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The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the international women’s football championship held every four years, which is contested by the women’s national football teams organised by the FIFA The tournament is hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand and will take place from 20 July to 20 August 2023. It will be the first FIFA Women’s World Cup to have more than one host country, and also the first senior world championship of both sexes to be held in several confederations as Australia is in the Asian Confederation while New Zealand is in the Oceania Confederation. 32 nations compete for the first time at the Women’s World Cup. It was launched in 1991 as a tournament with 12 teams and expanded to 16 countries in the US in 1999 and 24 in Canada in 2015. The tournament begins with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams each, with the two best teams from each group advancing into a knockout tournament that starts with a round of 16 teams. The total number of games played increases from 52 to 64. The tournament replicates the format of the FIFA Men’s World Cup used between 1998 and 2022. The official mascot of the tournament was unveiled on October 19, 2022. The name of the mascot is Tazuni, a suitcase word from the Tasmanian Sea and “Unity”. He represents a small penguin (Eudyptula minor) endemic to New Zealand.