Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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The Norway women's national football team has represented Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. They were runners up in 1991. They won the following tournament in 1995. They also reached the fourth place in 1999 and in 2007.

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1991 World Cup

Lineups in Women's World Cup Finals NOR-USA (women) 1991-11-30.svg
Lineups in Women's World Cup Finals

Norway had five wins and a draw in the European Championship qualification. In the quarter-final against Hungary they won 2–1 at home, followed by 0–2 away. In the European Championship finals, Denmark was defeated after scoreless 100 minutes (the regular game time was 2 × 40 minutes at that time) – on a penalty shootout. The final against Germany also went into extra time, in which the Germans won 3–1.

In the People's Republic of China Norway was in the group with the host, Denmark and New Zealand. In the first game they lost 0–4 against the Chinese women. The second game against New Zealand was won 4–0. Linda Medalen was the first Norwegian to score a World Cup goal following an own goal by Terry McCahill. In the match for second place of the group they defeated the Danes 2–1 and thus reached the quarter-finals. Opponents in the quarter-finals were then the Italians. Norway took the lead twice, but the Italians equalized in extra time. The final score was 3–2 to Norway. In the semifinals against Sweden the Norwegians won 4–1 in the final. Final opponents were the United States, who had previously won all matches. Although Linda Medalen was able to equalize the United States's lead with her sixth goal, Michelle Akers secured the US Women's 2–1 victory with her second final goal. [1]

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (H)3210103+75Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 320165+14
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 311164+23
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3003111−100
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 4–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 65,000 [2]
Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 4–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 12,000 [2]
Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 2–1 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 15,500 [2]
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)

Quarter-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 3–2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
Attendance: 13,000 [2]
Referee: Rafael Rodríguez Medina (El Salvador)

Semi-finals

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg 1–4 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 16,000 [2]
Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

Final

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 63,000 [2]
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)

1995 World Cup

For the World Cup in the neighboring country the Norwegians qualified as semi-finalist of the European Championship 1995. In the Qualification, Norway won five wins and a draw against Finland, Hungary and Czech Republic. In the quarter-finals, Norway prevailed with two wins against Italy and was thus qualified for the World Cup. In the semi-final they won the first leg against Sweden 4: 3, but lost in Sweden with 1: 4.

At the World Cup in Sweden, they met in the first match Nigeria and won 8–0. A 2–0 win over England followed by a 7–0 win over World Cup rookie Canada. In the quarter-final against Denmark, they then had to accept the 3–1 first goal. In the semifinals, there was then a rematch for the previous World Cup final. This time, the Norwegians had the better end for themselves and won 1–0. Thus, the United States had lost a World Cup match for the first time. Final opponent was Germany and in the pouring rain, Hege Riise and Marianne Pettersen made the decision for the Norwegians shortly before half-time. This was Norway for the first time world champion. [3] Already with the entry into the quarterfinals, Norway had also qualified for the first women's football tournament at the Olympic Games 1996 in which only the eight best teams of the World Cup could participate.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3300170+179Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of England.svg  England 32016606
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3012513−81
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3012514−91
Source: FIFA
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 8–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
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Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 2–0 Flag of England.svg  England
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Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 5,520
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 7–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)


Quarter-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 3–1 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 4,655
Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

Semi-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg 0–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 2,893
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Final

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 0–2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 17,158
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

1999 World Cup

Unlike the men's World Cup, where the defending champion was automatically qualified until 2002, the defending champion had to qualify for the women's second World Cup. For the third World Cup, UEFA then set up separate qualifiers for the first time and to date the only continental association. In the qualification, Norway met the final opponent of 1995 as well as the Netherlands and England. With four wins, a draw and a defeat in Germany, Norway took first place with one point ahead of Germany and qualified directly for the World Cup. Germany, which had lost except in Norway also in the Netherlands, qualified for the playoffs of the runners-up against the Ukraine also for the World Cup finals.

In the US, the Norwegians won their opening game against World Cup newcomer Russia with 2: 1. Against Canada followed then a 7: 1 and against Japan a 4–0. In the quarter-finals Sweden was again the opponent and Norway reached the semi-finals with a 3–1 win for the third time in a row. There, China was superior and won 5–0. The match for the third place match against Brazil was scoreless for 90 minutes. Due to the subsequent final, no extra time was played and immediately a penalty shoot-out set, which Brazil won 5: 4. Fourth, however, Norway had qualified for the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games 2000 alongside the host Australia only the seven best teams in the World Cup could participate. There Norway then won the Olympic gold medal and became the second team after the USA, which was both continental champion, world champion and Olympic champion.

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3300132+119Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3201103+76
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3012312−91
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3012110−91
Source: FIFA


Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 2–1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 14,873
Referee: Zuo Xiudi (China PR)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 7–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
Attendance: 16,448
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 4–0 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 34,256
Referee: Marisela Contreras (Venezuela)


Quarter-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 3–1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Spartan Stadium, San Jose
Attendance: 21,411
Referee: Im Eun-ju (South Korea)


Semi-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 0–5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 28,986
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)


Third place play-off

2003 World Cup

Actually, the 2003 World Cup should take place again in People's Republic of China. Due to the SARS epidemic, the tournament was temporarily relocated to the United States. Thus the World Cup took place for the second time in the USA. In the Qualification, Norway met France, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. With five wins and a draw, Norway qualified as group winners for the World Cup. The second-placed French also succeeded in the playoffs of the group second qualifying by a 2–0 and a 1–1 draw against Denmark.

