Monday’s Results:
North Korea 4-2 Norway
Argentina 0-6 Canada
Highlights here http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/highlights/video/video=1683845/index.html
Ghana 0-4 USA
Germany 4-0 China
Today’s (Wednesday August 22nd) Games:
At Miyagi
MEXICO v. SWITZERLAND 16.20
The pair’s previous meeting in 2006 finished 4-2 and was Mexico’s first victory in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
JAPAN v. NEW ZEALAND 19.20
Japan’s opening win was the seventh consecutive victory by a host team at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, coming after Germany had won all six of their matches at the 2010 event.
At Saitama
BRAZIL v. NIGERIA 15.00
This is the third FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup match between the two sides, who have one victory apiece. After Nigeria triumphed 3-2 in the first round in 2004, Brazil prevailed 2-1 two years later in the quarter-finals.
ITALY v. KOREA REPUBLIC 18.00
This is the first time that the two teams have squared off in the finals of a FIFA women’s competition.
Tickets are available here:
http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/ticketing/index.html
Monday’s Highlights
Germany notched their ninth victory by four or more goals in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, while USA claimed their eighth.
Monday’s four matches produced a total of 20 goals. The most netted in a single day at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was 22 on 17 August 2002, while 21 August 2006 also yielded 20.
Canada struck five of their six goals against Argentina in the 1st half. In the history of the tournament only Germany have scored more in one half, during their 6-0 defeat of Thailand in 2004. The Germans also bagged five in the first 45 minutes of their meeting with Mexico in 2006, which finished 9-1 to the Europeans.
Germany extended their winning streak in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to eight matches, two short of USA’s ten-match record set between 2002 and 2004. The last time the Germans failed to win was in a 1-0 defeat by USA on 4 December 2008.
Yun Hyon Hi is the second Korea DPR player to have scored in two different editions of the tournament, after Ri Un Hyang was on target in 2006 and 2008. Prior to bagging a brace in yesterday’s match, Yun Hyon Hi had netted against New Zealand in 2010.
Argentina’s 6-0 beating from Canada is their heaviest defeat in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Monday was not the first time that Norway had lost to Korea DPR despite fighting back from 2-0 down. The same thing happened in 2008, only on that occasion the final score was 3-2 to the North Koreans.
Maya Hayes is the third USA player to score a hat-trick in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, after Kelly Wilson in 2002 and Sydney Leroux in 2010. By contrast Adriana Leon’s treble came a full eight years after Canada’s last hat-trick in the tournament, which was scored by Brittany Timko in 2004 against Thailand. Going back even further, their compatriot Christine Sinclair had fired a five-goal salvo against England in 2002.
Average attendance so far, after 8 matches is 4,526 – based on the number of spectators and not by tickets sold.
TOMORROW:
Kobe sees DPRK Korea v. Argentina (16.00) and Norway v. Canada (19.00)
Hiroshima hosts Ghana v. Germany (16.00) and USA v China (19.00)