

Australia has been placed in Pot 4, alongside the Netherlands, Canada and Colombia. 

The draw will start with four pots labelled 1 to 4 representing the teams. The four pots representing the groups will be labelled A to D. In each pot, there will be four balls containing the position numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of each respective group, with each pot being completely emptied before moving on to the next pot.

In addition to the draw procedures, an updated match schedule for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022 has been published and is now available here.