LIVE: Matildas score 'unique' World Cup tune-up

The Cup of Nations presents the cleanable accidental for Australia - and the 3 different competing squads - to tune up earlier the Women's World Cup successful July.

The Matildas volition play 3 games - against Czech Republic, Spain, and Jamaica - successful the abstraction of a week, and location ungraded wherever the large FIFA lawsuit volition beryllium held aboriginal successful the year.

Australian manager Tony Gustavsson is excited to tally his squad done its paces successful mentation for the World Cup.

"This is simply a large accidental to sensation what's coming successful the World Cup," helium said of the Cup of Nations.

"That's what it's astir now, grooming for tournaments.

"Three unsocial opponents with precise antithetic tactical preparation, and being capable to bash that successful a abbreviated turn-around... you person precise small clip betwixt games, truthful you request to beryllium capable to cheque retired of 1 crippled and into another.

"And what a large accidental to sensation what's coming, to bash this with the fans, with media, to bash it connected location ungraded and get that tourney feeling going. I'm truly pumped."