Here are the results after the 7th day of the knock-out stage

The first semi-final between Spain and Sweden was absolutely breathtaking. After a sluggish first half, without much opportunity for either team, during the last 10 minutes of the game we were treated to three goals that led Spain to a 2-1 victory. What an incredible ending!

Hopefully the second semi-final will be of the same ilk...

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 Hive account@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

Contest ranking

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

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

Just like the end of today's match, we are seeing an incredible comeback from Hive account@dwixer who jumps alone to the top of our contest leaderboard with 41 badges. He was the only one to bet on Spain among these opponents at the top of the ranking. Good risk-taking.

Just behind him, we find Hive account@josediccus and Hive account@shamzy with 40 badges each.

Meanwhile, Hive account@xrayman and Hive account@danideuder quietly work their way up the leaderboard with Hive account@joseal2020, Hive account@bombus and Hive account@ynwa.andree among the 39 badges group.

We predict that hearts will beat the drum during the next matches.

Here are the top 25 players:

Rank	Name	Badges
1	Hive account@dwixer	41
2	Hive account@josediccus	40
3	Hive account@shamzy	40
4	Hive account@joseal2020	39
5	Hive account@xrayman	39
6	Hive account@bombus	39
7	Hive account@danideuder	39
8	Hive account@ynwa.andree	39
9	Hive account@funshee	38
10	Hive account@takhar	38
11	Hive account@arc7icwolf	38
12	Hive account@ifarmgirl	38
13	Hive account@akomoajong	38
14	Hive account@jimah1k	38
15	Hive account@orionvk	38
16	Hive account@jorgebgt	38
17	Hive account@hive-world	38
18	Hive account@circlebubble	38
19	Hive account@cryptodonator	38
20	Hive account@elephantium	38
21	Hive account@aubryd	38
22	Hive account@q6vault	38
23	Hive account@carrinm	38
24	Hive account@ferod23	38
25	Hive account@merit.ahama	37