Sarina Wiegman: There are 'many favourites' to win the 2023 World Cup

England boss Sarina Wiegman admitted that there are an assortment of teams capable of winning the 2023 World Cup following the draw for next summer's tournament.

The World Cup draw took place in Aukland on Saturday morning, and they Lionesses were drawn in Group D alongside China Denmark, plus one of either Senegal, Haiti or Chile.

England head into the tournament off the back of securing their maiden piece of silverware last summer, having won the European Championships on home soil.

"It's an exciting group," said Wiegman. "We know Denmark very well, China is a very good opponent to. They are in transition a little bit, or they were in transition. At the Olympics they were struggling, they have a new coach and won the Asian Cup. We don't know the other one yet. Three very different opponents with a different style of play."

Should England progress to the knockout stages, either hosts Australia or Olympic gold medalists Canada could await in the last 16, while Germany - the team the Lionesses beat in the Euro 2022 final - are likely quarter final opponents.

The 2023 World Cup has been expanded to include 32 teams for the first time, meaning - unlike at the 2019 World Cup - only a top two finish in the group will be enough to secure a place in the knockout stages.

"As you could see in the Euros, there are so many good countries now, the game and countries develop so quickly," Wiegman added. "What we saw is that the games are really tight. That's what I expect from this tournament too.

"In the group stage there are some very tight matches but also some will give a high score because 32 countries come from different levels at different moment of their development. The further the tournament comes the tighter the games will become, that's exciting too.

"There are many favourites for this World Cup win. So I wouldn't predict anything. It's just the same as the Euros, there were so many good teams and it's very tough so we'll see."