Japan beat Canada 4-0 to book a place in the FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup quarter-finals, while Tanzania defeated France.
Mao Kubota and Uno Shiragaki gave Japan a 2-0 interval advantage, Mamoko Tanikawa got the third early in the second half and Mio Takaoka added one in stoppage-time.
Also in Group D, Tanzania pulled off a victory over France, Diana Mnally putting them ahead and Christer Bahera doubling the lead from a 60th-minute penalty, before Lucie Calba replied from the spot.
History made for @Tanfootball who pick up their first ever #U17WWC win! 👏 #KickOffTheDream pic.twitter.com/TgonKULplz
— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) October 15, 2022
Linda Caicedo struck twice in the first 23 minutes as Colombia beat China 2-0 in Group C, in front of the tournament’s top attendance to date of 10,417.
All four teams in the group have three points after Mexico beat Spain 2-1. Judit Pujols had cancelled out the opener from Maribel Flores but Montserrat Saldivar restored the lead with five minutes to go.
The final games in Group A and B take place on Monday, all streamed live on the FIFA website:
12pn (UK time) – New Zealand v Germany, Nigeria v Chile
3:30pm (UK time) – Brazil v India, USA v Morocco
