New Zealand

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup record
New Zealand boasts a prolonged organisation with a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and France 2018 will symbol their seventh unbroken appearance. Russia 2006 was New Zealand’s initial FIFA women’s contest for 15 years and saw a Junior Football Ferns secure their entrance indicate with a pull opposite a clever Brazil side. Two years after in Chile, they were seconds from apropos a initial masculine or womanlike New Zealand side to strech a knockout theatre of a FIFA tournament, usually to be denied by an injury-time England equaliser. New Zealand warranted lass gift for a knockout theatre during Canada 2014 with dual group-stage wins for a initial time. There was another important display during Japan 2012 as a Kiwis unluckily missed surpassing notwithstanding earning 4 points, including a pull opposite a hosts. Two years ago in Papua New Guinea, a Kiwis degraded Ghana though unsuccessful to allege from a tough organisation featuring finalists France and semi-finalists USA.

The highway to France
New Zealand won a Oceania subordinate contest by progressing a ideal record with 5 true wins on home soil. With normal challengers Papua New Guinea unwell to fire, a Junior Football Ferns cruised by a round-robin contest 5 points transparent of Fiji, surrender only one idea in a process.

The manager
Gareth Turnbull boasts a clever tie with women’s football in New Zealand and has coached all 3 inhabitant teams over a past dual years. After enjoying ongoing success in a inhabitant joining with Mainland Pride, Turnbull was allocated manager of a youngest New Zealand inhabitant group in 2015, heading them to a 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. He afterwards insincere a U-20 reins running a side by their Jul 2017 subordinate campaign. Turnbull was allocated comparison inhabitant group co-coach on an halt basement late in 2017 following a abdication of Tony Readings.

The stat
9.6 – New Zealand’s goal-per-game normal during Oceania qualifying, carrying scored 48 goals in only 5 matches.

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