Portugal and Haiti qualified for the Women’s World Cup for the first time in their history

Portugal and Haiti qualified for the first time in history for a Women’s World Cup thanks to victories against Cameroon and Chile, respectively, in the intercontinental playoff. The European team won 2-1 to the African team, in a match played at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton (New Zealand), where a penalty goal Carole Costa in the 94th minute settled a lawsuit that had equalized the Cameroonian team shortly before through Ajara Nchout Njoya. In this way, Portugal will integrate Group E of the Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 together with the Netherlands ( last runner-up), United States (the current champion) and Vietnam.For its part, the Haitian team, which had to go through a previous phase in which it thrashed Senegal 4-0, won against the Chilean cast by 2 to 1 thanks to the double of Melchie Dumonay and will play for the first time in its history this contest. Haiti will share the zone with England, Denmark and China. With this participation, the Central American team equals the number of participations of its selected in World Cups in the men’s branch: it only played in Germany 1974 and lost to Italy, Poland and Argentina.The last quota that remains is defined this Thursday with the match that Paraguay and Panama will play, two teams that have never participated in a Women’s World Cup.

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