Soccer World Cup 2011 / Australia

This article is about the Australian women's national soccer team at the 2011 women's soccer World Cup in Germany. Australia was 11th in the FIFA world rankings before the World Cup and has participated in all World Cups since 1995, but was eliminated in the first three appearances after the preliminary round. 2007 was in the quarter-finals against the eventual runner-up Brazil. From 1995 to 2003 one participated as a representative of Oceania, since 2007 as a representative of Asia.

qualification

Australia became the first country to qualify for the finals after host Germany to win the 2010 Asian women's football championship . The qualification was already secured by winning the semi-finals. In the final, North Korea was defeated on penalties. The most successful goalscorer for Australia was Samantha Kerr with 2 goals.

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in China in May 2010 . Australia was selected as one of the five strongest national teams for the finals and thus automatically qualified. The preliminary round was played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	People's Republic of China	6-0	7th
2	Australia	5: 2	6th
3	South Korea	6: 3	4th
4th	Vietnam	0:12	0

May 19, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
Australia	-	Vietnam	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 21, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
South Korea	-	Australia	1: 3 (0: 0)
May 23, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
China	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 23, 2010 in Chengdu (Shuangliu Sports Center)

Semifinals

May 27, 2010 in Chengdu

Japan

-

Australia

0: 1 (0: 1)

Squad for the World Cup

On May 8, 2011, a squad was named for two test matches against New Zealand on May 12 and 15. The most experienced player is Heather Garriock , who played in 2003 and 2007. All players play for Australian clubs in the W-League . Heather Garriock also played for various clubs abroad. A provisional 24-man World Cup squad was named on June 1. Kylie Ledbrook and Sarah Walsh were removed from the squad for the test matches against New Zealand, and Lisa De Vanna , who was suspended , was taken back into account. The final roster was to be announced on June 8th. The survey did Catherine Cannuli , Aivi Luik and Thea Slatyer . The players have an average height of 1.70 m, with Lisa De Vanna being the smallest at 1.56 m and Laura Alleway the tallest at 1.86 m. Casey Dumont is the tallest goalkeeper in the tournament at 1.85 m.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Melissa Barbieri	01/20/1980	Melbourne Victory	080	00	5 (2003, 2007)	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Lydia Williams	05/13/1988	Canberra United	026th	00	0 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Casey Dumont	01/25/1992	Brisbane Roar	000	00		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Teigen Allen	02/12/1994	Sydney FC	009	00		1	0	0	0	0
3	Kim Carroll	09/02/1987	Brisbane Roar	044	02		4th	0	0	0	0
5	Laura Alleway	11/28/1989	Brisbane Roar	004th	00	1 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Ellyse Perry	03/11/1990	Canberra United	015th	02		1	1	0	0	0
8th	Elise Kellond-Knight	08/10/1990	Brisbane Roar	025th	00		4th	0	0	0	0
10	Servet Uzunlar	08/03/1989	Sydney FC	026th	01		4th	0	0	0	0
midfield
4th	Clare Polkinghorne	02/01/1989	Brisbane Roar	049	03	1 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
7th	Heather Garriock	December 21, 1982	Sydney FC / LdB FC Malmo	125	20th	7 (2003, 2007)	4th	0	2	0	0
12	Emily van Egmond	07/12/1993	Canberra United	008th	01		3	1	0	0	0
13	Tameka Butt	06/16/1991	Brisbane Roar	023	01		2	0	0	0	0
14th	Collette McCallum	03/26/1986	Perth Glory	068	09	4 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
15th	Sally Shipard	10/20/1987	Canberra United	057	04th	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
16	Lauren Colthorpe	25.10.1985	Brisbane Roar	051	07th	3 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Caitlin Foord	11/11/1994	Sydney FC	005	01		3	0	0	0	0
11	Lisa De Vanna	11/14/1984	Brisbane Roar / magicJack	071	25th	4 (2007)	4th	1	1	0	0
17th	Kyah Simon	06/25/1991	Sydney FC	029	07th		3	2	1	0	0
19th	Leena Khamis	06/19/1986	Sydney FC	019th	07th		1	1	0	0	0
20th	Samantha Kerr	09/10/1993	Perth Glory	018th	03		3	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Head coach	Tom Sermanni	07/01/1954	Football Federation Australia			7 (1995, 2007)	4th		0	0	0
Assistant coach	Robert Hooker	03/06/1967					4th		0	0	0
Goalkeeping coach	Paul Jones	05/11/1966					4th		0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ Numbers and positions according to the FIFA squad list [1] ↑ a b Data according to [2] and archive link ( memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , with different dates the higher value was taken into account and updated if necessary.  ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ Profile on footballaustralia.com ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

preparation

In preparation for the tournament, two friendlies were played in Australia against New Zealand. The journey to Germany takes place on June 14th. The team arrived in Germany on June 15 and moved into their quarters in Göttingen . In Germany, the team will then play two test matches against World Cup participants Mexico and England.

date	place	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
May 12, 2011	Gosford	New Zealand	3: 0 (1: 0)	Caitlin Foord , Kyah Simon , Leena Khamis
May 15, 2011	Gosford	New Zealand	2: 1 (1: 1)	Catherine Cannuli , Collette McCallum ; Hannah Wilkinson
June 20, 2011	Göttingen ( Germany )	Mexico	3: 2 (2: 2)	Lauren Colthorpe , Sally Shipard , Kyah Simon ; Mónica Ocampo , Maribel Domínguez (penalty)
June 23, 2011	Wolfsburg ( Germany )	England	2: 0 (2: 0)	Collette McCallum (2)

Group games

In Group D, the Australians met the South American champions 2010 and vice world champions Brazil in their first game . Australia started briskly and had a first chance to score in the 6th minute. As a result, Australia became overweight and barely allowed the more highly rated Brazilians to come into play. At the end, however, the matiladas lacked accuracy. Australia also had more of the game in the second half, but surprisingly in the 54th minute, the 1-0 for Brazil fell through Rosana , who was able to prevail in the penalty area against several Australians. Until the end of the game, the Australians pressed for the equalizer, but could not use even the best chances. It was the sixth defeat - in three wins - against Brazil for the Australians.

