Group G of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of eight groups that formed the opening round of the tournament with the matches being played from 23 July to 2 August 2023.[1] The group consisted of Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina. The top two teams, Sweden and South Africa, advanced to the round of 16.[2]
Sweden won a Women's World Cup group for only the second time in tournament's history, and the first since 2011. South Africa advanced to a senior World Cup knockout stage for the first time ever at the expense of Italy, who were eliminated in the Women's World Cup group stage for only the second time ever, and the first since 1999. This was also statistically Italy's worst Women's World Cup performance; they only recorded three points (one less than in 1999), and for the first time ever finished with a negative goal difference.
Teams edit
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
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| G1 |  Sweden |
1 | UEFA | UEFA Group A winners | 12 April 2022 | 9th | 2019 | Runners-up (2003) | 2 | 3 |
| G2 |  South Africa |
4 | CAF | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions | 14 July 2022 | 2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) | 54 | 54 |
| G3 |  Italy |
2 | UEFA | UEFA Group G winners | 6 September 2022 | 4th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (1991, 2019) | 14 | 16 |
| G4 |  Argentina |
3 | CONMEBOL | 2022 Copa América Femenina third place | 29 July 2022 | 4th | 2019 | Group stage (2003, 2007, 2019) | 29 | 28 |
Notes
- ^ The rankings of October 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Africa
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Italy
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Argentina
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group G, Sweden, advanced to play the runners-up of Group E, the United States.
- The runners-up of Group G, South Africa, advanced to play the winners of Group E, the Netherlands.
Matches edit
All times listed are local, NZST (UTC+12).
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Discipline edit
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]
- 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.
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Match schedule: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Regulations: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 14 December 2022.