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England’s final group opponent was decided as Haiti qualified for the Women’s World Cup for the first time with a 2-1 play-off win over Chile.
Midfielder Melchie Dumornay, who will join Lyon from Reims in the summer, opened the scoring with a powerful strike just before half-time.
After captain Nerilia Mondesir missed an 89th-minute penalty, Dumornay doubled Haiti’s lead in the eighth minute of added time.
Maria Rojas pulled one back for Chile.
Haiti will join the Lionesses, Denmark and China in group D at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, which starts on 20 July.
“I feel joy and pride. I’m happy we got this qualification because our country, our people needed it,” said Mondesir.
“They were counting on it. We were focused, we were motivated and that’s why I’m happy.
“We suffered, that’s true, and we knew what Chile were capable of doing. But we trusted our team.”
Haiti are ranked 55th in the world and had never previously reached a major global tournament – although their men did qualify for the World Cup in 1974.
Chile – who have one of the world’s best goalkeepers in Lyon’s Champions League winner Christiane Endler – made their women’s World Cup debut in 2019, but will not feature in this year’s edition despite being given a bye to the play-off final in Auckland.
In the other two World Cup play-offs, which are both being played in Hamilton, Cameroon will face Portugal later on Wednesday before Panama take on Paraguay on Thursday.
