Here are the results after the 8th day of the knock-out stage

The second semi-final between Australia and England did not disappoint us. After a first half where England scored first, Australia came back to level in the second, only to lose the lead again following England's second goal. At the very end of the match, England will drive the point home by scoring a last goal. A deserved victory for England that we will find in the final against Spain.

The Play-off for third place will be played between Sweden and Australia.

See you in a few days for the last two matches of this exciting Women's World Cup.

Participants

There are 330 registered participants.

You can still register for the contest. Any successful bet can bring you a prize.

Don't forget that, if you want to participate, you need to register for the contest by sending 1 HIVE to @hivebuzz.pool with the memo worldcup2023. This is a one-time registration and it will be added to the prize pool.

Matches

Here is the list of results for knockout matches

Teams	Valid bets	Team A	Team B	Winner
Switzerland vs Spain	237	37	200	Spain
Japan vs Norway	237	207	30	Japan
Netherlands vs South Africa	263	237	26	Netherlands
Sweden vs United States	259	73	186	Sweden
England vs Nigeria	264	228	36	England
Australia vs Denmark	266	217	49	Australia
Colombia vs Jamaica	272	236	36	Colombia
France vs Morocco	264	246	18	France
Spain vs Netherlands	241	182	59	Spain
Japan vs Sweden	247	200	47	Sweden
Australia vs France	249	51	198	Australia
England vs Colombia	243	191	52	England
Spain vs Sweden	245	142	103	Spain
Australia vs England	253	61	192	England

Contest ranking

Here are the stats and the current ranking of our contest.

badges	owners	badges	owners
42	1	21	8
41	2	20	3
40	4	19	4
39	14	18	5
38	15	17	5
37	24	16	4
36	26	15	1
35	23	14	5
34	20	13	3
33	13	12	4
32	18	11	3
31	11	10	3
30	15	9	3
29	16	8	1
28	9	7	3
27	8	6	1
26	7	5	2
25	8	4	4
24	6	3	2
23	7	2	4
22	5	1	4

No change today in the top 3 of the ranking. @dwixer retains pole position with 42 badges ahead of @josediccus and @shamzy who have 40 badges each.

Behind them, @joseal2020, @xrayman, @danideuder and @bombus, four challengers who can still claim a place in the top 3 if those who are there were to make a mistake during the last matches.

Sadly, this is not the case for @ynwa.andree who made a fatal mistake today and plummeted to 13th place. This contest is ruthless.

Here are the top 25 players:

Rank	Name	Badges
1	@dwixer	42
2	@josediccus	41
3	@shamzy	41
4	@joseal2020	40
5	@xrayman	40
6	@danideuder	40
7	@bombus	40
8	@funshee	39
9	@takhar	39
10	@arc7icwolf	39
11	@ifarmgirl	39
12	@jimah1k	39
13	@ynwa.andree	39
14	@orionvk	39
15	@jorgebgt	39
16	@hive-world	39
17	@circlebubble	39
18	@q6vault	39
19	@carrinm	39
20	@ferod23	39
21	@merit.ahama	38
22	@mhizsmiler.leo	38
23	@ablaze	38
24	@kenechukwu97	38
25	@gabrielatravels	38