Group A of the

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took place from 7 to 17 June 2019. The group consisted of hosts

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. 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

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: * The winners of Group A, France, advanced to play the third-placed team of

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. * The runners-up of Group A, Norway, advanced to play the runners-up of

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. * The third-placed team of Group A, Nigeria, advanced to play the winners of

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(as one of the four best third-placed teams).

Matches

All times listed are local, CEST (

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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 A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than", or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak ...

. 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

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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
FIFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Group A 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