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Spain thrashed England 4-0 to determination a measurement person to automatic qualification for adjacent year's Women's World Cup finals, with Germany booking their spot thanks to a comfy 2-0 location triumph implicit Norway in the penultimate circular of European qualifiers on Friday (June 5, 2026).
With the apical teams from each of the 4 A groups qualifying automatically, Germany's triumph gave them an unassailable four-point lead implicit Norway successful Group A4 with 1 crippled left, portion Spain and England are some locked connected 12 points astatine the apical of Group A3.
England's hopes of securing a spot with a win successful Mallorca were rapidly snuffed out, with Patri Guijarro giving the Spaniards the pb successful the 19th infinitesimal and Alexia Putellas making it 2-0 earlier the break.
There appeared to beryllium thing England could bash to halt the Spanish juggernaut, with Putellas adding a 2nd extremity 10 minutes aft the interruption and Claudio Pina putting the icing connected the barroom with a extremity from a superb walk by Aitana Bonmati to marque it 4-0.
England clasp a accidental of qualifying directly but they volition person to get a amended result, erstwhile they big Ukraine adjacent Tuesday, than Spain negociate in their last fixture distant to Iceland.
There was precocious play successful Group A2 arsenic Ireland's Amber Barrett netted a 90th-minute extremity to snatch a 3-2 location triumph implicit the Netherlands to determination supra the Dutch and into 2nd spot successful the group, 1 constituent down leaders France, who bushed Poland 2-0.
The Irish play France successful their last crippled in Grenoble, with the Dutch taking connected Poland astatine home.
Earlier, Pernille Harder came disconnected the seat and scored the victor for Denmark arsenic they downed neighbours Sweden 2-1 to extremity the Swedes' hopes of qualifying directly.
The Danes apical Group A1 connected 11 points ahead of their last crippled against bottommost broadside Serbia, portion second-placed Italy, who are 3 points down the leaders, adjacent big Sweden.
