Women’s World Cup LIVE: USA and England face group stage deciders

Jump to content Sign up to our newsletters Subscribe News Sport Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Close England fans celebrate at Boxpark as Lionesses score against Denmark in World Cup England and the United States will look to book their place in the knockout rounds of the Women’s World Cup as the group stage deciders continue in Australia and New Zealand. The Lionesses face China in their final fixture of Group D, with the Lionesses knowing that a win or a draw would be enough to seal top spot and confirm a meeting with Nigeria in the last-16. Sarina Wiegman’s side will be without key midfielder Keira Walsh and their hopes of reaching the knockout stages will be in danger should they lose to China, with Denmark facing Haiti for the other qualification spot. Elsewhere, the United States must avoid defeat to Portugal in order to advance to the last-16 and keep their title defence alive. Defeat would see the defending champions eliminated, with Netherlands facing Vietnam in the other Group E decider. Follow the latest World Cup scores, updates and news in today’s live blog: Women’s World Cup continues in Australia and New Zealand USA battle Portugal for last-16 spot in Group E decider (08:00am BST) England can qualify for last-16 with win or draw against China (11:00am BST) Women’s World Cup group standings: How can each team qualify? Women’s World Cup TV schedule: How to watch every match today 1690867267 Nigeria were disappointed to come away from their final Women’s World Cup group game against Ireland with just a point but would have gladly accepted it before kick-off if they knew it meant reaching the last 16, coach Randy Waldrum said. Nigeria started the game top of the Group B standings but the 0-0 draw allowed co-hosts Australia to move up to first place after they thrashed Canada 4-0, meaning the African side look on course to face England in the last 16. A pay dispute has overshadowed their campaign, with the outspoken Waldrum saying he was owed seven months’ wages and some of his players had not been paid in two years. But the American coach said he was proud of what his side achieved despite the complaints. ‘I just told them that two years ago, when we started this journey, so many things went well and so many things didn’t go well. They never gave up, they continued to believe,’ a smiling Waldrum said after they sealed qualification for the last 16. ‘You know, I was actually disappointed in the second half because we could have won the match. So it almost feels disappointing that we didn’t get the result, the three points. But all of us would have taken this result before we started the match just to know we got through.’ Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:21 1690866847 Sam Kerr remained on the bench but thankfully for Australia, they did not need her. In a must-win match, the co-hosts did much more to keep their World Cup alive: thrashing the Olympic champions Canada to reach the knockout stages and restoring belief that looked to have been lost in the shock defeat to Nigeria. With it, Group B was flipped on its head: Ireland’s draw with Nigeria means Australia advance as group winners, avoiding a potential clash with England in the last-16. Kerr could yet return for that, but Australia finally found a way to play without their star striker and captain. It came at the perfect time with the Matildas facing elimination and a World Cup dream that was instead turning into a nightmare. Kerr was back on the bench after missing Australia’s opening two games with a calf injury, but against Canada they were instead lifted by another returning star in Mary Fowler. Australia 4-0 Canada: Facing an early elimination, the co-hosts cruised into the last-16 with their biggest ever World Cup win Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:14 1690866547 – The USA will qualify for the last-16 as long as they do not lose to Portugal. They will finish top of Group E if Netherlands draw or lose, or if they win by a greater margin than the Dutch. – The Netherlands will qualify with a win or draw against Vietnam. The Netherlands could still qualify with a defeat, as long as they had a better goal difference than the USA. – Portugal will reach the last-16 if they beat the USA but will be out if they lose. If Portugal draw, they would require the Netherlands to lose Vietnam by at least two goals. – Cannot qualify for the knockout stages. Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:09 1690866367 It’s crunch time at the Women’s World Cup with the final round of fixtures in the group stages set to decide who will advance to the knockouts. It has been a tournament of shocks and surprises so far, with Nigeria stunning Australia and Colombia’s last-gasp win over Germany standing out as the biggest results of the World Cup. There are set to be more twists and turns as the final matches of the group stages are played out – with the top two teams in each group advancing to the last-16. With everything to play for across several groups, here’s what each team needs to reach the knockout stages. The USA, Netherlands and Portugal can all still qualify from Group E Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:06 1690866127 Group E: Vietnam vs Netherlands (08:00, Dunedin) – ITV 4 Group E: Portugal vs USA (08:00, Auckland) – ITV 1 Group D: Haiti vs Denmark (12:00, Perth) – ITV 4 Group D: China vs England (12:00, Adelaide) – ITV 1 All games at this years Women’s World Cup will be shown live on the BBC and ITV Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:02 1690866060 England and the United States will look to book their place in the knockout rounds of the Women’s World Cup as the group stage deciders continue in Australia and New Zealand. The Lionesses face China in their final fixture of Group D, with the Lionesses knowing that a win or a draw would be enough to seal top spot and confirm a meeting with Nigeria in the last-16. Sarina Wiegman’s side will be without key midfielder Keira Walsh and their hopes of reaching the knockout stages will be in danger should they lose to China, with Denmark facing Haiti for the other qualification spot. Elsewhere, the United States must avoid defeat to Portugal in order to advance to the last-16 and keep their title defence alive. Defeat would see the defending champions eliminated, with Netherlands facing Vietnam in the other Group E decider. Follow the latest World Cup scores, updates and news in today’s live blog: Jamie Braidwood 1 August 2023 06:01 Women’s World Cup England women Lionesses Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in