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How to watch the Women’s World Cup in Austria

The Women's football World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is already setting new records – here's how and where you can watch all of the action in Austria.

Published: 28 July 2023 12:24 CEST
How to watch the Women's World Cup in Austria
Action from Australia v Ireland in the Women's World Cup. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

It’s already been a remarkable World Cup so far. The rest is yet to come…

For those of us unable to get to either host nation for the remainder of the tournament, there is good news – Austrian public broadcaster ORF and German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF secured the rights to show all of the matches, so they’re available to watch free to air on either ARD, ZDF or ORF 1.

ORF is showing all of the 64 matches live on free-to-watch ORF 1, with the exception of the parallel games at the end of the group stages. You can watch these on ORF Sport +.

Although time differences mean you might have to occasionally get up in the early hours of the morning to catch the earlier matches, and then struggle bleary-eyed through your working day, or persuade someone to write a note to your boss on your behalf.

Here, then, are the the dates, times and channels for the remaining matches in the pool phase of the competition. Be aware, though, that TV schedules are subject to change.

Friday, July 28th (all kick-off times are Austrian time)

2am Argentina v South Africa (ORF)

10.30am England v Denmark (ARD /ORF)

1pm China v Haiti (ORF)

Saturday July 29th

9.30am Sweden v Italy (ZDF/ORF)

12 Noon France v Brazil (ZDF/ORF)

2.30pm Panama v Jamaica (ZDF/ORF)

Sunday, July 30th

6.30am South Korea v Morocco (ARD /ORF)

9am Switzerland v New Zealand / Norway v Philippines (ARD/ORF)

11.30am Germany v Colombia (ARD/ORF)

Monday, July 31st

9am Costa Rica v Zambia / Japan v Spain (ZDF/ORF – match order TBC) 

Midday Canada v Australia (ZDF / Ireland v Nigeria (ZDF/ORF)

Tuesday, August 1st

9am Portugal v USA (ZDF) / Vietnam v Netherlands (ZDF/ORF)

1pm Haïti v Denmark (ZDF) / China v England (ZDF/ORF)

Wednesday, August 2nd

9am South Africa v Italy (ARD /Sportschau.de) / Argentina v Sweden  (ARD /ORF)

12 noon Panama v France (ARD /Sportschau.de) / Jamaica v Brazil (ARD /ORF)

The knockout phase of the tournament kicks off on Saturday August 5th. While the teams involved remain to be determined, the broadcasters have agreed to show matches as follows:

Saturday, August 5th: Round of 16

7am Winner Pool A v second Pool C (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

10am Winner Pool C v second Pool A (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Sunday, August 6th: Round of 16

4am Winner Pool E v second Pool G (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

11am Winner Pool G v second Pool (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Monday, August 7th: Round of 16

9.30am Winner Pool D v second Pool B (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

12.30pm Winner Pool B v second Pool D (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Tuesday, August 8th: Round of 16

10am Winner Pool H v second Pool F (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

1pm Winner Pool F v second Pool H (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Friday, August 11th

3am First quarter-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

9.30am Second quarter-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Saturday, August 12th

9am Third quarter-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

12.30pm Fourth quarter-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Tuesday, August 15th

10am First semi-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

12 noon Second semi-final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

Sunday, August 20th

12 noon The final (ARD/ZDF/ORF)

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CLIMATE CRISIS

Austria ‘likely to be ice-free within 45 years’

Austria is set to become largely "ice-free" within 45 years, the country's Alpine Club warned Friday, as two of its glaciers last year melted by more than 100 metres.

Published: 6 April 2024 12:17 CEST
Austria 'likely to be ice-free within 45 years'

Amid growing concerns over the effects of extreme warming on glaciers around the world, the latest report by the Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) showed that rapid glacial retreat over the past seven years had accelerated.

The study found that 93 Austrian glaciers observed by the organisation retreated by 23.9 metres (78.4 feet) on average last year, marking the third-biggest glacier melt since measurements began in 1891.

Two of the glaciers showed especially drastic declines, with the Pasterze shrinking by 203.5 metres and the Rettenbachferner by 127 metres.

The 2023 readings came after the worst year on record for glacier melt in Austria, with glaciers shrinking by 28.7 metres (94.2 feet) on average in 2022.

Faced with extreme warming in the Alps, glacial ice in Austria could largely disappear within 45 years, the Alpine Club warned, adding that restrictive climate protection measures were introduced too late.

“In 40 to 45 years, all of Austria will be pretty much ice-free,” Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, head of the Alpine Club’s glacier measurement service, told reporters on Friday.

The OeAV urged increased protection of glaciers as part of overall efforts to sustain biodiversity, noting that expansions of ski resorts had put Alpine regions “under constant pressure”.

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), major glaciers worldwide suffered the largest loss of ice since records began in 1950, “driven by extreme melt in both western North America and Europe”.

In Switzerland, where the WMO is based, Alpine glaciers have lost 10 percent of their volume in the past two years alone.

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