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·7 September 2024

Brazil and Colombia top FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup groups

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Colombia’s Mary Espitaleta celebrates after scoring the only goal of the game against Mexico. (Photo by JAIME SALDARRIAGA/AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil and hosts Colombia finished their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup groups with 100% records with wins over Canada and Mexico respectively.


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Group A: Mexico 0-1 Colombia Australia 0-2 Cameroon

Group B: Fiji 0-11 France, Canada 0-2 Brazil

Mary Espitaleta got the only goal as Colombia finished five points clear of Mexico and Cameroon.

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Cameroon’s Achta Njoya (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Australia. (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Cameroon’s Achta Njoya broke the deadlock in first-half added time against Australia, Naomi Eto sealing the points after the break, as the young Matildas ended without a point.

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Brazil’s Dudinha is pulled back by Canada’s Mya Archibald. (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil also topped their table by a five-point margin over France and Canada, Natalia giving them a first-half lead against the latter and Firmino doubling it deep into second-half stoppage time.

Liana Joseph led the way for France with a four-goal haul as Fiji suffered an 11-0 defeat, conceding a total of 29 goals in their three games.

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Fiji’s Seruwaia Laulaba (L) and France’s Airine Fontaine fight for the ball. (Photo by JAIME SALDARRIAGA/AFP via Getty Images)

The top two of each group go through to the knockout stage, along with the four best third-placed teams.

Games overnight on Saturday (UK times), all live on FIFA+

Group C: Morocco v Spain (9pm), USA v Paraguay (9pm) Group D: South Korea v Germany (12pm), Venezuela v Nigeria (12pm)

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