Here are the results after the penultimate day of the knock-out stage

Sweden secured a bronze medal at the Women’s World Cup, defeating Australia 2-0.

The match saw Sweden convert a penalty, then seal the win with another goal in the second half. Sweden's dominance and organized play led them to victory. This victory extended Sweden's perfect record in World Cup third-place matches to four.

Congratulations to Sweden and Australia for their incredible performance throughout the competition.

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
Sweden vs Australia	217	153	64	Sweden

Contest ranking

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

badges	owners	badges	owners
43	1	21	5
42	2	20	3
41	2	19	6
40	13	18	3
39	16	17	6
38	20	16	3
37	23	15	4
36	21	14	3
35	22	13	2
34	17	12	6
33	12	11	1
32	16	10	3
31	16	9	3
30	13	8	2
29	11	7	2
28	8	6	1
27	8	5	2
26	8	4	4
25	7	3	2
24	6	2	4
23	5	1	4
22	8

No change in the top 3 of the ranking but everything is still possible. Hive account@dwixer is in the lead but he must not be mistaken in his prediction for the final. He could be robbed of victory by Hive account@josediccus who has a better "speed score" than him in the event of a good prediction from the later.

Same situation for Hive account@shamzy who, if he is wrong in the final, could be robbed of 3rd place on the podium by Hive account@joseal2020 who is just behind him with a better "speed score".

We feel that some are going to be particularly nervous during the final.

Here are the top 25 participants:

Rank	Name	Badges
1	Hive account@dwixer	43
2	Hive account@josediccus	42
3	Hive account@shamzy	42
4	Hive account@joseal2020	41
5	Hive account@bombus	41
6	Hive account@funshee	40
7	Hive account@takhar	40
8	Hive account@arc7icwolf	40
9	Hive account@ifarmgirl	40
10	Hive account@xrayman	40
11	Hive account@jimah1k	40
12	Hive account@danideuder	40
13	Hive account@orionvk	40
14	Hive account@jorgebgt	40
15	Hive account@hive-world	40
16	Hive account@circlebubble	40
17	Hive account@q6vault	40
18	Hive account@ferod23	40
19	Hive account@merit.ahama	39
20	Hive account@mhizsmiler.leo	39
21	Hive account@kenechukwu97	39
22	Hive account@gabrielatravels	39
23	Hive account@akomoajong	39
24	Hive account@ynwa.andree	39
25	Hive account@erikah	39