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England to face Northern Ireland as UEFA qualifiers for 2023 Women's World Cup are drawn

England and Northern Ireland have been drawn in the same qualifying group for the 2023 Women's World Cup, with the reigning European champions, Netherlands, to face Iceland.

Two-time world champions Germany will face Portugal in their group, while Norway, who won the tournament in 1995, will play Belgium and Poland.

Germany were the last European nation to win the World Cup, back in 2007, with the Netherlands coming closest to ending that drought in 2019, when they were defeated 2-0 in the final by the United States.

Who will qualify?

The teams picked from the first pot of nations, ranked by their UEFA coefficients, will each by the favourites to win their groups, though each have tricky opponents to navigate.