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Scotland's slim World Cup hopes explained: Why they haven't been eliminated yet despite poor third-place standing

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Brendan McGilligan

10d ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary

Scotland's women's national team is on the verge of World Cup elimination after losing to Brazil, but they have not yet been mathematically eliminated. Despite sitting outside the top eight third-placed teams, they still have a slim chance of advancing depending on results from other groups. The article explains the complex qualification scenario where Scotland could still progress as one of the best third-placed teams if other results fall in their favor.

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Twitter / XScotland's slim World Cup hopes explained: Why they haven't been eliminated yet despite poor third-place standingsportbible.com

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Steve Clarke's side opened their World Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Haiti before suffering defeats to Morocco and Brazil.
Immediately after the defeat to the five-time world champions on Thursday, it left their status in the competition hanging by a thread as they would need to wait for other results to confirm whether they would carry on their summer in North America.
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Scotland are yet to be eliminated from the World Cup despite not being one of the eight best third-placed teams, here is why.

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