[Sports News]In the Women’s World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand in the summer vacation, all 32 participating teams were released after the final play-offs. The Caribbean island nation of Haiti and its neighbor Panama have also narrowly defeated their opponents, and together with the narrowly defeated Portugal, they entered the final week for the first time. Haiti’s opponents in the same group and the European Cup champion England continued to be strong, defending the Quartet Cup hosted by themselves.
After the qualifiers on all continents, 29 teams have qualified for the Women’s World Cup held this summer, and the remaining three seats will be born in the final play-offs a few days ago. Portugal, Cameroon, Thailand, Chile, Haiti, Senegal, Chinese Taipei, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea and Panama are divided into three groups to qualify.
Haiti and Panama, who also ranked third in the two groups in the Central and North American qualifiers, were divided into Group A and Group C for the match. In Group A, Haiti beat Senegal 4-0 first, and then in the final, the new star Melchie Dumornay, who will join Lyon in Ligue 1 during the summer vacation, scored a goal in stoppage time in the second half and defeated Chile 2-1. World Cup final week.
As for Group C, Panama faced Chinese Taipei for the first time. They scored two consecutive goals in two minutes from 80 to 81 minutes to catch up, and then eliminated their opponents with a 12-yard shot. Panama also entered the final week for the first time in Group C final against South American Paraguay.
Portugal, the European representative in Group B, waited for work and was seeded to avoid the first round. In the final against Cameroon, the representative of Africa, Diana Gomes opened the scoring in 22 minutes, but was caught up in 89 minutes. As a result, Portugal narrowly beat Cameroon with a 12-yard goal from Carole Costa in 4 minutes of stoppage time, and staged the country’s “landmark” game in the Women’s World Cup during the summer vacation.
Haiti will be in Group D in the final week, with China, Denmark and the current European Cup champion England. England played in the Arnold Clark Cup hosted by itself in this international season, continuing the good performance of the past two years. After winning South Korea and Italy in the first two games in a row, England’s final game will face Belgium, which also won the same two-game winning streak. The British army, which was the main force in the European Cup, was defeated by Gao Erjiali (Chloe Kelly) first opened the scoring, and then the captain William Chen headed in, leading by two goals at halftime. The two scored multiple goals in the second half, together with Lucy Bronze’s close goal and the opponent’s own goal, they beat Belgium 6-1 to win the championship. Gao Erjiali won the Golden Boot Award, and Lauren James, the younger sister of men’s national football player Les James, became the best player. In the absence of Beth Mead, the best player in the European Cup, the British army remained strong and became one of the favorites to win the World Cup.
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
Group D: England, Haiti, Denmark, China
Group E: United States, Vietnam, Netherlands, Portugal
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama
Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea
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