“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.
Both were single-goal victories. In 1995, Brazil beat the hosts Sweden 1-0 in their opening group match, bu…