With the U.S. Women's National Team carrying the crown as reigning champions, American women's football veteran Carli Lloyd will attend the draw as the trophy bearer. Other illustrious personalities at the event will include 2018 World Cup winning coach Didier Deschamps, ex-Manchester United striker Louis Saha, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup winner Kaka, and Ghanaian midfield legend, Michael Essien.
Seven-time FA Cup winner Alex Scott, 2011 Women's World Cup champion Aya Miyama, two-time Olympic gold medalist Cindy Parlow Cone, Paralympic skiing star Marie Bochet and 2003 Women's World Cup winner Steffi Jones will also be present while CNN World Sport presenter Amanda Davies will moderate the draw alongside TF1's renowned Dennis Brogniart. We offer you a proper preview of this event which will see 24 nations grouped into six tables of four teams each.
When is the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup draw taking place?
Clear your schedule on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Kick-off time for the draw is at 12:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT/6:00 PM CET.
Where is it taking place?
The venue is La Seine Musicale in the French capital, Paris.
Will the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup draw be live online or on TV?
Watch the event live:
- In Canada on TSN4, TSN5, RDS 2, TSN GO, RDS GO
- In France on TMC
- In the United Kingdom on BBC iPlayer, BBC Two
- In the United States on: Fox Sports 2, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Telemundo
- Worldwide, you can stream the draw live from 9 AM ET/5 PM GMT/6 PM CET via FIFA's Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube channels on your mobile phone or computer.
See the bottom of this article for international TV listings for the draw.
Who are the 24 participating nations at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?
Here's a look at the qualified countries by zone:
Africa - three candidates: Cameroon; Nigeria; South Africa.
Asia - five candidates: Australia; China; Japan; Korea Republic; Thailand.
Europe - nine candidates: England; France (hosts); Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Norway; Scotland; Spain; Sweden.
Oceania - one candidate: New Zealand.
South America - three candidates: Argentina; Brazil; Chile.
France 2019 will be a particularly brand new experience for Chile, Jamaica, Scotland and South Africa who will all be making their debuts in the most prestigious tournament in Women's Football.
For the draw, the pot seedings are based on the December 2018 edition of the Women's FIFA Ranking. Here is out the four sections look like:
Which teams will qualify into the knockout stages? Who will lift the trophy which has the names of three-times winners USWNT, European heavyweights Germany, and one-time champions Norway and Japan engraved on it?
Les Bleues will be fired up to emulate their male colleagues' 1998 FIFA World Cup "host and win" achievement but titleholders USA, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup hosts Canada, and other cup favorites will want to make things difficult for the French.
Next summer's tournament will kick off on 7 June 2019 and will end on 7 July 2019.
Match details, result and original broadcast info
2019 FIFA World Cup Draw
December 8, 2018 12:00pmParis, FranceThis match has ended. Below are the original Live broadcast details for this match.
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