Women's World Cup Results 2015: Group Scores and Twitter Reaction from Sunday

Group B got underway on Sunday, a day after Canada opened the 2015 Women's World Cup in dramatic fashion against China, with a solid Norway side in the first game and the top-ranked team in the world, Germany, set to take the pitch in the second. 

Below, we'll break down the day's scores, recaps and Twitter reactions from the second day of action in Canada.

Results

Group	Team 1	Score	Team 2
B	Norway	4-0	Thailand
B	Germany	10-0	Ivory Coast

Norway Cruises in Opener Against Thailand, 4-0

The Norwegians' victory was never really in doubt on Sunday afternoon to open Group B play, as Trine Ronning struck in the 15th minute, and her teammates never looked back, ruining Thailand's World Cup debut with a 4-0 victory. 

It was business as usual for Norway in World Cup openers, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Isabell Herlovsen notched a brace with goals in the 29th and 34th minutes, and Ada Hegerberg capped things off in the second half with a 68th-minute tally. 

Norway had a bit of fun celebrating after Herlovsen's second goal, too:

Norway was completely in control from beginning to end, as expected, finishing with 67 percent of possession and outshooting Thailand 25-6 (8-2 on goal). Ronning's opening goal was a spectacular, curling effort off a free kick that might have been saved had Thailand's wall jumped but nonetheless was a thing of beauty. 

From there, Herlovsen took over, with her second goal an excellent free header in the box. After that goal, Ian Darke of ESPN was ready to throw in the towel for Thailand:

The one highlight of the match for Thailand came from the team's keeper, however, as Waraporn Boonsing saved Maren Mjelde's penalty in the 75th minute, per FIFA Women's World Cup on Twitter:

That broke a bit of a streak for Norway, per Paul Carr of ESPN:

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Norway had converted all seven of its Women's World Cup penalties before that save. #NOR

— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) June 7, 2015"

For Norway, the win was the expected result, though the team likely could have scored even more than it did. While goal differential likely won't play a huge factor in Group B—Norway was always heavily favored to finish second in the group behind Germany—it's always a possibility. Still, the Norwegians showed Sunday that they're focused and ready to at least compete with Germany when the teams meet in group play.

For Thailand in its World Cup debut, there was never the expectation that the country would knock off the better teams in the world.

"We know we're underdogs in this group, so we have nothing to lose," Thai forward Taneekarn Dangda told AFP, via Yahoo Sports, before the game. "As we are representing Thailand, our target is to qualify for the next round, but if we cannot be first or second in the group, we will do our best to progress as one of the best third-placed teams."

There is plenty of work to be done, that is for sure. Still, there were some positives to take from the game, though the disappointing wall on the opening goal and the failure to mark Herlovsen in the box on the third goal are the sort of little mistakes the team can fix—and will need to, if it hopes to be more competitive in its next two games.

Germany Hammers Ivory Coast, 10-0

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There are beatdowns, and then there's Germany's 10-0 win over Ivory Coast Sunday. Both Celia Sasic and Anja Mittag finished with hat tricks, and six different German players found the back of the net.

It's only the second-biggest margin of victory in a Women's World Cup match. Germany owns the top spot as well, per ESPN's Paul Carr:

Max Bretos of ESPN sees the result as an outgrowth of the tournament's expansion from 16 to 24 teams; the gap between the World Cup's best and worst teams has grown bigger:

Soccer commentator Ian Darke wondered if the expansion was done for the better of the Women's World Cup as a whole if it leads to matches like this:

Sasic started the scoring in the third minute and followed up with her second just 11 minutes later. Mittag and Sasic then exchanged goals to wrap up the first half as Germany carried a 5-0 lead into the dressing room.

After Mittag completed her hat trick in the 64th minute, Simone Laudehr, Sara Daebritz, Melanie Behringer and Alexandra Popp all padded the German lead.

Germany finished with 61 percent possession and 29 total shots (17 shots on target), compared to just four for Ivory Coast, per FIFA.com.

Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl joked the Ivory Coast could talk to the Brazil men's national team to learn how to deal with an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Germans:

Nobody expected the totality of the result, but Germany was heavily favored coming into the fixture. The team occupies the top spot in FIFA's world rankings, while Ivory Coast is all the way down at 67th. In women's soccer, power is heavily concentrated toward the top of the totem pole. The difference between 66 spots in the rankings is gargantuan, and that was evident Sunday.

"We had judged them to be better than they were today," said Germany coach Silvia Neid, per FIFA.com. "We were very focused and concentrated heading into the match. We scored early on, and stood our ground, we outran them, and we are glad that we took home the three points."

Germany certainly staked its claim as the team to beat in Canada. They have the horses to go all of the way, and motivation clearly won't be an issue.

As one of the worst teams in the tournament, Ivory Coast could be looking at an early exit. Taking zero points from your first match makes advancing out of the group difficult enough as is. Coming out of that match with a minus-10 goal differential does you no favors, either.