Group by group
Group A
Norway arrived in England as many people’s dark horses, with Ada Hegerberg’s return after a five-year exile boosting an attack that already boasted Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen and Chelsea’s Guro Reiten. A 4-1 opening dispatch of Northern Ireland with the latter pair scoring seemed to confirm that status.
Eight days later, the two-time European Championship winners left in ignominy, thrashed 8-0 by England – their record defeat – then knocked out with a sorry showing in a1-0 loss to Austria courtesy of a header by Hoffenheim’s Nicole Billa. Hegerberg finished goalless. Coach Martin Sjogren was swiftly pushed into resigning.
England had begun with a
