Women’s World Cup scenarios: Australia advance to the knockout stage,

The business end of the Women’s World Cup group stage has officially arrived. The most competitive edition of the tournament yet means only five teams were eliminated before the final round of group games began, so several high-stakes matchups are on the schedule.

Group A wrapped up its slate on Sunday with Switzerland drawing 0-0 with co-hosts New Zealand and Norway pummeling the Philippines 6-0. The results meant that Switzerland topped the group and that Norway edged out New Zealand on goal difference. As a result, New Zealand became the first host nation not to advance to the Women’s World Cup knockout rounds.

The group stage finales resumed on Monday when teams in Group B and Group C played their last games. As the matches continues, tiebreakers will likely be needed. The first tiebreaker is goal differential, followed by goals scored and then head-to-head results. The remaining tiebreaks in order are superior goal difference between the teams involved, most goals scored by the teams involved, fair play points, and finally, a draw of lots.