Group B 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 31 July 2023. [1] The group consisted of hosts Australia, the Republic of Ireland, Nigeria and Canada. The top two teams, Australia and Nigeria, advanced to the round of 16. [2]
Canada became the first reigning Olympic champions to be eliminated in the subsequent Women's World Cup group stage. A win against Canada ensured Australia avoided a first group stage elimination since 2003, and following the elimination of fellow hosts New Zealand, assured every Women's World Cup up to 2023 had a host country participating in the knockouts. Nigeria progressed to the knockout stage for only the third time in their ninth Women's World Cup.
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
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B1 | Australia | 1 | AFC | Hosts | 25 June 2020 | 8th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015) | 13 | 10 |
B2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | UEFA | UEFA play-offs second-best ranked winners | 11 October 2022 | 1st | — | Debut | 24 | 22 |
B3 | Nigeria | 4 | CAF | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations fourth place | 14 July 2022 | 9th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (1999) | 45 | 40 |
B4 | Canada | 2 | CONCACAF | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship runners-up | 8 July 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Fourth place (2003) | 7 | 7 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
All times listed are local.
The match was originally scheduled to take place at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney. However, FIFA confirmed in late January 2023 that the match would be moved to Stadium Australia, Sydney, due to significant interest in tickets. [3]
Australia | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Canada | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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Australia | 2–3 | Nigeria |
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Canada | Australia |
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Republic of Ireland | Nigeria |
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Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group should 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]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Australia | 1 | 2 | –3 | ||||||||||
Republic of Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | –3 | |||||||||
Canada | 2 | 2 | –4 | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 2 | –7 |
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