Canada is in third place in Group C after its opening day at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. Germany won 5:0 over Congo DR and Japan won 2:0 over Canada, thus leaving Canada and Congo DR with no points after the 20 November match day.



"I’m frustrated about the result because, if you take into account how high we’ve set our sights, we’ve had a disappointing start to the championship," said Canadian coach Ian Bridge. "Now we have to win our remaining two group matches to go through."



Michi Goto (28th minute) and Asuna Tanaka (40’) both scored in the first half en route to the victory over Canada. Kim Kulig (7’ and 91’), Katharina Baunach (8’), Isabel Kerschowski (43’) and Nicole Banecki (82’) scored for Germany in the 5:0 win.



While Germany leads Group C, Brazil leads Group D after an impressive 3:2 victory over Korea DPR. Also winning on Thursday in Group D was Norway, who won 2:1 over Mexico.



On opening-day Wednesday, England won 2:0 over host Chile, Nigeria won 3:2 over New Zealand, China PR and Argentina drew 0:0, and USA won 3:0 over France.



Canada’s next game at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008 is this Sunday 23 November at the Estadio Municipal. Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners, will face Congo DR. The match will be broadcast live on CBCSports.ca (19.00 ET / 16.00 PT) and replayed on CBC television (24 November 00.30 ET / 23 November 21.30 PT).



The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008 features 16 teams divided into four groups. Each team plays three games in the group phase. The top-two teams in each group advance to the quarter-final stage.