Last time we introduced a new tournament, the Women's Draft World Cup, where players represent the nation they ply their trade in, rather than their nationality.
In today's episode we will preview the two groups, including who is in each squad.
Group A (USA, England, Rest of World, Scotland, Ireland)
Of course, the two big teams here are USA and England, and when you view the squads below there should be plenty of famous names. The USA squad contains a large number of World Cup winners from 2015, plus Marta, this year's "Best Women's Player" (what a stupid name for an award), so USA are the big favourites for the whole tournament.
England may need to be wary of a talented Rest of World team, including players well-known to English fans in Asisat Oshoala and Natasha Dowie. However, with a squad containing a large number of players famous for their exploits with the Lionesses, England should have enough about them to qualify.
Scotland and Ireland are likely to be fighting for scraps in this group, and Ireland in particular have a weak-looking squad, with a number of very young players.
Squads
In today's episode we will preview the two groups, including who is in each squad.
Group A (USA, England, Rest of World, Scotland, Ireland)
Of course, the two big teams here are USA and England, and when you view the squads below there should be plenty of famous names. The USA squad contains a large number of World Cup winners from 2015, plus Marta, this year's "Best Women's Player" (what a stupid name for an award), so USA are the big favourites for the whole tournament.
England may need to be wary of a talented Rest of World team, including players well-known to English fans in Asisat Oshoala and Natasha Dowie. However, with a squad containing a large number of players famous for their exploits with the Lionesses, England should have enough about them to qualify.
Scotland and Ireland are likely to be fighting for scraps in this group, and Ireland in particular have a weak-looking squad, with a number of very young players.
Squads
GK: Harris, Naeher, Williams
DF: Chapman, Dahlkemper, Klingenberg, Krieger, O'Hara, Sauerbrunn
MD: Brian, Ertz, Fishlock, Heath, Kennedy, Leroux, Lloyd, Rapinoe, Rodriguez, Scott
FW: Kerr, Marta, Morgan, Sinclair
Key: Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, North Carolina Courage, Orlando Pride, Portland Thorns, Seattle Reign, Sky Blue, Utah Royals
DF: Chapman, Dahlkemper, Klingenberg, Krieger, O'Hara, Sauerbrunn
MD: Brian, Ertz, Fishlock, Heath, Kennedy, Leroux, Lloyd, Rapinoe, Rodriguez, Scott
FW: Kerr, Marta, Morgan, Sinclair
Key: Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, North Carolina Courage, Orlando Pride, Portland Thorns, Seattle Reign, Sky Blue, Utah Royals
GK: Bardsley, Lindahl, van Veenendaal
DF: Bassett, Bright, Greenwood (Man United), Houghton, Samuelsson, Schnaderbeck, Stokes
MD: Carney, Ji, Little, Mjelde, Nobbs, Scott, van de Donk, Williams
FW: Bachmann, Kirby, Miedema, Nadim, White
Key: Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, unattached
DF: Bassett, Bright, Greenwood (Man United), Houghton, Samuelsson, Schnaderbeck, Stokes
MD: Carney, Ji, Little, Mjelde, Nobbs, Scott, van de Donk, Williams
FW: Bachmann, Kirby, Miedema, Nadim, White
Key: Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, unattached
GK: Fay, Higgins, Santiago
DF: Érika, Gísladóttir, Green, Hill, Kawana-Waugh, O'Rourke, van Wyk
MD: Brynjarsdóttir, Cruz Trana, Kelly, Lukasewich, Milligan, Russell, Schmidt
FW: Banusic, Boquete, Chawinga, Dowie, Oshoala, Yokoyama
