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If you’re among the lucky individuals planning to take in some world-class women’s footie action next summer, here are a few notes for your itinerary. With the release of the four seeded teams today, we now know which stadia each of those teams will be situated in for the group stage.

The United States will begin its World Cup campaign in the former East German city of Dresden on June 28th. The team will travel southwest to play in Sinsheim on July 2nd before finishing off the group stage in the northern city of Wolfsburg on July 6th.

Dresden’s Rudolf-Harbig Stadium seats 32,085 people and is home to the third division side Dynamo Dresden. Sinsheim’s Rhein-Neckar Arena plays home to the Bundesliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and has a capacity of 25,641. Wolfsburg’s Volkgswagen Arena seats a total of 25,361 people and belongs to Bundesliga team Wolfsburg. All three of these stadiums are in pretty mint condition. The Rudolf-Harbig Stadium has roots back to the 1870s but was touched up as recently as 2007. The Rhein-Necker Stadium opened in 2009 while the Volkswagen Arena was constructed in 2002.

Unsurprisingly, hosts Germany are set to play in the three largest stadiums. The team will open the World Cup with its game in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The stadium has a 72,244 capacity and will only be used for the opening game on June 30th. The 49,240 Commerz-bank Arena in Frankfurt will play host to the team’s second group stage. The venue will also be used for the Final on July 17th. Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Borussia Park will be the site of Germany’s third group game. It has a capacity of 46,297. Germany will also be the only World Cup nation that will play all of its game in stadia that are home to current Bundesliga clubs.

Group B’s Japan will open its World Cup campaign in the smallest World Cup venue of the Ruhrstadion in Bochum on June 27th. The Bay Arena in Leverkusen will be the second stop on July 1st while the final group stage venue will be the Impuls Arena in Augsburg on July 5th. All of these cities are located in the west part of Germany.

Finally, Group D’s Brazil will play in Mönchengladbach on June 29th, Wolfsburg on July 3rd and Frankfurt on July 6th.

We will know who these four countries will meet in each group match when the draw is made tomorrow.

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