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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

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.

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									October 2022[nb 1]	June 2023
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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:

• The winners of Group D, England, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Nigeria.
• The runners-up of Group D, Denmark, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Australia.

All times listed are local.

England	1–0	Haiti
Stanway 29' (pen.)	Report

Attendance: 44,369

Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)

GK 1 Mary Earps RB 2 Lucy Bronze CB 6 Millie Bright (c) CB 5 Alex Greenwood LB 16 Jess Carter DM 4 Keira Walsh CM 10 Ella Toone CM 8 Georgia Stanway  45+9' RF 18 Chloe Kelly CF 23 Alessia Russo  76' LF 11 Lauren Hemp  51'  61' Substitutions: FW 7 Lauren James  61' FW 9 Rachel Daly  76' Manager: Sarina Wiegman

GK 1 Kerly Théus RB 13 Betina Petit-Frère CB 3 Jennyfer Limage  31' CB 4 Tabita Joseph LB 20 Kethna Louis RM 7 Batcheba Louis  90+3' CM 9 Sherly Jeudy CM 19 Dayana Pierre-Louis  19' LM 10 Nérilia Mondésir (c) CF 22 Roselord Borgella  78' CF 6 Melchie Dumornay Substitutions: DF 21 Ruthny Mathurin  31' FW 11 Roseline Éloissaint  76' FW 15 Darlina Joseph  90+3' Manager: Nicolas Delépine

Denmark	1–0	China
Vangsgaard 90'	Report

Attendance: 16,989

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

GK 1 Lene Christensen RB 4 Rikke Sevecke  40' CB 3 Stine Ballisager Pedersen CB 5 Simone Boye Sørensen LB 11 Katrine Veje DM 6 Karen Holmgaard CM 2 Josefine Hasbo CM 12 Kathrine Møller Kühl  62' RF 19 Janni Thomsen  85' CF 10 Pernille Harder (c) LF 14 Nicoline Sørensen  72' Substitutions: FW 20 Signe Bruun  62' FW 17 Rikke Madsen  72' FW 9 Amalie Vangsgaard  85' Manager: Lars Søndergaard

GK 12 Xu Huan RB 2 Li Mengwen  85' CB 17 Wu Chengshu  90+1' CB 8 Yao Wei LB 15 Chen Qiaozhu RM 6 Zhang Xin  46' CM 13 Yang Lina CM 10 Zhang Rui LM 19 Zhang Linyan CF 14 Lou Jiahui  78' CF 11 Wang Shanshan (c) Substitutions: FW 7 Wang Shuang  46' MF 9 Shen Mengyu  78' DF 23 Gao Chen  85' MF 21 Gu Yasha  90+1' Manager: Shui Qingxia

England	1–0	Denmark
James 6'	Report

Attendance: 40,439

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

GK 1 Mary Earps RB 2 Lucy Bronze CB 6 Millie Bright (c) CB 5 Alex Greenwood LB 9 Rachel Daly DM 4 Keira Walsh  38' CM 10 Ella Toone  76' CM 8 Georgia Stanway RF 7 Lauren James CF 23 Alessia Russo  76' LF 18 Chloe Kelly Substitutions: MF 17 Laura Coombs  38' FW 11 Lauren Hemp  76' FW 19 Bethany England  76' Manager: Sarina Wiegman

GK 1 Lene Christensen RB 4 Rikke Sevecke CB 3 Stine Ballisager Pedersen  76' CB 5 Simone Boye Sørensen LB 11 Katrine Veje DM 6 Karen Holmgaard  87' CM 2 Josefine Hasbo  71' CM 12 Kathrine Møller Kühl RF 19 Janni Thomsen CF 10 Pernille Harder (c) LF 17 Rikke Madsen  76' Substitutions: FW 9 Amalie Vangsgaard  71' DF 15 Frederikke Thøgersen  76' MF 14 Nicoline Sørensen  76' MF 7 Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen  87' Manager: Lars Søndergaard

