Women's World Cup 2015

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Group E:

Brazil open with a win that saw Marta become the all-time leading scorer in the finals, surpassing Germany's Birgit Prinz to move on to 15 World Cup goals. Team-mate Formiga became the oldest World Cup scorer of all-time at the age of 37.

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Last 16 line-up as it stands: (rankings have been used as a tie-breaker where necessary in this instance)

Netherlands v Japan
USA v Costa Rica
Germany v China
France v Spain
Brazil v Sweden
Cameroon v Colombia
Norway v Mexico
Canada v Nigeria

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Group B:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+10	4
2		2	+4	4
3		1	-4	0
4		1	-10	0

After Germany dominated the first half, Norway fought back and equalised with a terrific 20-yard free-kick. Germany maintain the advantage in the group on goal difference.

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Group A:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+1	4
2		2	0	3
3		2	0	3
4		2	-1	1

Canada are top despite being held to a goalless draw by New Zealand. The match was suspended for half an hour early on due to lightning. After the resumption, New Zealand missed a penalty.

China's fate was determined by an injury time goal for the second time in the tournament but this time the result went their way as they beat Holland to go 2nd.

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Group B:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+10	4
2		2	+4	4
3		2	-3	3
4		2	-11	0

In a brilliantly exciting game, Thailand picked up their first ever World Cup win with victory over the Ivory Coast, but the African side will wonder how they didn't take all three points, let alone one, missing chance after chance and hitting the woodwork at least four times.

[o]

Yeah, I saw some of the highlights of that Ivory Coast v Thailand game, great stuff!

[Razzle Dazzle]

poor angie ponce not the kinda hatrick you want, two own goals and a penalty in a 10-1 defeat

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Group C:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+2	6
2		2	+8	3
3		2	+5	3
4		2	-15	0

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Group D:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+2	4
2		2	0	3
3		2	0	2
4		2	-2	1

[paulgilb]

In a brilliantly exciting game, Thailand picked up their first ever World Cup win with victory over the Ivory Coast, but the African side will wonder how they didn't take all three points, let alone one, missing chance after chance and hitting the woodwork at least four times.

Even more frustratingly for the Ivorians, Thailand's 3rd goal was offside.

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Group F:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+2	4
2		2	0	3
3		2	-1	3
4		2	-1	1

England put themselves right back in the World Cup with victory over Mexico. Second half goals from Fran Kirby and Karen Carney put them 2-0 up before an injury time goal for Mexico ensured a nervous finish.

However, the big result in the group was Colombia's win over France, which puts the Colombians top of the group and sends the strongly-fancied French down to 3rd.

[Shireblogger]

Given France are likely to beat Mexico, and finish on 6 points, this means a draw with Colombia will leave England 3rd. Question is, will 4 points make them one of the best 3rd placed finishers ?

[Tom]

Jun 14, 2015 8:16:43 GMT 1 Shireblogger said:

Given France are likely to beat Mexico, and finish on 6 points, this means a draw with Colombia will leave England 3rd. Question is, will 4 points make them one of the best 3rd placed finishers ?

I think we need to be looking to beat Columbia. Don't want to have to worry about other permutations.

An expected win, but good to see Fran score  Thought she had a great game. I was only saying to someone during the day that she doesn't tend to score scruffy goals and that she shouldn't be playing for Reading next season if they're not in WSL1, especially if she scores in the World Cup. Last night was only the start, there's more goals to come from her.

[o]

Has the Nigerian been banned for that awful off the ball elbow?

[paulgilb]

After 2 matches each, the following teams are guaranteed a place in the last 16:

Japan
Brazil (guaranteed top of group)

The following teams are guaranteed at least third place in their group:

Canada
Germany
Norway
USA
Colombia

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Group E:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
1		2	+3	6
2		2	0	2
3		2	-1	1
4		2	-2	1

Brazil are through to the last 16 as group winners after victory over Spain. Costa Rica scored a late equaliser against South Korea to move into 2nd place.

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3rd place table:
1. Cameroon 2-3 (+5)
2. Netherlands 2-3 (0)
3. France 2-3 (-1)
4. Thailand 2-3 (-3)
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5. Sweden 2-2 (0)
6. Spain 2-1 (-1)



Last 16 line-up as it stands:
China v Switzerland
USA v France
Germany v Netherlands
Colombia v Costa Rica
Brazil v Australia
Japan v Thailand
Norway v England
Canada v Cameroon

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Jun 14, 2015 8:16:43 GMT 1 Shireblogger said:

Given France are likely to beat Mexico, and finish on 6 points, this means a draw with Colombia will leave England 3rd. Question is, will 4 points make them one of the best 3rd placed finishers ?

Almost certainly. Thailand are unlikely to get anything against Germany. If Sweden beat Australia, Australia would drop to 3rd with 3 points, and Nigeria must beat the USA to move off the bottom of that group.

Given the way the draw is panning out, the best scenario would be a draw with Colombia and France drawing with Mexico to keep England 2nd, as that half of the draw looks much easier.

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Group B:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Q		3	+14	7
Q		3	+6	7
3		3	-7	3
4		3	-13	0

Routine wins for Germany and Norway put them through to the next round. Germany will play one of the third-place qualifiers. Norway will play the runners-up from England's group. Thailand finish 3rd but with a goal difference of -7, are highly unlikely to qualify unless Sweden and Nigeria both lose their final games and Spain and South Korea draw.

3rd place table:
1. Cameroon 2-3 (+5)
2. Netherlands 2-3 (0)
3. France 2-3 (-1)
4. Thailand 3-3 (-7)
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5. Sweden 2-2 (0)
6. Spain 2-1 (-1)

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Group A:

Pos	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Q		3	+1	5
Q		3	0	4
3		3	0	4
4		3	-1	2

Canada and China both progress, while Holland have a decent chance of qualifying with 4 points. Those results mean England will definitely go through with a score draw against Colombia. The position could become even clearer after tonight's games.