- Title: FILE - Women's World Cup knockout stages begin on Aug. 5
- Date: 5th July 2023
- Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (FILE - JUNE 27, 2023) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF STADIUM AUSTRALIA - THE VENUE FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL ON AUGUST 20 EXTERIOR OF STADIUM AUSTRALIA SIGN ON EXTERIOR OF STADIUM, READING: "ACCOR STADIUM" (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF STADIUM AUSTRALIA EXTERIOR OF STADIUM AUSTRALIA
- Embargoed: 19th July 2023 07:03
- Keywords: 2023 Women's World Cup Adelaide Auckland Australia Christchurch FIFA Women's World Cup Hamilton New Zealand Perth Sydney USA United States Wellington
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Various
- Topics: Sport,World Cup
- Reuters ID: LVA001470004072023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The Women's World Cup knockout stages begin on Saturday (August 5) with New Zealand hosting the first two last-16 games before Australia stage the other six from Sunday to Tuesday.
The tournament finishes on Aug. 20 with Stadium Australia in Sydney hosting the final.
In the first two weeks of the tournament fans have enjoyed several fairytales with Jamaica, Morocco, South Africa, Norway and co-hosts Australia the big group-stage winners.
The losers? Germany, Brazil, Canada, the other co-hosts New Zealand, and China.
Morocco were expected to make an early exit as the 72nd-ranked team, but bounced back from a 6-0 defeat in their opener to become the lowest ranked side ever to make the knockout round with their 1-0 win over Colombia in Perth.
They still needed South Korea to prevent a Germany win in Thursday's other group match and had a few nervous moments while waiting for the final whistle in Brisbane.
The stunning upsets sent twice German champions packing in their first exit from the group stage in nine editions of the World Cup.
Jamaican joy on Wednesday also meant despair for Brazil, who exited from the group stage for the first time since 1995, following Canada's premature exit at the hands of co-hosts Australia on Monday.
That left the tournament without two of the game's greatest players with Brazil striker Marta and Canada's talisman captain Christine Sinclair, who both bowed out of their sixth World Cups in the worst possible way.
Australia's chances were on a razor's edge before they crushed Canada 4-0 without needing injured forward Sam Kerr, their leading scorer. Their advancement was a huge shot in the arm for the tournament after the loss of New Zealand.
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