China	1–0	Haiti
Wang Shuang 74' (pen.)	Report

Attendance: 12,675

Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

GK 1 Zhu Yu RB 2 Li Mengwen CB 11 Wang Shanshan (c) CB 8 Yao Wei LB 15 Chen Qiaozhu RM 16 Yao Lingwei  82' CM 10 Zhang Rui  29' CM 13 Yang Lina LM 19 Zhang Linyan  88' CF 17 Wu Chengshu  46' CF 14 Lou Jiahui  37' Substitutions: MF 6 Zhang Xin  37' FW 7 Wang Shuang  46' DF 3 Dou Jiaxing  82' FW 18 Tang Jiali  88' Manager: Shui Qingxia

GK 1 Kerly Théus RB 13 Betina Petit-Frère CB 21 Ruthny Mathurin  81' CB 4 Tabita Joseph LB 20 Kethna Louis DM 9 Sherly Jeudy  89' CM 5 Maudeline Moryl  46' CM 19 Dayana Pierre-Louis  81' RF 7 Batcheba Louis  64' CF 22 Roselord Borgella LF 10 Nérilia Mondésir (c) Substitutions: MF 6 Melchie Dumornay  63'  46' FW 11 Roseline Éloissaint  64' DF 2 Chelsea Surpris  81' MF 8 Danielle Étienne  81' FW 17 Shwendesky Joseph  89' Manager: Nicolas Delépine  90+13'

China	1–6	England
Wang Shuang 57' (pen.)	Report	Russo 4' Hemp 26' James 41', 65' Kelly 77' Daly 84'

Attendance: 13,497

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

GK 1 Zhu Yu RB 2 Li Mengwen  75' CB 11 Wang Shanshan (c) CB 8 Yao Wei LB 15 Chen Qiaozhu RM 7 Wang Shuang  75' CM 16 Yao Lingwei  90+3' CM 13 Yang Lina LM 19 Zhang Linyan CF 17 Wu Chengshu  90+3' CF 14 Lou Jiahui  90+11' Substitutions: DF 5 Wu Haiyan  75' MF 21 Gu Yasha  75' DF 3 Dou Jiaxing  90+3' MF 9 Shen Mengyu  90+3' DF 4 Wang Linlin  90+11' Manager: Shui Qingxia

GK 1 Mary Earps CB 16 Jess Carter CB 6 Millie Bright (c) CB 5 Alex Greenwood RM 2 Lucy Bronze  56'  71' CM 8 Georgia Stanway  46' CM 20 Katie Zelem LM 9 Rachel Daly AM 7 Lauren James  81' CF 23 Alessia Russo  71' CF 11 Lauren Hemp  71' Substitutions: MF 17 Laura Coombs  46' FW 18 Chloe Kelly  71' FW 19 Bethany England  71' DF 3 Niamh Charles  71' MF 10 Ella Toone  81' Manager: Sarina Wiegman

Haiti	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Harder 21' (pen.) Troelsgaard 90+10'

Attendance: 17,897

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

GK 1 Kerly Théus RB 13 Betina Petit-Frère  87' CB 4 Tabita Joseph CB 20 Kethna Louis LB 2 Chelsea Surpris RM 7 Batcheba Louis CM 9 Sherly Jeudy CM 19 Dayana Pierre-Louis  67' LM 10 Nérilia Mondésir (c) CF 6 Melchie Dumornay CF 11 Roseline Éloissaint Substitutions: FW 22 Roselord Borgella  67' DF 21 Ruthny Mathurin  87' Manager: Nicolas Delépine

GK 1 Lene Christensen RB 19 Janni Thomsen CB 4 Rikke Sevecke CB 5 Simone Boye Sørensen LB 11 Katrine Veje DM 6 Karen Holmgaard  66'  80' CM 17 Rikke Madsen  63' CM 12 Kathrine Møller Kühl  80' RF 14 Nicoline Sørensen  63' CF 10 Pernille Harder (c)  90+2' LF 9 Amalie Vangsgaard Substitutions: FW 20 Signe Bruun  63' FW 21 Mille Gejl  63' MF 7 Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen  80' MF 2 Josefine Hasbo  80' DF 18 Luna Gevitz  90+2' Manager: Lars Søndergaard

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.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Denmark	1								1				–2
England	2								1				–3
Haiti	1				1								–2
China							1						–4

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• England at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• Haiti at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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