Group A of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of eight groups that formed the opening round of the tournament with the matches played from 20 to 30 July 2023.[1] The group consisted of hosts New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines and Switzerland. The top two teams, Switzerland and Norway, advanced to the round of 16.[2]
New Zealand became the first FIFA Women's World Cup host country to be eliminated in the group stage; it was also the sixth consecutive exit in which New Zealand had failed to advance past the first round. While this was the fifth time Norway finished second in a Women's World Cup group, this was Switzerland's first experience of topping a group in the tournament's history.
This was only the second ever win for a Southeast Asian country (excluding Australia which geographically is not in Southeast Asia) at a senior World Cup (male or female) and the first since ThailandbeatIvory Coast in the 2015 Women's World Cup.
Assistant referees: Karen Díaz Medina (Mexico) Enedina Caudillo (Mexico) Fourth official: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea) Video assistant referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco) Offside video assistant referee: Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group had the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[2]
first yellow card: minus 1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
direct red card: minus 4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.