Ladies’s World Cup knockout bracket full after dramatic group stage

The grind of the 2023 Ladies’s World Cup group stage is full and can give technique to what ought to be equally entertaining knockout rounds in Australia and New Zealand.

The ultimate bracket was decided Thursday after the final spherical of group stage matches introduced an finish to probably the most aggressive and unpredictable opening rounds in Ladies’s World Cup historical past.

Colombia (ranked twenty fifth) and Morocco (72) emerged from Group H on Thursday to grab locations within the spherical of 16. Each represented the newest of a handful of groups to defy expectations and qualify, whereas group favourite Germany was eradicated in dramatic trend on the final day after drawing with South Korea.

South Africa, Jamaica, and Nigeria additionally pulled off upsets that helped every nation e book surprising tickets to the spherical of 16.

The shocking berths got here on the expense of countries that could not stay as much as expectations, corresponding to Brazil, Italy, and Canada.

The defending champion United States virtually suffered an epic collapse however narrowly escaped its group stage finale with a draw to qualify after Portugal hit the submit in harm time. As an alternative of going residence early, the top-ranked U.S. girls’s nationwide staff will proceed its title protection within the subsequent spherical towards a Sweden aspect that is ranked third on this planet.

This is the entire schedule for the spherical of 16 (all instances ET):

• Switzerland vs. Spain (Aug. 5 at 1 a.m.)
• Japan vs. Norway (Aug. 5 at 4 a.m.)
• Netherlands vs. South Africa (Aug. 5 at 10 p.m.)
• Sweden vs. United States (Aug. 6 at 5 a.m.)
• England vs. Nigeria (Aug. 7 at 3:30 a.m.)
• Australia vs. Denmark (Aug. 7 at 6:30 a.m.)
• Jamaica vs. Colombia (Aug. 8 at 4 a.m.)
• France vs. Morocco (Aug. 8 at 7 a.m.)

The Ladies’s World Cup remaining is slated for Aug. 20 in Sydney.