Here are the results after the 7th day of the knock-out stage

The first semi-final between Spain and Sweden was absolutely breathtaking. After a sluggish first half, without much opportunity for either team, during the last 10 minutes of the game we were treated to three goals that led Spain to a 2-1 victory. What an incredible ending!

Hopefully the second semi-final will be of the same ilk...

Participants

There are 330 registered participants.

You can still register for the contest. Any successful bet can bring you a prize.

Don't forget that, if you want to participate, you need to register for the contest by sending 1 HIVE to @hivebuzz.pool with the memo worldcup2023. This is a one-time registration and it will be added to the prize pool.

Matches

Here is the list of results for knockout matches

Teams	Valid bets	Team A	Team B	Winner
Switzerland vs Spain	237	37	200	Spain
Japan vs Norway	237	207	30	Japan
Netherlands vs South Africa	263	237	26	Netherlands
Sweden vs United States	259	73	186	Sweden
England vs Nigeria	264	228	36	England
Australia vs Denmark	266	217	49	Australia
Colombia vs Jamaica	272	236	36	Colombia
France vs Morocco	264	246	18	France
Spain vs Netherlands	241	182	59	Spain
Japan vs Sweden	247	200	47	Sweden
Australia vs France	249	51	198	Australia
England vs Colombia	243	191	52	England
Spain vs Sweden	245	142	103	Spain

Contest ranking

Here are the stats and the current ranking of our contest.

badges	owners	badges	owners
41	1	20	4
40	2	19	5
39	5	18	4
38	17	17	6
37	17	16	4
36	23	15	2
35	27	14	3
34	22	13	5
33	18	12	4
32	14	11	1
31	19	10	5
30	8	9	2
29	25	8	2
28	9	7	2
27	10	6	1
26	6	5	3
25	7	4	4
24	5	3	1
23	9	2	5
22	6	1	4
21	7

Just like the end of today's match, we are seeing an incredible comeback from @dwixer who jumps alone to the top of our contest leaderboard with 41 badges. He was the only one to bet on Spain among these opponents at the top of the ranking. Good risk-taking.

Just behind him, we find @josediccus and @shamzy with 40 badges each.

Meanwhile, @xrayman and @danideuder quietly work their way up the leaderboard with @joseal2020, @bombus and @ynwa.andree among the 39 badges group.

We predict that hearts will beat the drum during the next matches.

Here are the top 25 players:

Rank	Name	Badges
1	@dwixer	41
2	@josediccus	40
3	@shamzy	40
4	@joseal2020	39
5	@xrayman	39
6	@bombus	39
7	@danideuder	39
8	@ynwa.andree	39
9	@funshee	38
10	@takhar	38
11	@arc7icwolf	38
12	@ifarmgirl	38
13	@akomoajong	38
14	@jimah1k	38
15	@orionvk	38
16	@jorgebgt	38
17	@hive-world	38
18	@circlebubble	38
19	@cryptodonator	38
20	@elephantium	38
21	@aubryd	38
22	@q6vault	38
23	@carrinm	38
24	@ferod23	38
25	@merit.ahama	37