All the news from the draw

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern welcomed the world to last night’s glitzy ceremony for the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 draw.

About 800 people filled Aotea Centre to celebrate women in football, the achievement of New Zealand and Australia’s winning bid to host the competition, and finally see who would be facing off against who come July next year.

Ardern welcomed the crowd and footballers to Aotearoa, telling the players that they ‘‘raise the value and visibility of the sport, you inspire our young people to play’’, but it was Fifa president

Gianni Infantino who was greeted with applause as he opened his speech with ‘‘Kia ora’’.

‘‘You know of course that football unites the world,’’ he said. ‘‘Next year, we will unite the world in Australia and in New Zealand. We will unite the world in joy, because football is joy.’’

‘‘If you miss this ninth edition of the Fifa Women’s World Cup, you will regret it all your life,’’ Fifa Secretary-General Fatma Samoura said, as she joined Infantino on stage.