In their second game, the Australians met for the first time on the runner-up of the African Cup of Nations of 2010 and World Cup newcomer Equatorial Guinea . The Australian coach had changed the entire right side of his team and replaced the captain and goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri with Lydia Williams . The new captain was Collette McCallum , who distributed the balls wisely in midfield and was also very dangerous with free kicks. From the start, the Matildas put the World Cup newcomer under pressure and in the 8th minute Leena Khamis was able to dust off when the goalkeeper of Equatorial Guinea could not hold the ball. In the following period Australia pushed for the 2-0 and they were unlucky that the Hungarian referee Gyöngyi Gaál overlooked Bruna in the 16th minute when a ball that had bounced off the post was picked up. But the 1-1 equalizer came as a complete surprise when Genoveva Añonma was able to take the ball from Australian defender Servet Uzunlar and play Williams away. Substitute Lisa De Vanna in particular caused a stir in front of the goal of the Africans in the second half and scored the 3-1 in the 51st minute after Emily van Egmond had made it 2-1 three minutes earlier. After that Australia administered the game, McCallum was substituted and the game of the World Cup newcomer became "Nigerian". Shortly before the end it got exciting again when Añonma again took the ball from Uzunlar and scored the 2: 3 goal. Australia brought this result over time and could now reach the quarter-finals with a win or a draw against former world champions Norway .

Australia have played four times against Norway (1 draw, 3 defeats). Tom Sermanni had changed his starting line-up again in a few positions. a. The captain Melissa Barbieri was back in goal and Lisa De Vanna and Kyah Symon were back in the starting line-up. No goals were scored in the first half even if both teams had some chances. At half-time, Norway had to replace the goalkeeper who had stretched her foot in the 30th minute. Furthermore, initially no compelling scoring opportunities developed on either side. It was not until the 56th minute that Elise Thorsnes gave Norway a 1-0 lead after a defensive mistake by the Australians, but Kyah Simon was able to equalize to 1-1 straight away . After that, both teams had a chance to win the game. This was then achieved by Kyah Simon in the 87th minute, who had already made it 1-1. With this first win against Norway, Australia has qualified for the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the second time.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	7-0	9
2	Australia	5: 4	6th
3	Norway	2: 5	3
4th	Equatorial Guinea	2: 7	0

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Mönchengladbach
Brazil	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, July 3, 2011, 2 p.m. in Bochum
Australia	-	Equatorial Guinea	3: 2 (1: 1)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 6 p.m. in Leverkusen
Australia	-	Norway	2: 1 (0: 0)

Quarter finals

As runners-up, Australia met Sweden , the group winners of Group C , in the quarter-finals in Augsburg on July 10th . So far, there have been eight games between Australia and Sweden. Australia won only once, two games ended in a draw, Australia won one on penalties and Sweden won five times, most recently in the quarter-finals of the Athens Olympic Games .

Again the Swedes were able to prevail. The Swedish record national player Therese Sjögran scored the 1-0 in the 11th minute, and Lisa Dahlkvist scored her third World Cup goal five minutes later . Ellyse Perry , who was used for the first time, made it exciting again in the 40th minute when she hit the 1: 2 goal with a shot from the corner of the penalty area into the corner of the goal. Seven minutes after the change, Lotta Schelin , the player of the game, made it 3-1. She got a back pass from Kim Carroll and also played goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri . She was lucky in the 80th minute when she almost jumped into her own goal on a cross from the left with the bakk, but was stopped by the post just before the line. Australia then lacked the ideas to turn the tide again.

As in 2007, Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Awards

• Elise Kellond-Knight was elected to the All-Star-Team and Caitlin Foord was honored with the "Hyundai Best Young Player Award" for the first time for the best player under 20 years of age.
• Ellyse Perry's goal against Sweden was nominated for the best goal of the tournament.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Westfield Matildas Gosford Training camp 9-16 May  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ It is currently available on the Sydney FC archive link ( memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as well as the Swedish club LdB FC Malmö [3]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. shown. The same goes for Lisa De Vanna , both on the website of Magic Jack archive link ( memento of the original on 20 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as well as Brisbane Roar archive link ( memento of the original from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. is listed.       
3. ↑ Lisa De Vanna was suspended on May 15th for violating the team rules for the Games against New Zealand. [4]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Westfield Matilda's FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 squad ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ FIFA.com: Australia moves to World Cup headquarters in Göttingen
6. ↑ weltfussball.de: Live ticker: Sweden - Australia
7. ↑ FIFA.com: Double Honor for Sawa, July 18, 2011, accessed May 20, 2017
8. ↑ FIFA.com: Goal of the Tournament