Key: AC Nagano Parceiro, América, Beijing Phoenix, Corinthians, Dalian Qianguan, Fylkir, Grindavík, Jiangsu Suning, Melbourne Victory, Selfoss, Stjarnan, Sydney University, Valur, unattached
DF: Érika, Gísladóttir, Green, Hill, Kawana-Waugh, O'Rourke, van Wyk
MD: Brynjarsdóttir, Cruz Trana, Kelly, Lukasewich, Milligan, Russell, Schmidt
FW: Banusic, Boquete, Chawinga, Dowie, Oshoala, Yokoyama
Key: AC Nagano Parceiro, América, Beijing Phoenix, Corinthians, Dalian Qianguan, Fylkir, Grindavík, Jiangsu Suning, Melbourne Victory, Selfoss, Stjarnan, Sydney University, Valur, unattached
GK: Alexander, Cunningham, Fife
DF: Clark, Docherty, Hunter, Lauder, Murray, Rafferty, L Ross, Small
MD: Crichton, Harrison, Gemmell, Grant, Kulis, Love, McLauchlan, Montgomery, N Ross
FW: Giard, Ivanusa, Mulvey
Key: Celtic, Glasgow City, Hibernian, Motherwell, Rangers
DF: Clark, Docherty, Hunter, Lauder, Murray, Rafferty, L Ross, Small
MD: Crichton, Harrison, Gemmell, Grant, Kulis, Love, McLauchlan, Montgomery, N Ross
FW: Giard, Ivanusa, Mulvey
Key: Celtic, Glasgow City, Hibernian, Motherwell, Rangers
GK: Badana, Budden, McQuillan
DF: De Búrca, Farrelly, Gleeson, McCarthy, O'Brien, Sinnott, Walsh
MD: Beirne, Casey, Duggan, Hansberry, Kavanagh, Killeen, Meaney, O'Gorman
FW: Barrett, Jarrett, Murray, Roche, Shine
Key: Cork City, Galway United, Peamount United, Shelbourne, UCD Waves, Wexford Youths, unattached
DF: De Búrca, Farrelly, Gleeson, McCarthy, O'Brien, Sinnott, Walsh
MD: Beirne, Casey, Duggan, Hansberry, Kavanagh, Killeen, Meaney, O'Gorman
FW: Barrett, Jarrett, Murray, Roche, Shine
Key: Cork City, Galway United, Peamount United, Shelbourne, UCD Waves, Wexford Youths, unattached
Group B (France, Germany, Rest of UK, Mainland Europe, Sweden)
France will surely go into this group as favourites, with many players from the Lyon side that has won the last three editions of the Women's Champions League. This includes Germany's best player, Dzsenifer Marozsán. The Germans, meanwhile, still have a very strong squad, and Wolfsburg and Frankfurt won the three previous Champions Leagues before Lyon's dominance started.
The Mainland Europe side includes top players from Spain and Italy, including England internationals Eni Aluko and Toni Duggan, and this is a team with the potential to challenge for qualification. I should point out that there were zero goalkeepers able to represent Mainland Europe in the database, so three of the lowest-rated players from elsewhere have been included to make up the squad.
Sweden, meanwhile, will have a lot of hope resting on German legend Anja Mittag. The Rest of UK team will probably do well to gain any points from this nasty group, with a very young squad including four players under 18.
France will surely go into this group as favourites, with many players from the Lyon side that has won the last three editions of the Women's Champions League. This includes Germany's best player, Dzsenifer Marozsán. The Germans, meanwhile, still have a very strong squad, and Wolfsburg and Frankfurt won the three previous Champions Leagues before Lyon's dominance started.
The Mainland Europe side includes top players from Spain and Italy, including England internationals Eni Aluko and Toni Duggan, and this is a team with the potential to challenge for qualification. I should point out that there were zero goalkeepers able to represent Mainland Europe in the database, so three of the lowest-rated players from elsewhere have been included to make up the squad.
Sweden, meanwhile, will have a lot of hope resting on German legend Anja Mittag. The Rest of UK team will probably do well to gain any points from this nasty group, with a very young squad including four players under 18.
