Group A of the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...
took place from 7 to 17 June 2019.
The group consisted of hosts
France,
Nigeria,
Norway and
South Korea.
The top two teams, France and Norway, along with the third-placed team, Nigeria (as one of the
four best third-placed teams), advanced to the round of 16.
Teams
Notes
Standings
In the
round of 16:
* The winners of Group A, France, advanced to play the third-placed team of
Group C,
Brazil.
* The runners-up of Group A, Norway, advanced to play the runners-up of
Group C,
Australia
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.
* The third-placed team of Group A, Nigeria, advanced to play the winners of
Group B,
Germany (as one of the
four best third-placed teams).
Matches
All times listed are local,
CEST (
UTC+2).
France vs South Korea
Norway vs Nigeria
Nigeria vs South Korea
France vs Norway
Nigeria vs France
South Korea vs Norway
Discipline
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
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In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of o ...
. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
*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 were applied to a player in a single match.
References
External links
*
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A FIFA.com
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
France at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
South Korea at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Norway at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Nigeria at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup