. The winner of Japan vs Norway will play the winner of tomorrow's match between Sweden vs USA. You can keep up to date with all the latest news from the Lionesses camp and World Cup in our live blog below. Good morning and welcome to coverage of Day 17 of the Women's World Cup. We are now in the knockout stages of the tournament, with Spain booking the first place in the quarter-finals. Join us for the latest updates in today's next match. Join us tomorrow for the first of the round of 16 ties! As the group stages come to a close and we gear up for the knockout rounds, our writers have discussed their favourites to go on and win this year's World Cup. Megan Feringa - Japan Hannah Pinnock - Netherlands Louise Wilkes - Spain If there was ever any doubt over FIFA's decision to increase this year's Women's World Cup from 24 participating teams to 32, what we witnessed in the group stages will no doubt put an abrupt end to such questions. Over a drama-filled 15 days, we have watched some of the biggest upsets the tournament has ever seen. Favourites Germ){kind=link}
After a shock final round of group games which saw some of the biggest teams in the world knocked out of the competition, we are now at the first knockout stages
The knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup have now kicked off, with Spain making it as the very first team through to the quarter finals.
Spain thrashed Switzerland 5-1 to be the first team to book their place in the quarters next week.
Goals from Bonmarti, Redondo, Codina and Hermoso made sure Spain secured their place after a shaky final group game against Japan. Switzerland’s one goal was an own goal from Codina who made a very poor backpass to Coll Lluch – that came from the halfway line.
The second and final match of the day at 9am BST is Japan vs Norway, where it is expected Japan to go through.