da 888： The resource gap between teams in the Women's World Cup can sometimes lead to some pretty one-sided encounters
da bet vitoria： Since the first FIFA-sanctioned tournament in 1991, the Women's World Cup has served up every flavour of drama you can expect from top-level football. This includes that most dreaded of scorelines – the thrashing.
As with any international competition, the gulf in quality between the haves and have nots can often be vast, making blowouts unavoidable if the weaker teams have a poor day. With the 2023 World Cup expanding to include 32 teams, there had been whispers that they will be even more of these one-sided contests in Australia and New Zealand.
However, even before this increase in weaker footballing nations, there has still been plenty of colossal scorelines racked up in the competition. Below, GOAL takes a look at the biggest victories in Women's World Cup history.
Getty ImagesNorway 6-0 Philippines (2023)
After a hugely disappointing start to the 2023 World Cup, things finally clicked into place for Norway in their final group game against the Philippines. Even without Ada Hegerberg leading the line, the European side breezed to a 6-0 victory.
Sophie Roman Haug opened the scoring in the sixth minute and went on to complete a hat trick. Caroline Graham Hansen – controversially dropped for her side's previous game against Switzerland – also netted, with an Alicia Barker own goal and a Guro Reiten penalty completing the rout.
AdvertisementGettyGermany 6-0 Morocco (2023)
Coming into the tournament off the back of losing in the Euro 2022 final, Germany were motivated to go one step further in Australia and New Zealand. And they made a strong start to their campaign against World Cup debutants Morocco, hitting them for six.
The irrepressible Alexandra Popp got the ball rolling with a first-half brace and Germany turned the burners on after the break. First, Klara Buhl made it 3-0 in the opening minute, before a pair of own goals and a late strike from substitute Lea Schuller completed the rout.
Getty ImagesCameroon 6-0 Ecuador (2015)
Ecuador had a bit of a meltdown during their group-stage meeting with Cameroon in 2015. After falling 2-0 down early on, they gifted their visitors three penalties before full-time, with Ligia Moreira also seeing red for denying a goalscoring opportunity.
Cameroon won their final spot kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, and Gaelle Enganamouit stepped up to complete her hat-trick, sealing a historic win for a side in the process.
Getty ImagesGermany 7-1 Russia (2003)
Few people saw this one coming. Russia had done well in the group stages, with victories over Australia and Ghana earning them a place in the quarter-finals.
Germany were their opponents in the knockout stages and things were going pretty well by half-time; Martina Muller's goal was the difference between the teams. However, the Germans stepped things up in the second half, scoring six times. At least Elena Danilova's goal provided Russia with something to shout about.