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Women’s football quarter-finals line-up set

 The quarter-finals line-up in the women’s football event at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo was set on Tuesday after the final matches of the group stage were played.

Our correspondent reports that in one of the first two games of the day, four-time Olympic gold medallists U.S drew 0-0 with Australia.

Both have qualified to the knockout rounds.

Australia will now meet Great Britain, who drew 1-1 with Canada who will now face Brazil, who were 1-0 winners over Zambia.

The Netherlands, who put eight past China in an 8-2 win for an incredible 21 goals in three matches, will face the U.S.

Quarter final matchups:

—- Great Britain vs Australia (kick-off 18:00, Friday)

—- Sweden vs Japan (kick-off 19:00, Friday)

*Winners of Great Britain vs Australia will meet winners of Sweden vs Japan in semi-final

—- Netherlands vs U.S (kick-off 20:00, Friday)

—- Canada vs Brazil (kick-off 17:00, Friday)

*Winners of Netherlands vs U.S will meet winners of Canada vs Brazil in semi-final.

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