Knockout Stage
The knockout stage comprises the eight teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There is also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes is followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores are still level, there is a penalty shootout to determine who progresses to the next round.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 9 July — Wolfsburg | ||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 July — Frankfurt | ||||||||||
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 July — Augsburg | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 July — Frankfurt | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 9 July — Leverkusen | ||||||||||
| United States | 2 (1) | |||||||||
| England | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 13 July — Mönchengladbach | ||||||||||
| France (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| France | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 10 July — Dresden | ||||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 (3) | Sweden | 2 | |||||||
| United States (pen.) | 2 (5) | France | 1 | |||||||
| 16 July — Sinsheim | ||||||||||
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