{"id":12894,"date":"2012-07-29T01:43:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T23:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-1-olympics-first-five-seal-places-in-womens-soccer\/"},"modified":"2012-07-29T01:43:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T23:43:36","slug":"update-1-olympics-first-five-seal-places-in-womens-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-olympics-first-five-seal-places-in-womens-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Olympics-First five seal places in women&#8217;s soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mike Collett<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON, July 28<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Hosts Britain, reigning<br \/>\nchampions the United States and world champions Japan all sealed<br \/>\ntheir places in the quarter-finals of the women&#8217;s soccer<br \/>\ntournament on Saturday, with medal hopefuls Brazil and Sweden<br \/>\njoining them.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>North Korea had a chance to make the last eight but lost it<br \/>\nwhen they were crushed 5-0 by France at Hampden Park after<br \/>\nconceding four goals in the last 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s 0-0 draw with Sweden in Coventry, combined with<br \/>\nother results later in the day, meant both qualified from Group<br \/>\nF, at worst as one of the two best third-placed teams in the<br \/>\nthree group competition.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The top two teams in each group qualify, along with the best<br \/>\ntwo third placed finishers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Britain, competing for the first time, were too strong for<br \/>\nAfrican champions Cameroon and won 3-0 in Group E in front of<br \/>\n31,000 fans at Cardiff&#8217;s Millennium Stadium, to follow up their<br \/>\nhistoric first win against New Zealand on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United States, bidding for a third successive gold, also<br \/>\nwon 3-0 against Colombia in Group G in Glasgow while Brazil,<br \/>\nbidding for a first Olympic soccer gold, beat New Zealand 1-0 at<br \/>\nCardiff in Group E with another goal from Cristiane, whose<br \/>\noverall tally of 12 is an Olympic all-time scoring record.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And although Japan were held by Sweden, who themselves are<br \/>\nhoping for a medal, both are assured of a last eight place as<br \/>\nthey both have four points from their two matches and will<br \/>\neither finish first, second or third in the group.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The third placed team in Group E cannot finish with a better<br \/>\nrecord than either of them, so they are through.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Collett LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Hosts Britain, reigning champions the United States and world champions Japan all sealed their places in the quarter-finals of the women&#8217;s soccer tournament on Saturday, with medal hopefuls Brazil and Sweden joining them. 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