Their tournament
how their World Cup unfoldedAustralia's Round of 32 exit against Egypt had the shape of a tournament scare that never quite resolved in their favour — Ashour's early goal put the Socceroos on the back foot, Hany's equaliser forcing extra time, but the penalty shootout was a one-sided affair, Egypt converting four to Australia's two. They leave a tournament in which they scraped through the group stage in second place, and ultimately could not withstand a composed Egyptian side when the margins were at their tightest.
Results
Irankunda 27′Metcalfe 75′
Burgess 11′Freeman 43′
Hany 55′Ashour 13′
Group D runners-up
Knocked out- R32Fri Jul 3 11:00PT
Group D standings
how the group finishedGroup D
Final| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸USA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Group winner | |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 4 | Runner-up | |
| 3 | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | Best third | |
| 4 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 | Out |
Squad
starting XI from Egypt at Australia in boldGoalkeepers
- 18Patrick Beach23
- 1Mathew Ryan34
- 12Paul Izzo31
Defenders
- 3Alessandro Circati22
- 5Jordan Bos23
- 16Aziz Behich35
- 19Harry Souttar27
- 25Lucas Herrington18
- 2Milos Degenek32
- 4Jacob Italiano25
- 6Jason Geria33
- 15Kai Trewin25
- 21Cameron Burgess30
Midfielders
- 8Connor Metcalfe26
- 13Aiden O'Neill28
- 20Cristian Volpato22
- 22Jackson Irvine33
- 10Ajdin Hrustic30
- 11Awer Mabil30
- 14Cameron Devlin28
- 24Paul Okon-Engstler21
Forwards
- 17Nestory Irankunda20
- 7Mathew Leckie35
- 9Mohamed Toure22
- 23Nishan Velupillay25
- 26Tete Yengi25