Defending champion Germany wore down North Korea to win 3-0 on Saturday and advance to the women's World Cup semifinals.
Australia will not slow down Brazil's high-speed to roll into the semifinal in their 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal here on Sunday.
New Zealand coach John Herman hoped on Thursday that China would go further in the Women's World Cup.Herman's side were defeated 2-0 by the hosts. 8 Teams say farewell
Germany's quarter-final meet with DPR Korea is likely to produce one of the women's World Cup's most breathtaking game as both teams have the world class quality and the desire for attacking.
World No 1 women's soccer side the United States are expecting a real challenge in Tianjin on Saturday from England.
Li Jie and Xie Caixia scored in the second half Thursday to lead China to a 2-0 win over New Zealand, setting up a quarterfinal matchup against Norway. Standings
Norway and Australia reached the women's World Cup quarterfinals on Thursday, leaving only two spots to be filled.
TIANJIN: International soccer's governing body FIFA mysteriously postponed China's last group match just four hours before yesterday afternoon's scheduled kick-off.
The last group match may mean little to the Brazilians, who have virtually got a ticket for the quarter-finals with six points and a huge advantage on goal difference, but for the Danes it's a must win game.
Host China will have to wait one more day to see if it will qualify for the quarterfinals of FIFA Women's World Cup after a typhoon caused the postponement of a Group D match.
FIFA Women's World Cup hosts China on Tuesday calmly accepted the match schedule amendment caused by typhoon Wipha.
Twice winners the United States and DPR Korea both qualified for the quarters of the Women's World Cup by finishing top two in Group B.