GK: Benameur, Bouhaddi, Kiedrzynek
DF: Bronze, Buchanan, Dekker, Houara, Karchaoui, Kumagai, Renard
MD: Christiansen, Formiga, An Hegerberg, Henry, Jakobsson, Lawrence, Marozsán, Torrecilla, Veje, van de Sanden
FW: Blackstenius, Ad Hegerberg, Le Sommer
Key: Lyon, Montpellier, Paris FC, PSG, unattached
DF: Bronze, Buchanan, Dekker, Houara, Karchaoui, Kumagai, Renard
MD: Christiansen, Formiga, An Hegerberg, Henry, Jakobsson, Lawrence, Marozsán, Torrecilla, Veje, van de Sanden
FW: Blackstenius, Ad Hegerberg, Le Sommer
Key: Lyon, Montpellier, Paris FC, PSG, unattached
GK: McLeod, Schult, Zinsberger
DF: Aschauer, Demann, Faisst, Fischer, Maier, Minde, Peter, Popp
MD: Behringer, Dickenmann, Goessling, Graham Hansen, Groenen, Gunnarsdóttir, Huth, Laudehr, Magull
FW: Burger, Harder, Islacker
Key: Bayern, Frankfurt, Sportclub Sand, Turbine Potsdam, Wolfsburg
DF: Aschauer, Demann, Faisst, Fischer, Maier, Minde, Peter, Popp
MD: Behringer, Dickenmann, Goessling, Graham Hansen, Groenen, Gunnarsdóttir, Huth, Laudehr, Magull
FW: Burger, Harder, Islacker
Key: Bayern, Frankfurt, Sportclub Sand, Turbine Potsdam, Wolfsburg
GK: Adams, Perry, Skinner
DF: Foy, Haddock, Hutton, Hyndman, Jenkins, Nelson, Simpson
MD: Bell, Caldwell, Callaghan, Kelly, Lennon, McCarron, McGuinness, McMaster, McMullan, Walkley
FW: Chivers, McKenna, Murray
Key: Cardiff City, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cliftonville, Crusaders, Cyncoed, Glentoran, Linfield, Port Talbot Town, Sion Swifts
DF: Foy, Haddock, Hutton, Hyndman, Jenkins, Nelson, Simpson
MD: Bell, Caldwell, Callaghan, Kelly, Lennon, McCarron, McGuinness, McMaster, McMullan, Walkley
FW: Chivers, McKenna, Murray
Key: Cardiff City, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cliftonville, Crusaders, Cyncoed, Glentoran, Linfield, Port Talbot Town, Sion Swifts
GK: Martin, McPhee, Yates
DF: Agard, Lipman, Roddik, Tounkara, van den Berg, van der Gragt, van Es
MD: Bernauer, Bitzer, Bussaglia, Clelland, Hamraoui, Losada, Putellas, Spitse
FW: Aluko, Duggan, Hermoso, Jansen, Martens
Key: Ajax, AS Roma, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Fiorentina, Juventus, Twente, Valencia, Valerenga, other
DF: Agard, Lipman, Roddik, Tounkara, van den Berg, van der Gragt, van Es
MD: Bernauer, Bitzer, Bussaglia, Clelland, Hamraoui, Losada, Putellas, Spitse
FW: Aluko, Duggan, Hermoso, Jansen, Martens
Key: Ajax, AS Roma, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Fiorentina, Juventus, Twente, Valencia, Valerenga, other
GK: Geurts, Gunnarsdóttir, Labbé
DF: Arnth, Atladóttir, Barsley, Boye, Carlsson, Dieke, Viggósdóttir, Woeller
MD: Asllani, Brown, Folkesson, Landeka, Rubensson, Seger, Spetsmark, Troelsgaard, Utland
FW: Larsson, Mittag, Schough
Key: Djurgardens IF, Eskilstuna United DFF, IFK Goteborg, IFK Kalmar, Kristianstad, Linkopings, Rosengard
DF: Arnth, Atladóttir, Barsley, Boye, Carlsson, Dieke, Viggósdóttir, Woeller
MD: Asllani, Brown, Folkesson, Landeka, Rubensson, Seger, Spetsmark, Troelsgaard, Utland
FW: Larsson, Mittag, Schough
Key: Djurgardens IF, Eskilstuna United DFF, IFK Goteborg, IFK Kalmar, Kristianstad, Linkopings, Rosengard
So, that's the groups, and next time we will see how Group A pans out!