Womens World Cup 2006
 
England's women competed in the Samsung World Cup qualifying tournament from 25th April - 6th May 2006 in Rome, Italy. They finished first, thereby qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The World Cup takes place in Madrid from 27th September - 8th October 2006. England (11th world ranked team) were drawn in Pool A with Netherlands (1), Germany (4), China (5), Spain (10) and India (13). Pool B consists of Argentina (2), Australia (3), Korea (7), Japan (8), South Africa (11) and USA (12).

England Fixtures and Results

Pool A P W D L F A Pts
Netherlands 5 4 1 0 12 3 13
Spain 5 3 1 1 6 5 10
England 5 2 2 1 6 5 8
Germany 5 2 1 2 6 5 7
China 5 1 0 4 5 13 3
India 5 0 1 4 7 11 1

Wednesday 27th September China 2-3 England.
Friday 29th September England 0-1 Netherlands.
Sunday 1st October India 1-1 England.
Tuesday 3rd October England 1-0 Germany.
Wednesday 4th October Spain 1-1 England.

Pool B P W D L F A Pts
Australia 5 4 1 0 11 4 13
Argentina 5 3 1 1 9 8 10
USA 5 2 1 2 6 6 7
Japan 5 1 0 0 6 5 5
Korea 5 1 1 3 5 8 4
South Africa 5 0 2 3 3 9 2

Placing Fixtures

Friday 6th October
5-8: England 0-2 Japan
9-12: China 4-0 South Africa
5-8: USA 1-0 Germany
9-12: Korea 4-1 India
1-4: Netherlands 3-1 Argentina
1-4: Spain 0-1 Australia

Saturday 7th October
5-6: Japan 1-0 USA
11-12: South Africa 0-1 India
9-10: China 1-2 Korea

Sunday 8th October
7-8: England 2-1 Germany
3-4: Spain 0-5 Argentina
1-2: Australia 1-3 Netherlands

Placings

1. Netherlands 5. Japan 9. Korea
2. Australia 6. USA 10. China
3. Argentina 7. England 11. India
4. Spain 8. Germany 12. South Africa
 
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