In the opening match of the World Cup for both teams in Group A, Switzerland overcame the Philippines 2-0 in Dunedin.
![The women arrived at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1269481780.jpg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=RbvLHE2v)
![Philippines' Secretary for Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr helped return the women [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1052524136.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=sH5tup-e)
![Philippines [AFP via Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/FF86E1B0-1B3E-4BFF-8CDE-0960D90F7A05.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Wk0hxncw "Philippines [AFP via Getty]")
![Damascus [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/97F9D37B-B9B4-494D-BC49-617666FD12EE.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=A3vLQt0y "Damascus [AFP]")
