Women's World Cup: Germans knocked out

Germany players wear a dejected look after the team’s elimination from the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brisbane yesterday. Pics/Getty Images

Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called it "a disaster" after Germany suffered their earliest Women's World Cup exit with a 1-1 stalemate against South Korea on Thursday. The 2003 and 2007 champions - and one of the favourites to win the tournament - crashed out in the group stage for the first time in their history.

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Germany finished third in the table on four points and will be heading home. "If you want to see it as a disaster in sporting terms, then it's hard to argue against it," Voss-Tecklenburg said after the stalemate in Brisbane condemned her side.

South Korea went a goal up early on through Cho So-hyun and defended stoutly to frustrate their opponents, who could not find a winner following Alexandra Popp's first-half equaliser.

Korea Republic's Cho Sohyun celebrates a goal against Germany

In another match, Anissa Lahmari's winner powered World Cup debutants Morocco past Colombia 1-0 and into the Last 16 at the expense of two-time champions Germany. Morocco's upset in Perth lifted them to six points and they finished runners-up in Group H to Colombia on goal difference.

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