ESPN’s Women’s World Cup Announcing Assignments

This just coming in from ESPN, the announcing assignments for the Women’s World Cup. We know that Ian Darke and Julie Foudy are the top team and will call games through the championship game on July 20 in Frankfurt, Germany. We have the rest of the teams and games they’ll call through Group Play.

ESPN Commentator Assignments for 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany

ESPN’s comprehensive coverage of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (June 26 – July 17) from Germany will include all 32 matches televised live and in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3.com, as well as extensive coverage on ESPN’s digital media platforms, including ESPNnetworks.com, the WatchESPN App, and ESPN Mobile TV.  Today, executive producer Jed Drake announced the opening round match assignments for the three ESPN commentator teams. Highlights:

• The lead team of Ian Darke and former U.S. Women’s National Team captain Julie Foudy will call the Germany vs. Canada opening match in Berlin on Sunday, June 26, at 11:30 a.m. ET (ESPN/ESPN3.com), all United States team matches in Group C, and the final in Frankfurt on Sunday, July 17, at 2 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3.com);
• Adrian Healey will pair with former U.S. National Team defender Kate Markgraf, beginning Sunday (June 26) with Nigeria vs. France in Sinsheim on the opening day of the World Cup. Healey will also call a pair of matches with former U.S. Women’s National Team coach Tony DiCicco – Brazil vs. Australia (June 29) and Canada vs. France (June 30) next week.
• Beth Mowins will work with former U.S. National Team player Cat Whitehill, beginning with the Japan-New Zealand match Monday, June 27, in Bochum.

Assignments for the knockout round will be announced as the tournament progresses.

2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Groupings

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1  Germany	1  Japan	1  USA	1  Brazil
2  Canada	2  New Zealand	2  Korea DPR	2  Australia
3  Nigeria	3  Mexico	3  Colombia	3  Norway
4  France	4  England	4  Sweden	4  Equatorial Guinea

2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup TV Schedule – ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

uAll times EASTERNu Schedule is subject to change u All matches in high definition
uFIFA match #s

Date	Time	Network	Match	Group	Site
Su 6/26	8:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Nigeria vs. France Adrian Healey and Kate Markgraf	A	Sinsheim
	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Germany vs. Canada Ian Darke and Julie Foudy	A	Berlin
Mo 6/27	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Japan vs. New Zealand Beth Mowins and Cat Whitehill	B	Bochum
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Mexico vs. England Healey and Markgraf	B	Wolfsburg
Tu 6/28	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Colombia vs. Sweden Mowins and Whitehill	C	Leverkusen
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	USA vs. Korea DPR Darke and Foudy	C	Dresden
We 6/29	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Norway vs. Equa. Guinea |Mowins and Whitehill	D	Augsburg
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Brazil vs. Australia Healey and Tony DiCicco	D	Moenchengladbach
Th 6/30	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Canada vs. France Healey and DiCicco	A	Bochum
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Germany vs. Nigeria Darke and Foudy	A	Frankfurt
Fr 7/1	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Japan vs. Mexico Mowins and Whitehill	B	Leverkusen
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	New Zealand vs. England Healey and Markgraf	B	Dresden

Sa 7/2	7:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Korea DPR vs. Sweden Mowins and Whitehill	C	Augsburg
	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	USA vs. Colombia Darke and Foudy	C	Sinsheim
Su 7/3	7:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Australia vs. Equa. Guinea Healey and Markgraf	D	Bochum
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Brazil vs. Norway Darke and Foudy	D	Wolfsburg
Tu 7/5	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	England vs. Japan Healey and Markgraf	B	Augsburg
	12 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	New Zealand vs. Mexico Mowins and Whitehill	B	Sinsheim
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	France vs. Germany Darke and Foudy	A	Moenchengladbach
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Canada vs. Nigeria Mowins and Whitehill	A	Dresden
We 7/6	11:45 a.m	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Equa. Guinea vs. Brazil Mowins and Whitehill	D	Frankfurt
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Australia vs. Norway Healey and Markgraf	D	Leverkusen
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Sweden vs. USA Darke and Foudy	C	Wolfsburg
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Korea DPR vs. Colombia Mowins and Whitehill	C	Bochum

2^nd Stage – Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Network	Match	Site	Match #
Sa 7/9	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st B vs. 2ndA	Leverkusen	26
	2:15 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st A vs. 2nd B	Wolfsburg	25
Su 7/10	6:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st C vs. 2nd D	Augsburg	27
	11 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st D vs. 2nd C	Dresden	28

2^nd Stage – Semifinals

Date	Time	Network	Match	Site	Match #
We 7/13	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Winners: Match 26 vs. 28	Moenchengladbach	30
	2:15 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Winners: Match 25 vs. 27	Frankfurt	29

Third Place Match

Sa 7/16

11 a.m.

ESPN2/ESPN3.com

Losers – 29 vs. 30

Sinsheim

31

2010 FIFA World Cup Title Match

Su 7/17

2 p.m.

ESPN/ESPN3.com

Winners – 29 vs. 30

Frankfurt

32

 

That will do it.