Soccer World Cup 2011 / New Zealand

This article covers the New Zealand women's national soccer team at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany. Before the World Cup, New Zealand was number 24 in the FIFA world rankings and had only participated in two World Cups before, but never survived the preliminary round.

qualification

New Zealand qualified for the finals as winners of the 2010 Oceanic Women's Football Championship . The New Zealanders scored 50-0 and with the 11-0 in the final the highest victory ever achieved in a final of a continental championship. The most goals for New Zealand were scored by Amber Hearn (12, including 5 in the game against Vanuatu ), Sarah Gregorius (7), Rosie White (7) and Hannah Wilkinson (7).

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in New Zealand in September and October 2010 . All participants were automatically qualified. The preliminary round was played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	New Zealand	31: 0	9
2	Cook Islands	3:10	6th
3	Tahiti	5: 9	3
4th	Vanuatu	1:21	0

September 29, 2010
New Zealand	-	Vanuatu	14: 0 (7: 0)
October 1, 2010
Cook Islands	-	New Zealand	0:10 (0: 6)
October 3, 2010
Tahiti	-	New Zealand	0: 7 (0: 1)

Semifinals

October 6, 2010
New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	8: 0 (4: 0)

final

October 8, 2010
New Zealand	-	Papua New Guinea	11: 0 (6: 0)

Squad for the World Cup

On June 7, 2011, the squad was nominated for the World Cup. Eight players also played at the last World Cup in 2007. Most of the players play in New Zealand clubs. The players have an average height of 1.67 m, with Betsy Hassett being the smallest with 1.57 m and the unused Kristy Hill with 1.78 m the tallest. At 38 years of age, goalkeeper Jenny Bindon was the oldest participant in the World Cup.

No.	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Jenny Bindon	02/25/1973	Hibiscus Coast AFC	60	00	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Aroon Clansey	02/12/1987	Three Kings United	05	00		0	0	0	0	0
21st	Erin Nayler	04/17/1992	Eastern suburbs	00	00		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Ria Percival	07/12/1989	Lynn-Avon United	62	09	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
3	Anna Green	08/20/1990	Three Kings United	43	04th		3	0	0	0	0
5	Abby Erceg	11/20/1989	Fencibles United AFC	65	03	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Rebecca Smith	06/17/1981	VfL Wolfsburg	50	03	3 (2007)	3	1	1	0	0
7th	Ali Riley	10/30/1987	Western New York Flash	54	03	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Kristy Hill	07/01/1979	Three Kings United	18th	00		0	0	0	0	0
midfield
4th	Katie Hoyle	02/01/1988	Glenfield Rovers	54	01	1 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Hayley Moorwood	02/13/1984	Chelsea FC	62	05	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
11	Kirsty Yallop	04/11/1986	Fencibles United AFC	47	11		1	0	0	0	0
12	Betsy Hassett	08/04/1990	UC Berkeley	27	03		3	0	0	0	0
16	Annalie Longo	07/01/1991	Three Kings United	33	01	1 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Katie Bowen	04/15/1994	Glenfield Rovers	06th	00		2	0	1	0	0
attack
9	Amber Hearn	11/28/1984	Lynn-Avon United	43	23		3	1	1	0	0
10	Sarah Gregorius	08/06/1987	Eastern suburbs	18th	09		3	1	0	0	0
13	Rosie White	06/06/1993	Three Kings United	30th	07th		2	0	1	0	0
14th	Sarah McLaughlin	06/03/1991	Claudelands Rovers	11	00		0	0	0	0	0
15th	Emma Kete	09/01/1987	Three Kings United	43	04th		0	0	0	0	0
17th	Hannah Wilkinson	03/28/1992	Glenfield Rovers	24	09		3	1	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Coach	John Herdman		New Zealand Football			3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
Assistant coach	Tony Readings						3	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeping coach	Simon Eaddy	09/14/1971					3	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ a b Status: June 27, 2011. Data based on the copy archived by the New Zealand Association in the cadre statistics ( memento of the original from August 23, 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. mentioned dates, these also contain the game against Denmark [ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ]. Partially deviating numbers are due to the fact that some games against club teams or unofficial games are counted.   ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ In their statistics 34 games are named, including one game each against FC Indiana and University of North Carolina , which are not included here.

