Group A of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of eight groups that formed the opening round of the tournament with the matches played from 20 to 30 July 2023.[1] The group consisted of hosts New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines and Switzerland. The top two teams, Switzerland and Norway, advanced to the round of 16.[2]
New Zealand became the first FIFA Women's World Cup host country to be eliminated in the group stage; it was also the sixth consecutive exit in which New Zealand had failed to advance past the first round. While this was the fifth time Norway finished second in a Women's World Cup group, this was Switzerland's first experience of topping a group in the tournament's history.
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings | |
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| A1 |  New Zealand |
1 | OFC | Hosts | 25 June 2020 | 6th | 2019 | Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 22 | 26 |
| A2 |  Norway |
2 | UEFA | UEFA Group F winners | 2 September 2022 | 9th | 2019 | Winners (1995) | 12 | 12 |
| A3 |  Philippines |
4 | AFC | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalists | 30 January 2022 | 1st | — | Debut | 53 | 46 |
| A4 |  Switzerland |
3 | UEFA | UEFA play-off best ranked winners | 11 October 2022 | 2nd | 2015 | Round of 16 (2015) | 21 | 20 |
Notes
- ^ The rankings of October 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Switzerland
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | New Zealand (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Philippines
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group A, Switzerland, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, Spain.
- The runners-up of Group A, Norway, advanced to play the winners of Group C, Japan.
Matches
All times listed are local, NZST (UTC+12).
New Zealand vs Norway
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Philippines vs Switzerland
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New Zealand vs Philippines
This was only the second ever win for a Southeast Asian country (excluding Australia which geographically is not in Southeast Asia) at a senior World Cup (male or female) and the first since Thailand beat Ivory Coast in the 2015 Women's World Cup.
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Philippines |
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Switzerland vs Norway
| Switzerland | 0–0 | Norway |
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Switzerland vs New Zealand
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Norway vs Philippines
| Norway | 6–0 | Philippines |
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Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group had the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[2]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
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1 | 1 | –2 | ||||||||||
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2 | –2 | |||||||||||
| Philippines
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –7 | ||||||||
See also
- New Zealand at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- Philippines at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- Switzerland at the FIFA Women's World Cup
References
- ^ "Match schedule: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Regulations: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Wilkinson: This is the greatest day of my life". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
External links
This page was last edited on 19 November 2023, at 09:16