Jamaica won their first-ever Fifa Women’s World Cup match as Allyson Swaby’s goal gave them victory over Panama in Perth.
Swaby rose highest to head home from a Trudi Carter cross in the 56th minute as the Reggae Girlz recorded a historic win – and in the process knocked Panama out of the tournament.
France and Jamaica are joint top of Group F and now face final decisive group matches against Panama and Brazil respectively on Wednesday, 2 August.
Lorne Donaldson’s side, who were without captain Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw after she was sent off in the dying seconds of their goalless draw against France, have shown significant progress since 2019, when they lost all three matches on their only previous tournament appearance.
Atlanta Primus was particularly lively in the first half as Jamaica looked to dominant proceedings, having two shots blocked and firing high over the bar from distance.
Jamaica went even closer when Vyan Sampson struck from the edge of the area looking to curl into the top corner before Panama goalkeeper Yenith Bailey sprung to her right and palmed it behind.
Drew Spence’s curling free-kick just before half-time was also pushed onto the bar by Bailey as Jamaica looked to break the deadlock.
After Swaby finally found a way through, they were then denied a penalty in stoppage time at the end of the second half after the video assistant referee ruled Wendy Natis did not handball to block Drew Spence’s shot.
Meanwhile, debutants Panama are still searching for their first goal in the competition.
Panama captain Marta Cox created her side’s best chances of the match but saw a shot blocked before shooting wide from 12 yards out after seizing on a loose defensive clearance.
Ignacio Quintana’s side piled on the pressure in added time, with Emily Cedeno having a shot blocked following a delivery into the box from Cox, but could not find an equaliser.
Player of the match
SwabyChantelle Swaby
with an average of 7.69
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Squad number10Player nameCox
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Squad number20Player nameQuintero
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Squad number19Player nameCedeño
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Squad number14Player nameMontenegro
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Squad number13Player nameTanner
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Squad number8Player nameGonzález
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Squad number7Player nameCedeño
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Squad number5Player namePinzón
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Squad number9Player nameRiley
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Squad number2Player nameJaén
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Squad number3Player nameNatis
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Squad number23Player nameBaltrip-Reyes
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Squad number6Player nameSalazar
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Squad number4Player nameCastillo
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Squad number12Player nameBailey
Jamaica
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Squad number4Player nameSwaby
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Squad number18Player nameCarter
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Squad number17Player nameSwaby
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Squad number19Player nameWiltshire
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Squad number22Player nameMcKenna
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Squad number13Player nameSpencer
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Squad number9Player nameSimmonds
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Squad number8Player nameSpence
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Squad number7Player nameMcNamara
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Squad number14Player nameBlackwood
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Squad number3Player nameSampson
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Squad number15Player nameCameron
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Squad number2Player nameWashington
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Squad number10Player nameBrown
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Squad number21Player nameMatthews
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Squad number20Player namePrimus
Line-ups
Panama
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 12Bailey
- 4Castillo
- 3Natis
- 5Pinzón
- 23Baltrip-ReyesSubstituted forJaénat 87′minutes
- 6SalazarBooked at 17minsSubstituted forQuinteroat 45′minutes
- 8GonzálezSubstituted forMontenegroat 78′minutes
- 7CedeñoBooked at 13mins
- 10Cox
- 13Tanner
- 19CedeñoSubstituted forRileyat 65′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Fábrega
- 2Jaén
- 9Riley
- 11Mills
- 14Montenegro
- 15Vargas
- 16Espinosa
- 17Batista
- 18Hernández
- 20Quintero
- 21de Obaldía
- 22Córdoba
Jamaica
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 13Spencer
- 15CameronSubstituted forWiltshireat 87′minutes
- 17Swaby
- 4Swaby
- 14BlackwoodBooked at 31mins
- 3Sampson
- 18CarterSubstituted forMatthewsat 65′minutes
- 20PrimusSubstituted forMcNamaraat 87′minutes
- 8Spence
- 10BrownSubstituted forWashingtonat 80′minutes
- 22McKennaSubstituted forSimmondsat 80′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Schneider
- 2Washington
- 5Plummer
- 6Solaun
- 7McNamara
- 9Simmonds
- 12van Zanten
- 16Bailey-Gayle
- 19Wiltshire
- 21Matthews
- 23Brooks
- Referee:
- Kateryna Monzul
- Attendance:
- 15,987
Match Stats
Live Text
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Match ends, Panama 0, Jamaica 1.
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Second Half ends, Panama 0, Jamaica 1.
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Attempt saved. Marta Cox (Panama) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Katherine Castillo with a cross.
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Corner, Panama. Conceded by Chantelle Swaby.
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Attempt blocked. Aldrith Quintero (Panama) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karla Riley.
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Attempt blocked. Emily Cedeño (Panama) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riley Tanner.
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Corner, Panama. Conceded by Deneisha Blackwood.
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Corner, Panama. Conceded by Tiernny Wiltshire.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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VAR Decision: No Penalty Jamaica.
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Attempt blocked. Drew Spence (Jamaica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kameron Simmonds.
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Attempt blocked. Drew Spence (Jamaica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Jamaica. Conceded by Emily Cedeño.
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Attempt saved. Peyton McNamara (Jamaica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Solai Washington.
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Offside, Jamaica. Deneisha Blackwood tries a through ball, but Kameron Simmonds is caught offside.
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Substitution, Panama. Hilary Jaén replaces Carina Baltrip-Reyes.
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Substitution, Jamaica. Tiernny Wiltshire replaces Tiffany Cameron.
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Substitution, Jamaica. Peyton McNamara replaces Atlanta Primus.
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Attempt missed. Cheyna Matthews (Jamaica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Drew Spence.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
