Japan and North Korea won the last group deciders ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup knockout stages.
Group E: Austria 0-2 Japan, New Zealand 1-3 Ghana
Group F: Netherlands 0-2 North Korea, Argentina 1-0 Costa Rica
Japan won the group decider with Austria, Maya Hijikata scoring late in each half to secure a third straight win in Colombia.
Ghana gained their first points before departing, with a 3-1 victory over New Zealand. All the goals came in the last half hour or so, Salamatu Abdulai scoring either side of Manaia Elliott’s reply and Tracey Twum with a late third.
North Korea beat the Netherlands 2-0 in a meeting on Group F’s top two, to finish on maximum points and five ahead of the Dutch. Choe Il-son broke the deadlock in first-half added time and Jong Kum doubled the advantage.
Argentina edged Costa Rica 1-0 with a Kishi Núñez 18th-minute goal, their first win enough to see them progress as one of the best third-placed sides.
Canada, Cameroon and South Korea were the other three teams to finish third but go through to the knockout stages.
Round of 16 (UK times, all games live on FIFA+)
Night of Wednesday 11 September – Brazil v Cameroon (8.30pm), Spain v Canada (8.30pm), Mexico v USA (2am), Colombia v South Korea (2am)
Night of Thursday 12 September – Germany v Argentina (8.30pm), North Korea v Austria (8.30pm), Japan v Nigeria (2am), France v Netherlands (2am)
