FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers: Romania end Swiss run | OneFootball

Alisha Lehmann (23 Switzerland) against Teodora Meluta (5 Romania). (Daniela Porcelli /Sports Press Photo)

Romania were the first to take FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifying points off Switzerland, as Italy took advantage to gain ground on the Swiss.

Group A – Slovakia 1-1 Finland

Tuija Hyyrynen gave Finland an early lead but Slovakia earned a draw with Martina Surnovska’s 16th-mnute reply, leaving the Finns 11 points behind leaders Sweden.

Group B – Hungary 7-0 Faroe Islands

Fanni Vágó scored three of Hungary’s seven goals as they moved within a point of Scotland but from a game more.

Group C – Netherlands 12-0 Cyprus

Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema hit a double hat-trick and Jill Roord a treble in the dozen goals scored by the Dutch, who returned to the top of the table.

Group D – Austria 3-1 Northern Ireland, Luxembourg P-P Latvia, North Macedonia 0-10 England

Beth Mead is joint top qualifying scorer with Denmark’s Manchester United striker Signe Bruun – and also assists leader – after her four goals in North Macedonia, where Ellen White netted a record 50th goal for England. Austria went three points ahead of Northern Ireland, while the weather accounted for the other tie.

Group E – Malta 0-2 Denmark

Janni Thomsen and Moller Holdt struck in the first eight minutes to give the Danes the win in Malta, their seventh straight victory in the group.

Group G – Italy 7-0 Lithuania, Moldova 0-1 Croatia, Romania 1-1 Switzerland

Italy’s Valentina Bergamaschi celebrates after scoring against Lithuania. (Michele Finessi/Sports Press Photo)

Switzerland’s perfect run was ended in Romania where Rahel Kiwic’s equaliser rescued them a point, Italy cut the gap on the Swiss to one point as Arianna Caruso and Valentina Bergamaschi each bagged a brace. Ella Ljustina got the only goal as Croatia won in Moldova.

Group I – Estonia 1-3 Greece, Kazakhstan 0-2 Slovenia, Wales 1-2 France

France are sure of a top-two finish following their narrow win in Wales, Slovenia went a point ahead of the Welsh with their victory in Kazakhstan. Birmingham City’s Veatriki Sarri sealed Greece’s success in Estonia after the hosts pulled a goal back.

Other internationals

Australia celebrate Sam Kerr’s 95th-minute goal against New Zealand. (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images)

Australia dramatically defeated New Zealand 2-1 with two stoppage-time goals. Anna Green put the Football Ferns in front but Emily van Egmond and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr hit very late goals.

Canada beat Nigeria 2-0 with second-half goals by Chelsea’s Jessie Fleming and also Vanessa Gilles.

The CONCACAF Championship Qualifiers saw goalless draws between Cuba and Honduras plus Guyana versus Nicaragua, Saint Kitts & Nevis win 2-1 in Guatemala, Dominican Republic edged Bermuda by the only goal, while there were 2-0 victories for Puerto Rico over Suriname and El Salvador against Barbados.

India won 1-0 away to mini-tournament hosts Jordan, Papua New Guinea sank the Seychelles 9-0 in the Singapore Tri-Series.

Northern Ireland Women beaten 3-1 in Austria