Group D of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of eight groups that formed the opening round of the tournament with the matches played from 22 July to 1 August 2023.[1] The group consisted of England, Haiti, Denmark and China. The top two teams, England and Denmark, advanced to the round of 16.[2]
China failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup knockout stage for the first time ever, while England avoided that fate by winning all three group fixtures for only the second time and scoring more group stage goals than ever before. Denmark qualified for the Women's World Cup knockout stage for the first time since 1995, a tournament where both they and England were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
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Last appearance |
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| D1 |  England | 1 | UEFA | UEFA Group D winners | 3 September 2022 | 6th | 2019 | Third place (2015) | 4 | 4 |
| D2 |  Haiti | 4[nb 2] | CONCACAF | Inter-confederation play-off Group B winners | 22 February 2023 | 1st | — | Debut | 56[nb 2] | 53 |
| D3 |  Denmark | 3 | UEFA | UEFA Group E winners | 2 May 2022 | 5th | 2007 | Quarter-finals (1991, 1995) | 18 | 13 |
| D4 |  China | 2 | AFC | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup champions | 30 January 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Runners-up (1999) | 15 | 14 |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of October 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- 1 2 As the identity of the inter-confederation play-off Group B winners was not known at the time of the final draw, positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4.[3]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haiti |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
Matches
All times listed are local.
England vs Haiti
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Denmark vs China
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Vangsgaard  90' |
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England vs Denmark
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China vs Haiti
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| Wang Shuang 74' (pen.) |
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China vs England
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| Wang Shuang 57' (pen.) |
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Haiti vs Denmark
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Discipline
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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1 | 1 | –2 | ||||||||||
| China |
1 | –4 | |||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Match schedule: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Regulations: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ↑ "Draw Procedures for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.