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Germany eliminated from World Cup after being held by South Korea

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Two-time champions Germany have crashed out of the Women's World Cup after drawing 1-1 with South Korea in their final Group H match in Brisbane.Cho So-hyun had put South Korea in front in the sixth minute before Germany captain Alexandra Popp equalised with a 42nd-minute header.But Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's world number two side were unable to add to that, with Popp going closest with a header against the crossbar on the hour mark.And with Morocco beating Colombia 1-0 in the pool's other game, leaving them both with six points, the Germans, on four, were condemned to third place and failed to make the knockout rounds of the competition for the first time in their history.The 2003 and 2007 World Cup winners, who started their campaign at this edition by thrashing Morocco 6-0 before a shock 2-1 loss to Colombia, become the third top-10 ranked team to be eliminated at the group stage, after Canada and Brazil.South Korea, managed by former Republic of Ireland manager Colin Bell, also bow out with this having been the first point of their campaign.There was an early warning for Germany when 16-year-old Casey Phair - who became the competition's youngest ever player in the group's opening round of matches - hit a shot in the third minute that Merle Frohms did well to turn against a post.Three minutes later, another attack from Bell's team saw them grab the lead as Lee Young-ju played a fine through-ball and Cho slotted past Frohms.Klara Buhl sent two efforts off-target soon after, but Germany struggled to threaten much beyond that until Popp drew things level just before the break, connecting with Svenja Huth's cross for her fourth goal of the tournament, moving level with Japan's Hinata Miyazawa as top-scorer.Popp thought

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