Group F of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 11 to 20 June 2019. [1] The group consisted of Chile, Sweden, Thailand and the United States. [2] The top two teams, the United States and Sweden, advanced to the round of 16. [3] It was the fifth successive World Cup (and the sixth from seven tournaments played) in which Sweden and the United States were drawn together in the group stage.
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
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December 2018 [nb 1] | March 2019 | |||||||||
F1 | United States | 1 | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Women's Championship champions | 14 October 2018 | 8th | 2015 | Winners (1991, 1999, 2015) | 1 | 1 |
F2 | Thailand | 3 | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup 4th place | 12 April 2018 | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage (2015) | 29 | 34 |
F3 | Chile | 4 | CONMEBOL | Copa América Femenina runners-up | 22 April 2018 | 1st | — | Debut | 38 | 39 |
F4 | Sweden | 2 | UEFA | UEFA Group 4 winners | 4 September 2018 | 8th | 2015 | Runners-up (2003) | 9 | 9 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
All times listed are local, CEST (UTC+2). [1]
At 19:30 CEST, in the 72nd minute, the match was interrupted due to severe weather. The match resumed at 20:12 CEST. [4]
Chile [6] | Sweden [6] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [6] |
The United States opened their defence of their Women's World Cup title with a 13–0 victory against Thailand, setting a new record for the largest margin of victory in the tournament's history, as well as the most goals in a match. [7] Alex Morgan scored five times, tying a tournament and team record set by Michelle Akers for most goals scored by a player in a single World Cup match, while four of her teammates scored their first World Cup goals in their debut at the tournament. [8] [9] The U.S. team were later criticised for celebrating their later goals during the match, with some media commentators and former players calling it disrespectful, [10] but the celebrations were defended by other media commentators, the team's players and members of the opposing Thai bench. [11] [12]
United States | 13–0 | Thailand |
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United States [14] | Thailand [14] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [14] |
Sweden [16] | Thailand [16] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [16] |
The United States fielded a reserve squad with seven changes to the starting lineup to rest its players ahead of the final group stage match against Sweden. [17] Carli Lloyd scored in the 11th minute from the edge of the penalty area and Julie Ertz added a second with a header on a corner kick in the 26th minute. Lloyd scored her second goal of the match in the 35th minute, heading in another corner kick, and missed a penalty kick in the 81st minute that would have given her a hat-trick. [18] Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler made several major saves as her team was outshot 26–1, and was named the player of the match for her efforts. [18] With her brace, Carli Lloyd set a new record for most consecutive World Cup appearances with a goal, having scored six matches in a row (starting in the 2015 knockout stage), surpassing the record of German forward Birgit Prinz from 2003. [19]
United States | 3–0 | Chile |
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United States [21] | Chile [21] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [21] |
Sweden [23] | United States [23] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [23] |
Thailand [25] | Chile [25] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: [25] |
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied, or if teams had the same record in the ranking of third-placed teams. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [3]
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Sweden | 1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
United States | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
Chile | 2 | 3 | −5 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 1 | 2 | 2 | −5 |
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