Last Days of Olympic Soccer Group Play!

Well there were two draws in the women's Group F yesterday as Japan and South Africa played out a 0-0 draw and Canada met Sweden in a 2-2 contest. With those results Sweden and Japan managed to progress to the next round at the expense of the Canadians who missed out of the top two by just a point as the table was completed thus: Sweden - 5, Japan - 5, Canada - 4, and South Africa - 1. On to Group G where the U.S. fended off the challenge of the North Koreans in a 1-0 encounter. At the same time, France defeated Colombia by the same scoreline. After this last round, the group wrapped-up with the table poised as follows: the United States - 9, France - 6, North Korea - 3, and the Colombians - 0. Completing the women's group games we had Group E in the afternoon of July 31st: New Zealand bested Cameroon by a scoreline of 3-1 while Great Britain upset the Brazilians by edging them 1-0. Despite the last game's respective results Great Britain and Brazil will be the teams qualifying with the group positioned in the following manner: Great Britain - 9, Brazil - 6, New Zealand - 3, and Cameroon - 0. And what of the Quarter-Finals? Great Britain will face Canada while the United States and New Zealand challenge one another in the next. Sweden and France are the next pairing while Brazil and Japan round-up the Quarter-Finals bracket. As for the men's teams matches taking place today (August 1st) Brazil trounced the New Zealanders 3-0 while Belarus were similarly abused by the Egyptians in their 1-3 contest. After the morning games though, the other games were far from high-scoring: Group D's last round ended entirely goalless with Japan and Honduras ending 0-0 as did Spain's match with Morocco. Mexico were able to undo the Swiss in a 1-0 encounter while South Korea v.s. Gabon reached the final whistle without a goal between them. As such, groups B, C, and D are arrayed as follows: Mexico and South Korea each have 4 points in Group B while Switzerland and Gabon have a point to their names respectively. In Group C Brazil conquered with a perfect 9 points from 3 games while Egypt finished in second with 4. Belarus managed 3 while the Kiwis were left with a mere point. Last but not least, Group D was resolved with an air of surprise as Japan triumphed with 7 points, Honduras fixed in second position with 5, Morocco managed 2 points while Spain left disappointed with merely a point to their name. As for Group A, the games are taking place as I post this with Great Britain leading Uruguay by a score of 1-0 at the end of the first half while the United Arab Emirates are in a similar position over the men of Senegal. Should the games resolve as they currently stand Great Britain and Senegal would take the top slots with 7 and 4 points respectively while Uruguay and the United Arab Emirates would be tied with 3 points a piece. We'll have to see how things actually end! Enjoy!