The dates and times of Italy’s women’s matches at the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand: all matches will be broadcast unencrypted on Rai
Starting from 20 July, and until 20 August 2023, the Women’s soccer world cup. The best girls on the planet will therefore be the protagonists between Australia and New Zealand to compete for the title of national team world champion, an award won last time by the United States in the 2019 edition.
He will also be present among the qualified teams Italy by coach Milena Bertolini. The blue girls were placed in Group G alongside feared Sweden, Argentina and South Africa.
Before starting with the event, however, the Bel Paese can already boast a good victory for everyone: the acquisition of the television rights by Rai to see the matches of the Italian women’s national team unencrypted and free of charge.
Here’s all you need to know: when Italy plays, how and where to watch the games.
The negotiation between Rai and FIFA for the women’s world cup
All’s well that ends well, is usually said in these cases. Very true, but it wasn’t easy at all, due to a series of clashes between the president of the world’s highest football body Gianni Infantino and the television broadcasters of the various countries who wanted to broadcast the matches of their national selections live.
In October 2022, Infantino had thundered like this: “The women’s soccer world cup will cost us around 400 million dollars, and we hope to get some money back. The problem however is that we are trying to market the girls’ event for the first time independently of the men’s tournament; Therefore, 100 times lower offers are absolutely not acceptable to us. Even more so if these come from countries that claim to want to safeguard issues such as equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunities”.
In short, open warfare, given that the initial offer formulated by Rai of 200,000 euros had been considered in no way suitable for a competition of such importance. However, relations and negotiations have continued, so much so that in recent days Rai has published this press release: “No decision has yet been made on the 2023 edition of the Women’s World Cup. Negotiations have been underway for some time with Fifa for the acquisition of the broadcasting rights”.
And in the end, it all worked out. Rai’s offer was accepted by FIFAthus making hundreds of journalists and thousands of Italian viewers happy.
Italy’s matches in the Women’s World Cup: where and how to watch them on TV
Italy already knows match dates and times of their group. Here are the appointments:
- Italy – Argentina (July 24, 7.00 Italian time);
- Sweden – Italy (July 29, 8.30 Italian time);
- South Africa – Italy (August 2, 8.00 Italian time).
However, great attention must be paid to the jet lag, since depending on the cities where the matches are played, the hours difference with Italy could be 9 or 13. Luckily for Italian viewers, however, the matches of the blue girls’ group will all be staged in the early morning, given that Italy will play their debut in Auckland and the other two days both in Wellington. Predictions? On Betmasteritalia.info it is already being talked about.
As mentioned, all Italy’s matches will be broadcast unencrypted and free of charge on Rai. Furthermore, it will also be possible to watch the races via the Rai Play app, accessible from smartphones, tablets or any other electronic device with an Internet connection. To better experience female Italy all together.
