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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

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. 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.

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

Notes

Standings

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 ().

New Zealand vs Norway

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Philippines vs Switzerland

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New Zealand vs Philippines

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Switzerland vs Norway

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Switzerland vs New Zealand

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Norway vs 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:

  • 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.

See also

References

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