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FIFA World Cup: All Whites to play in Los Angeles and Vancouver

11:04 am today
All Whites striker Kosta Barbarouses.

All Whites striker Kosta Barbarouses. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

The All Whites will play their FIFA World Cup pool games in Los Angeles and Vancouver.

The group draw was made on Saturday with New Zealand drawn with Belgium, Iran and Egypt.

New Zealand will open their tournament against Iran in Los Angeles on 15 June.

The game will be played at SoFi stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams NFL teams. It will kick-off at 6pm local time (1pm, 16 June New Zealand time.)

The All Whites then head to Vancouver to play their next two games at BC Place, the home of the Vancouver Whitecaps MLS team.

The All Whites will face Egypt there at 6pm on 21 June - (1pm on 22 June NZT).

They then finish pool play against the highest-ranked team in their group, Belgium, at 8pm on 26 June (3pm, 27 June NZT)

The All Whites have never won a game at a World Cup finals.

The World Cup opener is between hosts Mexico and South Africa at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City at 1pm on 11 June (7am, 12 June NZT).

The semi-finals will be played in Dallas and Atlanta on 14 July and 15 (7am on 15 and 16 June NZT).

The final will be in New Jersey on 20 July (7am NZT).

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