This year's tournament sees the Women's World Cup played alongside the men's equivalent - co-hosted by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea - for the first time. 

Pool matches are due to be played at the Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney as triple-headers, beginning tomorrow and also taking place on November 19 and 22.

The sides have been separated into two groups of three but each team will play a trio of matches with "inter-pool" games also scheduled.

Tomorrow's openers see Australia host the Cook Islands in Group A with New Zealand playing Canada in Group B.

Group A England will play Group B Papua New Guinea in the first inter-pool match.

Both semi-finals will be played on November 26 in Sydney, with the top two from each pool progressing. 

The final will be held at Brisbane Stadium on December 2, prior to the men's final. 

Maria Sykes, the competition's chief operating officer, said to BBC Sport: "It will be the first time ever that men's and women's world champions will be crowned on the same day at the same venue in world sport.

"No other sport has had both men's and women's World Cup finals played on the same day and on the same field."

In the 2013 women's final in England, Australia beat New Zealand 22-12.

New Zealand had won all three of the previous editions.