Football
2023 Women World Cup: Countries that have qualified for Round of 16
Seven teams have already qualified for the Round of 16 and eight teams have been mathematically eliminated as of Monday, July 31 at the ongoing Women World cup jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
All of their final placings in their groups were finalised apart from Sweden, who will win Group G barring a huge goal-difference swing on their final match day.
Switzerland and Norway progressed from Group A following Sunday’s fixtures.
Co-host, New Zealand became the first host nation to be knocked out at the group stages, after a 0-0 draw with Switzerland.
Norway thrashed the Philippines 6-0 in the other game.
The results mean Switzerland go through as the group winners and Norway as the runner-up ahead of New Zealand on goal difference.
Japan and Spain are already through to the last 16 after winning their opening two matches in Group C.
Sweden have also qualified and only need a draw against Argentina to guarantee top spot in Group G.
Australia and Nigeria have also qualified for the round of 16. Australia eliminated Canada in a 3:0 trashing topping the group with six points while Nigeria pulled a goalless draw with Ireland, thereby coming second in the group with five points.
The Round of 16 is the start of what is commonly referred to as the knockout rounds because every match is single elimination from here on out.
There are no points earned. There are no standings. There’s simply a winner and a loser.
The Round of 16 pairings pit group winners against group runners-up.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the first edition of the tournament which includes 32 teams from across the world. All 32 qualified teams are divided into eight groups (A through H) and their finish in the group determines their path to the knockout stages.