preparation

In preparation for the tournament, the team played three friendlies against Australia and China. In addition, she took part in the "Matchworld Women's Cup" in June in Switzerland with the other participants Denmark , World Cup participants Colombia and Wales .

date	place	opponent	Result	Goal scorers	particularities
May 12, 2011	Gosford ( Australia )	Australia	0: 3 (0: 1)	-; Caitlin Foord , Kyah Simon , Leena Khamis
May 15, 2011	Gosford ( Australia )	Australia	1: 2 (1: 1)	Hannah Wilkinson ; Catherine Cannuli , Collette McCallum
May 20, 2011	Jinan ( China )	People's Republic of China	0: 1 (0: 1)	-; Ma Jun
June 15, 2011	Savièse ( Switzerland )	Wales	2: 0 (1: 0)	Amber Hearn , Anna Green	First international against Wales
June 18, 2011	Apples ( Switzerland )	Colombia	1: 0 (0: 0)	Betsy Hassett	1st international match against Colombia
June 20, 2011	Naters ( Switzerland )	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 1)	-; Nanna Christiansen

Group games

In Group B, the New Zealanders faced the third of the 2010 Asian Women's Football Championship, Japan . Japan already took the lead after four minutes, but Amber Hearn equalized in the 12th minute after a successful cross into the six-yard box. After that, the Ferns were able to withstand the attack efforts of the Japanese women for a long time. It wasn't until the 68th minute that Aya Miyama scored the 2-1 winner for Japan with a directly converted free kick from the edge of the penalty area. The New Zealanders then lacked the strength to fight for the balance. It was the fourth defeat - in a draw - against Japan in the fifth game. In addition, it was the seventh consecutive World Cup defeat for New Zealand, which set the negative record for Denmark .

In the second game, the Ferns met runner-up European champions England . The English initially had more of the game and New Zealand hardly came near the English penalty area. All the more surprising then, the 1-0 for New Zealand fell in the 18th minute by Sarah Gregorius . After that, the Ferns were allowed to dream of their first victory at a World Cup for a long time, because the English women couldn't think of much against the compact defense of the New Zealanders, who also lurked on counterattack. It wasn't until the 63rd minute that Jill Scott managed to equalize after a cross from the right with a header. After that, the Ferns pushed for another opening goal and had some good opportunities. In their urge phase then fell the 2-1 winner for the English women by Jessica Clarke in the 81st minute. The English women then knew how to bring the result over time. With this first defeat in the second game against England (the first ended 0-0), New Zealand was eliminated early and now has the longest negative series with eight defeats in a row.

The last game was against Mexico , the runner-up in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup against which New Zealand had only played once and lost 5-0. Mexico could still qualify for the quarter-finals with a big win against New Zealand - if England lost against Japan - if they achieved a better goal difference than England. Accordingly, Mexico entered the game with great enthusiasm and made it 1-0 after just two minutes through Stephany Mayor . New Zealand were shocked and struggled to get into the game. Only in the 26th minute there was a first opportunity to score, but the Mexican goalkeeper thwarted it. In the 29th minute, she initiated the 2-0 for Mexico with a wide kick, which Maribel Domínguez scored single-handedly after a header extension at the center line. The Ferns pushed for the connection in the second half, but their efforts were only rewarded in the 90th minute when Rebecca Smith made it 2-1. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Hannah Wilkinson also equalized. This ended New Zealand's negative series of eight games without winning points. Since England won against Japan, this draw was also irrelevant for Mexico.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	5: 2	7th
2	Japan	6: 1	6th
3	Mexico	3: 7	2
4th	New Zealand	4: 6	1

Monday, June 27, 2011, 3 p.m. in Bochum
Japan	-	New Zealand	2: 1 (1: 1)
Friday, July 1, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Dresden
New Zealand	-	England	1: 2 (1: 0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Sinsheim
New Zealand	-	Mexico	2: 2 (0: 2)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Football Ferns World Cup squad announced ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2014 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. 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2010 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. 
3. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/associations/association=nzl/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html