2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C explained

Group C was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 12 and its last matches were played on September 20. Most matches were played at the Yellow Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou. Norway topped the group, joined in the second round by Australia, the only team Norway failed to beat. Canada surprisingly failed to make the second round. It was the third successive World Cup where Australia and Ghana were drawn in the same group.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+8)

Ghana vs Australia


Ghana:
GK	16	Memunatu Sulemana
DF	2	Aminatu Ibrahim
DF	3	Mavis Danso
DF	12	Olivia Amoako
DF	13
DF	15	Lydia Ankrah
MF	6	Florence Okoe
MF	21	Memuna Darku
MF	10	Adjoa Bayor (c)
FW	9
FW	18	Anita Amankwa
Substitutions:
DF	17
MF	20
Manager:
Isaac Paha

Australia:
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GK	1	Melissa Barbieri
DF	2
DF	4	Dianne Alagich
DF	5	Cheryl Salisbury (c)
DF	7	Heather Garriock
DF	19
MF	15	Sally Shipard
MF	14	Collette McCallum
MF	10
FW	8
FW	9
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	3
DF	13
Manager:
Tom Sermanni

Norway vs Canada


Norway:
GK	1	Bente Nordby
DF	2	Ane Stangeland Horpestad (c)
DF	3	Gunhild Følstad
DF	5
DF	7	Trine Rønning
DF	21
MF	4	Ingvild Stensland
MF	8	Solveig Gulbrandsen
FW	10
FW	11	Leni Larsen Kaurin
FW	16	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Substitutions:
MF	6
FW	17
MF	18
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

Canada:
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GK	18	Erin McLeod
DF	2	Kristina Kiss
DF	6	Tanya Dennis
DF	10	Martina Franko
DF	11	Randee Hermuss
MF	9
MF	8	Diana Matheson
MF	19	Sophie Schmidt
MF	14
FW	15
FW	12	Christine Sinclair (c)
Substitutions:
FW	7
MF	13
FW	21
Manager:
Even Pellerud

Canada vs Ghana


Canada:
GK	18	Erin McLeod
DF	2	Kristina Kiss
DF	6
DF	10	Martina Franko
DF	11	Randee Hermuss
MF	9	Candace Chapman
MF	8
MF	16
MF	19	Sophie Schmidt
FW	15
FW	12	Christine Sinclair (c)
Substitutions:
FW	21
FW	7
MF	5
Manager:
Even Pellerud

Ghana:
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GK	16	Memunatu Sulemana
DF	2	Aminatu Ibrahim
DF	3	Mavis Danso
DF	12
DF	13
MF	6	Florence Okoe
MF	21
MF	10	Adjoa Bayor (c)
FW	11
FW	14	Rumanatu Tahiru
FW	18
Substitutions:
DF	17
FW	7
DF	15
Manager:
Isaac Paha

Australia vs Norway

Australia:
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GK	1	Melissa Barbieri
DF	13	Thea Slatyer
DF	4	Dianne Alagich
DF	5	Cheryl Salisbury (c)
DF	7	Heather Garriock
MF	16
MF	17
MF	14	Collette McCallum
MF	3	Alicia Ferguson
FW	20	Joanne Burgess
FW	12
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	9
FW	8
Manager:
Tom Sermanni


Norway:
GK	1	Bente Nordby
DF	2	Ane Stangeland Horpestad (c)
DF	3	Gunhild Følstad
DF	6	Camilla Huse
DF	7	Trine Rønning
MF	18	Marie Knutsen
MF	4	Ingvild Stensland
MF	8
FW	10
FW	11
FW	16	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Substitutions:
FW	17
FW	14
MF	21
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

Norway vs Ghana


Norway:
GK	1	Bente Nordby
DF	2	Ane Stangeland Horpestad (c)
DF	6	Camilla Huse
DF	5	Siri Nordby
DF	19	Marit Fiane Christensen
DF	21	Lene Storløkken
MF	4	Ingvild Stensland
MF	8
FW	17
FW	11
FW	16	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	15
FW	20
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

Ghana:
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GK	1
DF	2
DF	3	Mavis Danso
DF	12	Olivia Amoako
DF	13	Yaa Avoe
MF	6	Florence Okoe
MF	4
MF	10	Adjoa Bayor (c)
FW	9
FW	14	Rumanatu Tahiru
FW	18	Anita Amankwa
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	21
GK	16
Manager:
Isaac Paha

Australia vs Canada


Australia:
GK	1	Melissa Barbieri
DF	2	Kate McShea
DF	4	Dianne Alagich
DF	5	Cheryl Salisbury (c)
DF	7	Heather Garriock
MF	16
MF	15	Sally Shipard
MF	14
MF	10
FW	8
FW	9	Sarah Walsh
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	20
MF	3
Manager:
Tom Sermanni

Canada:
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GK	18
DF	6	Tanya Dennis
DF	10	Martina Franko
DF	11
MF	9	Candace Chapman
MF	8	Diana Matheson
MF	7	Rhian Wilkinson
MF	19	Sophie Schmidt
MF	14
FW	15
FW	12	Christine Sinclair (c)
Substitutions:
FW	21
GK	20
DF	17
Manager:
Even Pellerud