2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G
Group G of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is one of eight groups that form the opening round of the tournament with the matches being played from 23 July to 2 August 2023.[1] The group consists of Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16.[2]
Teams
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings | |
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October 2022[nb 1] | June 2023 | |||||||||
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group G will advance to play the runners-up of Group E.
- The runners-up of Group G will advance to play the winners of Group E.
Matches
All times listed are local, NZST (UTC+12).
Sweden vs South Africa
Sweden | 2–1 | South Africa |
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Report | Magaia 48' |
Sweden
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South Africa
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Italy vs Argentina
Italy
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Argentina
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Argentina vs South Africa
Argentina | Match 27 | South Africa |
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Report |
Argentina
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South Africa
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Assistant referees:
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Sweden vs Italy
Sweden | Match 30 | Italy |
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Report |
Assistant referees:
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Argentina vs Sweden
South Africa vs Italy
Discipline
Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams are tied. These are 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 will be applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||
Italy | 2 | −2 | |||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | −2 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 4 | −4 |
See also
- Argentina at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup
- Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup
References
- ^ "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.