In the USA, they met again in the first group match on the qualification opponents France and won 2–0. They then lost to Brazil 4–1 but lost 7–1 to South Korea's South Korea to reach the quarter-finals as group winners. Here again the USA were the opponents and after a 0: 1 was not reached the semi-final for the first time. In this case, the United States but then failed to Germany, so that they could not defend their title. With the quarter-finals, Norway had also missed the qualification for the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games alongside the host Greece only the two best European Teams of the World Cup could participate, which Norway had no chance to defend the title as Olympic champion.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 321082+67Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3201105+56
3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 311123−14
4Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 3003111−100
Source: FIFA
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 2–0 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
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Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Attendance: 24,347 [4]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–4 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 16,316 [4]
Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg 1–7 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 14,356 [4]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)


Quarter-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 25,103 [5]
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

2007 World Cup

Four years later, the World Cup took place for the second time in the People's Republic of China. In the Qualification, Norway met Ukraine, Italy, Serbia and Greece. With seven wins and a draw, the Norwegians prevailed sovereign.

In the first game of the final they met Canada. [6] After two high wins in previous finals, only 2–1 was enough and only 1–1 in the second game against Australia. [7] However, Ghana were followed by a 7–2, with Ragnhild Gulbrandsen alone scoring three goals. [8] Norway were group winners and met host China in the quarter-finals. [9] With 1: 0, the Norwegians could retaliate for the semi-final defeat eight years earlier and move into the semifinals. Here they met defending champion Germany and lost 0–3. [10] Germany was then able to win the final against Brazil and be the first team to defend the world title and remain without conceding in the tournament. Norway, however, lost the third/fourth place play-off against the United States with 1: 4 and thus for the first time in a World Cup three games. [11] However, with the semi-final draw, Norway had secured the qualification for the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games, which was only attended by the three best European teams in the World Cup.

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3210104+67Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 312074+35
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311174+34
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3003315−120
Source: FIFA
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 2–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 30,752 [12]
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835 [12]
Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 7–2 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
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Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 43,817 [12]
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

Quarter-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 52,000 [12]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)


Semi-finals

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 3–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 53,819 [12]
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

Third place play-off

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 31,000 [12]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

2011 World Cup

For the World Cup in Germany qualifying the Norwegians won with seven wins and a draw against the Netherlands, Belarus, Slovakia and Macedonia. It Isabell Herlovsen in the 14–0 victory over Macedonia six goals. With the 4: 0 on the penultimate round in Slovakia, Norway qualified ahead of schedule for the play-offs of the group winners, which were necessary this time. With 1: 0 and 2: 0 Ukraine was defeated and booked the ticket to the World Cup.

In Germany, Norway was wound up in a group with World Cup freshman Equatorial Guinea, runner-up Brazil and Australia. In the first game against the World Cup newcomer, the Norwegians did a long time hard and came only in the 84th minute to redeeming 1: 0, which then remained. Against Brazil followed then a 0–3 defeat. The final game against Australia was then for second place. Although Norway went 1–0 in the 56th minute, but had to accept the postponed compensation. As the Australians had the better goal difference, this draw was enough for them to move into the quarter-finals, so Norway pushed for the winner, but had to accept the 1: 2 in the 87th minute and could not compensate this. Thus Norway dropped out for the first time in the preliminary round and thus could not qualify for the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games 2012 in which only the two best European teams in the World Cup and Britain could participate as hosts. Group winners Brazil and Australia failed but both in the quarterfinals.

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 330070+79Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 320154+16
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 310225−33
4Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 300327−50
Source: FIFA
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–0 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
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Impuls Arena, Augsburg
Attendance: 12,928 [13]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 26,067 [14]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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BayArena, Leverkusen
Attendance: 18,474 [15]
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

2015 World Cup

In the Qualification the Norwegians prevail again. In the group were the Netherlands, who qualified for the World Cup for the first time through the playoffs, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and for the first time Albania the opponents. After nine victories Norway was qualified on 13 September 2014 as the third European team for the World Cup finals. The last game against the Netherlands was then lost, but could be countered, as the Netherlands had come in the home game against Belgium only to a 1: 1.

In the draw of the groups, the Norwegians were not set and were the group B with Germany against which they had lost the last European Championship final ,Other group opponents included the World Cup newcomers Thailand and the Ivory Coast.

