Sweden hold off late fightback from Japan to reach World Cup semi-finals
FT: Japan 1-2 Sweden - Ilestedt fired in from close range for fourth goal of tournament & Angeldal added second from spot
Ueki hit bar with penalty before Hayashi pulled goal back
Sweden will play Spain in last four on Tuesday
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Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
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Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Eden Park
Great atmosphere on the concourses at Eden Park as Japan and Sweden fans mingle together before the 7.30pm kick-off local time.
"Sweden all the way," the guy with the horns on his head yelled in my ear.
The person next to him flew in from Japan today especially for this match and is predicting a 1-0 win for the Nadeshiko.
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Image source, BBC SportJapan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Ranked third in the world, Sweden are in the knockout stages for the eighth time in nine World Cup appearances, failing only in 2007. They've reached at least the semi-final in three of their last four knockout stage appearances, with the exception being a 4-1 loss to Germany in the last 16 in 2015.
Can they make it four from five?
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Image source, Getty Images"I was watching it on television at home," Japan boss Futoshi Ikeda recalls when asked about memories of his nation's 2011 Women's World Cup triumph.
"The Japanese earthquake had just happened, so in that sense it was a tournament that gave everyone courage, and conveyed the joy and the greatness of sport."
Japan's momentous triumph in Germany 12 years ago was as emotional as it was unexpected.
Three months before the tournament, a devastating earthquake and tsunami along the country's north-east coast killed more than 18,000 people, displaced tens of thousands and generated a tsunami which caused a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant.
Read the full story here.
FT: Spain 2-1 Netherlands
FT: Spain 2-1 Netherlands
Image source, Getty ImagesIf you weren't up in the early hours, here's what happened in today's other quarter-final...
Teenage winger Salma Paralluelo came off the bench to score a 111th-minute winner as Spain beat the Netherlands to reach the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup for the first time.
Mariona Caldentey had appeared to give Spain the win in normal time when she slammed home an 80th-minute penalty via the post after Stefanie van der Gragt handled in the box.
Van der Gragt went from villain to hero by smashing home a stoppage-time equaliser - but Paralluelo found space in the area in extra time to put Spain into their first major semi-final for 26 years.
You can read the full report here.
Image source, Getty ImagesJapan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Eden Park
Image source, BBC SportAre we about to see the record crowd for a football match in New Zealand shattered for a fourth time during this tournament?
Before the Women's World Cup, it was 37,034 for a men's World Cup play-off in Wellington in 2017.
In the past three weeks, Eden Park has hosted crowds of 42,137 (New Zealand v Norway), 42,958 (USA v Portugal) and 43,217 (Switzerland v Spain).
There is one more game here after this match - next Tuesday's semi-final. We already know Spain will be here for that. But will it be Japan or Sweden joining them?
Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Image source, BBC SportThis tie was the toughest to call.
Japan are free-scoring and also probably play the most free-flowing football we've seen at this tournament.
But, after seeing how Sweden dug deep to get past the USA in the last 16, I just have a feeling they will find a way of winning this game too.
There is only one area where Sweden are superior - they have a pretty comprehensive height advantage, and I think their ability to score from set-pieces will prove to be the difference.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-2
Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
One change for Japan and it comes in midfield as Hina Sugita makes her second start of the tournament. Sugita replaces Jun Endo from the side that started the 3-1 win over Norway in the last 16.
Japan starting XI: Yamashita, Minami, Kumagai, Takahashi, Sugita, Nagano, Hasegawa, Shimizu, Miyazawa, Tanaka, Fujino.
Image source, .Nice and easy for Sweden who name the same XI that knocked out four-time world champions the United States on penalties last time out.
Sweden starting XI: Musovic, Andersson, Eriksson, Ilestedt, Bjorn, Angeldahl, Rubensson, Rolfo, Asllani, Rytting Kaneryd, Blackstenius.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSweden face a tough task today with Japan on an amazing roll at this World Cup.
They've won all of their games by a margin of at least two goals, scoring 14 goals in the process - their most ever in a single edition of the tournament.
Unluckily for Sweden, Japan also have a pretty decent record in World Cup quarter-finals, losing once to the USA in 1995 before 1-0 victories against Germany (2011) and Australia (2015).
The two sides have met three times at World Cups, with Japan running out 3-1 winners last time round having lost the first two by an aggregate score of 0-10.
Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesIf Sweden manage to knock Japan out today, we will be guaranteed of a new name on the World Cup trophy.
Japan, who won the tournament in 2011, are the last champions standing after Germany suffered an early group stage exit, while USA and Norway were defeated in the last 16.
Japan v Sweden (08:30 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesOne quarter-final down, three more to go.
Spain are our first semi-finalists after they defeated the Netherlands in extra time earlier today to reach their first World Cup semi-final.
Will it be Japan or Sweden joining them?
We'll find out shortly as we prepare to get underway in Auckland at 08:30 BST.