Brazil reach quarters

Women's World Cup review

Brazil's Katia scored her fourth goal of the tournament

Saturday, 27 September

Group B: France 1-1 Brazil

Katia scored her fourth goal of the tournament as Brazil clinched first place in the group in Washington.

She took advantage of a mistake by France goalkeeper Celine Marty in the 58th minute.

France star Marinette Pichon scored an injury-time equalizer, but her side failed to progress.

"I am very proud of my players. They have improved match by match and in this last encounter they really showed what they are capable of," said France coach Elisabeth Loisel.

Brazil will play the second-place team from Group A on Wednesday in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

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Group B: South Korea 1-7 Norway

Norway, who won the World Cup in 1995, also advanced to the next round after a 7-1 demolition of South Korea.

Norway had been in danger of missing out on the quarter-finals after losing to Brazil.

But Norway captain Dagny Mellgren and Linda Ormen scored two goals each, while Solveig Gulbrandsen, Marianne Pettersen and Brit Sandaune all chipped in.

"We tried to score a lot of goals so that if France had beaten Brazil we would have won the group. And we would have if France had won, so we were able to do that," said Norway coach Age Steen.

Kim Jin-hee got one back for the South Koreans.

Norway will take on the winners of Group A in the quarter-finals.

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Group C : Argentina 1-6 Germany

Maren Meinert scored two goals for the European champions as Germany topped the group.

Meinert opened the scoring early, putting Germany ahead in the third minute. She added her second goal in the 43rd.

Birgit Prinz, Bettina Wiegmann, Conny Pohlers and Martina Mueller also scored for the Germans, while Yanina Gaitan scored Argentina's first goal of the competition.

Germany will face the second-place team in Group D on Thursday in Portland, Oregon.

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Group C : Canada 3-1 Japan

Canada came back from a goal down against Japan to move on to the next round.

Canada needed a win to advance, and Christine Sinclair, Christine Latham and Kara Lang responded by scoring a goal each after Japan star Homare Sawa had given the Asians an early lead.

The Canadians will face the Group D winners on Thursday.