Group B of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 8 to 17 June 2019.[1] The group consisted of China PR, Germany, South Africa and Spain.[2] The top two teams, Germany and Spain, along with the third-placed team, China PR (as one of the four best third-placed teams), advanced to the round of 16.[3]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings | |
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December 2018[nb 1] | March 2019 | |||||||||
B1 | Germany | 1 | UEFA | UEFA Group 5 winners | 4 September 2018 | 8th | 2015 | Winners (2003, 2007) | 2 | 2 |
B2 | China | 3 | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup 3rd place | 9 April 2018 | 7th | 2015 | Runners-up (1999) | 15 | 16 |
B3 | Spain | 2 | UEFA | UEFA Group 7 winners | 8 June 2018 | 2nd | 2015 | Group stage (2015) | 12 | 13 |
B4 | South Africa | 4 | CAF | Africa Women Cup of Nations runners-up | 27 November 2018 | 1st | — | Debut | 48 | 49 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
All times listed are local, CEST (UTC+2).[1]
Germany[5]
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China PR[5]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[5]
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Spain | 3–1 | South Africa |
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Spain[7]
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South Africa[7]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[7]
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Germany[9]
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Spain[9]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[9]
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South Africa | 0–1 | China |
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South Africa[11]
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China PR[11]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[11]
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South Africa | 0–4 | Germany |
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Report |
South Africa[13]
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Germany[13]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[13]
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China PR[15]
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Spain[15]
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[15]
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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. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3]
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Spain | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | −3 | |||||||||
China | 4 | 1 | −5 | ||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −9 |