Switzerland 0-0 New Zealand: Fifa Women's World Cup co-hosts eliminated

New Zealand are eliminated having won one, drew 1 and mislaid 1 of their 3 radical matches astatine the Women's World Cup

Tournament co-hosts New Zealand were knocked retired of the Fifa Women's World Cup arsenic Switzerland got the gully they needed to beforehand arsenic Group A winners.

Jacqueline Hand deed the station for New Zealand but they could not get the triumph they needed to enactment successful the competition.

They go the archetypal big federation to neglect to marque it past the radical phase.

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It was a tame and disappointing extremity to the tourney for New Zealand, who had beaten Norway 1-0 successful the World Cup's opening match.

A daze 1-0 nonaccomplishment connected Tuesday successful Wellington against the Philippines, the lowest ranked federation successful Group A, near New Zealand's qualification successful the balance, though their destiny was inactive successful their hands earlier their last lucifer successful Dunedin.

But, successful a crippled they needed to win, they failed to person a azygous changeable connected people successful the opening 70 minutes against Switzerland.

With the Europeans themselves lone 1 extremity distant from elimination, it became choky and tense with neither broadside capable to make galore clear-cut opportunities.

Tearful and disappointing extremity to New Zealand's campaign

A fig of New Zealand players were successful tears astatine the last whistle, with their squad eliminated connected extremity difference.

This was the country's sixth quality astatine a Women's World Cup, but they had not won immoderate of their erstwhile 15 matches earlier Hannah Wilkinson scored the lone extremity successful their 2023 opener arsenic they bushed Norway successful beforehand of a assemblage of 42,137.

But the nonaccomplishment to the Philippines, a broadside ranked 20 places beneath them, was the 1 that proved crucial.

New Zealand, 26th successful the world, did not springiness their supporters overmuch to cheer astir against Switzerland arsenic they had to hold until the 74th infinitesimal to spot the hosts person their archetypal changeable connected people - a anemic effort from Malia Steinmetz consecutive astatine Swiss goalkeeper Gaelle Thalmann.

The Football Ferns past had a tame header connected people from Claudia Bunge, earlier 8 minutes of wounded time.

New Zealand goalkeeper Victoria Esson went up for a country and 2 free-kicks, getting her caput connected 1 of the free-kicks, lone to nonstop her effort good disconnected target.

But the hosts could not get a extremity arsenic Switzerland hung connected to determination into the past 16 for the 2nd time, aft besides doing truthful successful their erstwhile quality successful 2015.

They volition play the runners-up successful Group C, the losers of Monday's Spain v Japan game, successful the archetypal of the knockout matches connected Saturday, 5 August.