In the group they prevailed sovereign and was only because of the worse goal difference behind Germany second. In the second round Norway lost 1: 2 against England. [16] Norway missed out on qualifying for the Women's Football Tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games, but still had the chance to win the third European Olympic ticket in play-offs against the three other European knockout fans , National coach Pellerud resigned from his post in August, believing the chances of qualifying for the Olympics were higher without him. These were missed in March 2016, when it was enough for only one win and two defeats and thus only the disappointing 4th place.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3210151+147Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 321082+67
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3102310−73
4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3003316−130
Source: FIFA
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 4–0 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
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TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
Attendance: 20,953 [17]
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 1–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
Attendance: 18,987 [18]
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1–3 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Moncton Stadium, Moncton
Attendance: 7,147 [19]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Round of 16

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 1–2 Flag of England.svg  England
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TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
Attendance: 19,829 [20]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

2019 World Cup

In the Qualification for the world cup, the team had to face European champions Netherlands, Ireland, Slovakia and Northern Ireland. After victories against Northern Ireland and Slovakia, the Norwegians lost 0–1 in the Netherlands. After that, they won all matches, including on the final day of the home game against the Netherlands 2–1. Although this was the direct comparison by the more away away goals for the Dutch women, but since they had come in November at home to Ireland only a goalless draw, they had – although they won all other games – in the end two points less than the Norwegians , which thus achieved the direct qualification.

Group opponents in France were the hosts as well as Nigeria and South Korea. The Norwegians started 3–0 against Nigeria, losing 2–1 to France and securing second place with a 2–1 win against South Korea. In the last sixteen they met Australia. As it was 1: 1 after 120 minutes, it came to the penalty shoot-out, the Norwegians won 4: 1. In the quarter-final against England they came in the third minute in arrears and conceded shortly before the break, the second goal. In the second half, they could not take advantage of several opportunities, but instead collected the third goal. [21] The departure did not qualify them for the 2020 Olympics.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (H)330071+69Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 320163+36
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 310224−23
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 300318−70
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 3–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
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Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 11,058 [22]
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 34,872 [23]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg 1–2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 13,034 [24]
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 0–3 Flag of England.svg  England
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Stade Océane, Le Havre
Attendance: 21,111 [26]
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

2023 World Cup

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 312020+25Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 311161+54
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (H)31111104
4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 310218−73
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg 1–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Wilkinson Soccerball shade.svg48' Report
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 42,137
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 0–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 10,769
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg 6–0 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
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Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 34,697
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Round of 16

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 3–1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Reiten Soccerball shade.svg20'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 33,042
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

FIFA World Cup record

YearResultMatchesWinsDraws*LossesGFGA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 Runners-up64021410
Flag of Sweden.svg 1995 Champions6600231
Flag of the United States.svg 1999 Fourth Place6411168
Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Quarter-finals4202106
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2007 Fourth Place63121211
Flag of Germany.svg 2011 Group stage310225
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Round of 16421194
Flag of France.svg 2019 Quarter-finals521277
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 Round of 16411274
Total9/9432551410056

Record per Opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
OpponentPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 410337−4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 330016214
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 311134−1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 302134−1
Flag of England.svg  England 310235−2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 310219−8
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 301217−6
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 220011011
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2200927
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2200725
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2200523
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2101413
Flag of France.svg  France 2101321
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1100606
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1100725
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2101532
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1100404
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1100312
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1100321
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1100101
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1010000

Goalscorers

PlayerGoals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Ann Kristin Aarønes 1064
Linda Medalen 9621
Hege Riise 9153
Marianne Pettersen 8332
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 66
Isabell Herlovsen 6222
Solveig Gulbrandsen 4112
Dagny Mellgren 413
Tina Svensson 431
Ada Hegerberg 33
Kristin Sandberg 33
Sophie Román Haug 33
Agnete Carlsen 22
Linda Ørmen 22
Brit Sandaune 211
Ane Stangeland Horpestad 22
Caroline Graham Hansen 211
Guro Reiten 211
Gro Espeseth 11
Emilie Haavi 11
Tone Haugen 11
Birthe Hegstad 11
Lise Klaveness 11
Unni Lehn 11
Randi Leinan 11
Maren Mjelde 11
Anita Rapp 11
Trine Rønning 11
Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland 11
Lene Storløkken 11
Elise Thorsnes 11
Guro Reiten 11
Own goals 41121
Total10014231610122977
Own goals scored for opponents

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    The Thailand women's national football team has represented Thailand at the FIFA Women's World Cup at two stagings of the tournament; they have appeared in the last two tournaments, held in 2015 and 2019.

    The South Korea women's national football team has represented South Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup on four occasions, in 2003, 2015, 2019, and 2023.

    The Canada women's national soccer team has represented Canada at eight of the nine staging's of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament in 1991 is currently the only edition for which they failed to qualify.

    The Argentina women's national football team has represented Argentina at the FIFA Women's World Cup at four stagings of the tournament, in 2003, 2007, 2019 and 2023.


    The France women's national football team has represented France at the FIFA Women's World Cup at five stagings of the tournament, in 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023, they hosted in 2019.

    The Mexico women's national football team has represented Mexico at the FIFA Women's World Cup on three occasions, in 1999, 2011, and 2015.

    References

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    22. ↑ "Match report – Group A – Norway v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
    23. ↑ "Match report – Group A – France v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    24. ↑ "Match report – Group A – Korea Republic v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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    26. ↑ "Match report – Quarter-final – Norway v England" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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