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“Germany beat Morocco 6-0 at the Women’s World Cup, but it was Morocco who went through to the last 16. What’s the biggest score a team has won/lost by and then not qualified/qualified from their group?” asks Chris Butterworth.

Germany’s ultimately futile trouncing of Morocco meant they went out with a goal difference of +5, while Morocco qualified for the last 16 with a goal difference of -4. It’s by far the biggest such victory at a Women’s World Cup. In fact, in eight previous tournaments, we can find only two cases of Team A beating Team B, only for Team B to qualify at the expense of Team A.

Mexico 3-1 Czechoslovakia 1962

Sweden 1-0 Uruguay 1970

Scotland 3-2 Netherlands 1978

Algeria 2-1 West Germany 1982

Portugal 1-0 England 1986

Cameroon 0-4 USSR 1990

Switzerland 0-2 Colombia 1994

Norway 1-0 Mexico 1994

Poland 3-1 USA 2002

Italy 1-2 Croatia 2002

Germany 0-1 Serbia 2010

Spain 0-1 Switzerland 2010

Germany 2-1 Sweden 2018

Japan 0-1 Poland 2018

Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia 2022

Tunisia 1-0 France 2022

Cameroon 1-0 Brazil 2022

South Korea 2-3 Ghana 2022

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