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Women's World Cup Roundup: Germany Cruise Through to Quarters & Norway Prevail on Penalties

The Women's World Cup round of 16 got underway on Saturday, with the first two quarter finalists decided in two entertaining games that both once again featured VAR.

Germany continued their fine, flawless form, as they beat Nigeria 3-0 in Grenoble to continue their run of reaching at least the quarter-finals at every single tournament. Later on that day, Norway beat Australia after a penalty shootout in a tight affair in Nice to reach the final eight.

Here's the full breakdown on the first two fixtures of the knockout stages.

In the first match of the knockout stages, Germany met Nigeria at the Stade de Alpes.