Women’s World Cup: Quarter-finals – Who will advance to the semi-finals? – Sports

Second quarter-final: Japan – Sweden

• Friday August 11th at 09:30 Central European Time (live on SRF Zwei and in the Sports app at 09:00)
• Eden Park in Auckland

The Japanese are the only remaining world champions in the tournament, and all previous title holders (USA, Germany and Norway) have failed prematurely: no other nation stood up to the sun for the Asians at the last round in Germany in 2011. Since then there has been a Another final and 4 years ago there was a knockout round against the Netherlands. What Japan has already achieved is denied by quarter-final rival Sweden (for now). And “Tree Kronor” lost the 2003 final against Germany 1-2 after a golden goal. In 2011 and 2019, both two-time Olympic silver winners finished third.

This is also the confrontation between two long-term participants in the World Cup, neither of whom missed the final round. The head-to-head clash of the only knockout duels at major events so far is evenly matched: Japan won 3-1 en route to resounding success in the 2011 World Cup semi-finals, and beat the Swedes two years earlier at the Summer Olympics in the quarter-finals with the same scoreline.

3. Quarter-finals: Australia – France

• Saturday August 12th at 09:00 Central European Time (Live on SRF Zwei and in the Sports app at 8:30 am)
• Stadium in Brisbane

On the second day of the quarter-finals, the stage changes from New Zealand to Australia – and there the co-hosts are having a great moment in Brisbane. Against a backdrop that is sure to be unprecedented, Matildas will do everything in her power to excursion to the favorite from France. They managed to do it just under a month ago, and just before the tournament even started, they had already ignited the euphoria in their country by winning 1-0 in a friendly match in front of 50,000 spectators.

The Australians have experience with semi-final premieres: in 2021 they achieved one at the Olympics in Tokyo, and now they want to do the feat at World Cup level with home advantage behind them. Speaking of full-backs: although the crowd is almost exclusively against them, the isolated French ladies are handling the quarter-finals with a strong tailwind: They showed themselves in the mood with a goal at 6:3 in the Group C match against Panama and in the round of 16. Against Morocco 4: 0 – And they managed to save valuable energy thanks to the previous preliminary decision.

4. Quarter-finals: England – Colombia

• Saturday, August 12th at 12:30 p.m Central European Time (Live on SRF Zwei and in the Sports app at 12:00 PM)
• Australia Stadium in Sydney

At first glance, the roles are clearly divided in favor of the European champions England – Colombia. Only once, at the group stage of the 2015 World Cup in Canada, have the two teams met, and England narrowly won 2-1.

Narrow word is key: The Lionesses’ knockout round success against Nigeria came by a very narrow penalty shootout. The South American national team secured first place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a small (1-0) victory over Jamaica. England are now aiming for a third successive semi-final on the World Cup stage with healthy prospects, after which they would like to buy a ticket for the final for the first time. How can the cafeteria stand up to this in its only third participation in the final round?

Final stages of the tournament – Watch all matches live on SRF

• 1 semi-final (Spain vs. Japan/Sweden) on Tuesday, August 15th at 10:00 amEden Park, Auckland
• 2 semi-finals (Australia/France v England/Colombia) on Wednesday, August 16, at 12:00 p.mStadium Australia, Sydney
• Mini Final on Saturday August 19th at 10:00 amStadium in Brisbane
• The final is on Sunday, August 20, at 12:00 p.mStadium Australia, Sydney