Women's World Cup 2023 Group B table, standings, schedule and fixtures
Group B of the Women's World Cup is set to be one of the most interesting of the tournament, with co-hosts Australia pitted against reigning Olympic gold medalists Canada, World Cup debutants Republic of Ireland, and African side Nigeria.
Australia, backed by capacity crowds at all of their games and in a hot run of form, are expected to progress but will face a tough fight for top spot in the group from Canada, where the clash between the two sides in the final group game in Melbourne potentially being decisive in that fight.
Both the Republic of Ireland and Nigeria are expected to be competitive, with both sides possessing quality players, but progressing over the hosts and a Canada side with many players from the successful Olympic campaign may be a bridge too far.
Some of the largest crowds of the tournament can be expected in this group, with Australia's opening match against Ireland featuring 75,784 fans in attendance.
The four teams selected are playing a round-robin format with each nation facing the other three. Group standings are based on points from those three group-stage matches — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a loss.
The top two teams from each group based on total points advance to the single-game knockouts. If teams are tied on points, overall goal difference is the first tiebreaker followed by overall goals scored. If teams are also tied in those categories another set of tiebreakers is applied.
Australia's strong recent form plus the fact they are playing in front of their own fans has seen them edge in front of Canada as bookmakers favourites to win Group B.
Canada are ranked just behind the Matildas and look most likely to profit from any slip up from the Australians, whilst Republic of
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