Match 27, Women 12:00, 19.07.03
AUSTRALIA 12 JAPAN 1
Quarters: 3-1, 4-0, 2-0, 3-0

Referees: Daniel Legare (CAN), Raul Alberto Amaya (BRA)

AUSTRALIA: Jemma Brownlow, Rebecca Rippon (1), Nikita Cuffe (2), Naomi Castle (2), Bronwyn Smith (1), Emma Knox, Jodie Stuhmcke (2), Kate Gynther (1), Elise Norwood, Taryn Woods, Melissa Rippon (1), Joanne Fox, Melissa Byram (2)
Coach: Istvan Gorgenyi

JAPAN: Akiko Inagaki, Mayu Mimaki, Aya Kakoshi (1), Mika Yahagi, Mari Kawasaki, Naoko Koiso, Makoto Tanaka, Akane Yamazaki, Momoko Arai, Machi Yoshioka, Mari Yasumi, Tomoka Gyoten, Miki Numazaki
Coach: Fumiaki Kimura

Olympic champion Australia collected the win it required to set up a rematch of Sydney 2000 with the United States of America in the quarter-finals. Australia began well through captain Naomi Castle but Aya Kakoshi levelled at 4:49 on extra. Kate Gynther and Nikita Cuffe both scored off rebounds for 3-1 at the break. A 4-0 second quarter had Australia in command with two coming on counter and another from centre forward Jodie Stuhmcke. Castle scored a penalty at the start of the third quarter but Japan denied the Aussies for nearly six minutes, thwarting every attack. Then Melissa Byram scored on counter from a cross pass for 9-1. Stuhmcke scored again from two metres, Cuffe gained a second on counter and Melissa Rippon finished the scoring at 12-1 from deep right-hand catch.

Match 28, Women 13:15, 19.07.03
BRAZIL 2 RUSSIA 12
Quarters: 0-4, 1-2, 1-3, 0-3

Referees: Guy Pinner (RSA), Ildegar Beiza (VEN)

BRAZIL: Claudia Graner, Mayla Siracusa, Flavia Fernandes, Mariana Roriz, Rubi Palmieri, Mariana Resstom, Maria Cecilia Marques, Tess Oliviera, Marina Canetti, Camila Pedrosa (2), Viviane Costa, Melina Teno, Andrea Henriques
Coach: David Hart

RUSSIA: Valentina Voronisova, Natalia Shepelina (1), Ekaterina Salimova (1), Sofia Konoukh (2), Elena Smurova (2), Galina Zlotnikova, Anastassia Zoubkova (1), Veronika Linkova, Tatiana Petrova, Olga Turova (3), Ekaterina Shishova, Svetlana Bogdanova (1), Maria Iaina (1)
Coach: Yury Mitianin

Russia eased into the quarter-finals, as expected, holding off Brazil and earning a clash with World Cup champion Hungary in the quarter-finals. Russia started strongly with a 4-0 first quarter with shooting sensation Olga Turova, the scorer of seven goals two days earlier, grabbing the first two from centre forward. The second period was much harder for Russia as Brazil stepped up its defence and even gaining a goal at the other end. It came from a set play after a timeout, Camila Pedrosa converting. Turova scored her third with Sofia Konoukh and Ekaterina Salimova taking the score out to 9-1. Pedrosa took a cross pass on the post and converted late in the period. Konoukh with a lob, Svetlana Bogdanova on extra and Elena Smurova on right-hand catch completed the scoring.