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2019 Women's World Cup: England and Scotland in same group

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Phil Neville excited by 'mouth-watering' tie as England draw Scotland

England and Scotland have been drawn in the same group for next summer's Women's World Cup in France.

Japan, World Cup winners in 2011 and runners-up in 2015, and Argentina are the other sides in Group D.

Scotland, who are making their first appearance at the World Cup, will meet England in Nice on 9 June in what is the opening game for both countries.

"Both sets of players know each other inside out," England head coach Phil Neville told BBC Sport.

"There are three brilliant games but the first one is obviously the mouth-watering one because it's against our nearest rivals."

Group D fixtures

Holders the United States will begin the defence of their title against Thailand, who are ranked 29th in the world, on 11 June in Reims.

Chile and Sweden join those two teams in Group F for the finals, which run from 7 June to 7 July.

Hosts France launch the tournament against South Korea in Paris, with Norway and Nigeria the other countries in Group A.

England and Scotland met at Euro 2017, with the Lionesses winning 6-0 in Utrecht.

"I know everyone will talk about the Euros but we have to focus on the group as a whole," said Scotland head coach Shelley Kerr.

"We knew it would be tough but it's an exciting group as well."

Neville's Lionesses are making a fifth World Cup appearance after finishing five points clear at the top of their qualifying group.

England lost 2-1 to Japan in the semi-finals at the 2015 World Cup.

However, Japan have fallen down the rankings since losing 5-2 to the US in the final three years ago and are now eighth in the world - four places below England.

The Lionesses beat Argentina, ranked 36th in the world, 6-1 in the group stage of the 2007 World Cup.

"The group games are special and all three have a special meaning to English football," added Neville.

Scotland finished two points ahead of Switzerland at the summit of their qualifying group.

2019 World Cup groups in full

Group A: France, South Korea, Norway, Nigeria

Group B: Germany, China, Spain, South Africa

Group C: Australia, Italy, Brazil, Jamaica

Group D: England, Scotland, Argentina, Japan

Group E: Canada, Cameroon, New Zealand, Netherlands

Group F: United States, Thailand, Chile, Sweden

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526 comments

  • Comment posted by D1679388525133, at 17:57 8 Dec 2018

    Nice to see another women's HYS while ignoring the whole of the Championship yet again.

  • Comment posted by User0389601199, at 18:18 8 Dec 2018

    Enough of all this PC nonsense - please BBC I'm begging you, start a women's sports section - nobody cares about this except you.

  • Comment posted by Axe the Telly Tax, at 18:15 8 Dec 2018

    Gotta hand it to the way the BBC thinks that if it pretends something is newsworthy very very hard then it will be newsworthy.

    Why don't you just stop with the social engineering BBC?

  • Comment posted by The Sweep, at 18:07 8 Dec 2018

    Is there a way I can filter out women's football from the BBC sports pages ?

  • Comment posted by Linekers Lugs, at 18:08 8 Dec 2018

    I’m all for women’s football. Good luck to them I say. But do we really have to have their game shoved down our throats by the ever so “right on” BBC? Surely there should be a separate page for those interested and allow followers of the men’s game to read about that?

  • Comment posted by hardscience, at 17:58 8 Dec 2018

    Apparently the draw is more important than Chelsea against Man City.

  • Comment posted by Mike, at 18:09 8 Dec 2018

    The actual football is on today. Why make this the headline and give it a hys? The national league gets bigger support but no coverage whatsoever

  • Comment posted by RoundTheOutside, at 17:57 8 Dec 2018

    And still nobody cared

  • Comment posted by GeeBee, at 17:53 8 Dec 2018

    Who cares!!!

  • Comment posted by Where is the great Diane Abbott, at 19:22 8 Dec 2018

    Who better than the BBC to pretend that women's football is in any way comparable to men's football. Pretend away BBC, you are not fooling anyone.

  • Comment posted by D1684408493730, at 18:10 8 Dec 2018

    Good luck to all. Watching the video clip, there must have been about a 1000 people watching the previous game. Let's hope for more in the coming games to better justify the "value for money" the BBC are spending on all this.

  • Comment posted by User0982595093, at 19:32 8 Dec 2018

    167. Shaibal

    I'm considering identifying as a 10 year old girl. At 13 stone and 6'1, I think I could give defences a torrid time in an under-11s girls league.

    I would expect the BBC to celebrate my progress and achievements throughout the season of course in some kind of program or series of articles.

    Identity pioneers like myself are the real heroes here.

  • Comment posted by shaund, at 18:19 8 Dec 2018

    BBC loves political correctness when it suits there agenda

  • Comment posted by tony, at 18:22 8 Dec 2018

    Because you are interested in men's professional football, it doesn't mean to say you are either interested in schoolboy football or women's football. I wish women the best. I hope they enjoy their game. I hope the game develops. But its the standard of schoolboy football. As such, it should be put in a section for those interested in minority agendas and not sporting excellence.

  • Comment posted by User0888795663, at 17:54 8 Dec 2018

    Great should be a good game , good luck to both teams 🤓

  • Comment posted by View from the White Rose County, at 19:20 8 Dec 2018

    Whilst I'm all for women's equality, there are things that will never be equal, simply because of nature.

    Women's football is growing - which is a good thing - but can never be the standard of men's football.

    The BBC deliberately hides the gender in its headlines in order to draw people into the article. This is a deceptive ploy.

  • Comment posted by Axe the Telly Tax, at 19:07 8 Dec 2018

    @125 asterix52 and others. The headline, on the main BBC news page is "England and Scotland Paired in Word Cup".

    There is no indication that it is nothing to do with the real World Cup, until you click on it.

    It is Clickbait. It is fake news.

    It is social engineering.

  • Comment posted by Maxywell, at 18:34 8 Dec 2018

    71 - Get a grip... just because people don't rate or watch womens football doesn't mean they're sexist.I don't rate many players who play at the African nations cup does that make me racist?

  • Comment posted by AJS, at 19:09 8 Dec 2018

    No one gives a toss about women's football- not even women viewers or spectators.

    The standard of skill is on a par with Sunday morning pub leagues.

    The only reason the BBC show it is because they are obsessed with political correctness and they can't get any other sport to broadcast live.

  • Comment posted by Michael, at 19:31 8 Dec 2018

    I'd like to see the FA arrange an exhibition match between the England Women's National Team and Macclesfield Town (Bottom team in League 2).

    Maybe after Macclesfield win 8-0, there will be fairer representation and coverage based on skill and ability, not gender.

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