After the Dutch and Sweden, the latter in dramatic circumstances, joined Spain and Japan in the quarter-finals with wins on Sunday, the round of 16 continues with European champions England taking on Nigeria and co-hosts Australia facing Denmark.
England signalled their intent with a 6-1 win over China and enter the knockout phase is good nick, with the view out there that they are on the favourable side of the draw.
Indeed the The Lionesses' thumping of China attracted a TV audience of 58m, with FIFA revealing that 54m watched in China and another 4m viewers in the UK.
Nigeria may have been the lowest-ranked side in Ireland's group bit they belied that placing to comfortably qualify, impressing the most in their 3-2 win over Australia.
As for the Aussies, well they looked vulnerable after that loss to the Super Falcons but responded in style when thumping Canada and so topped their group.
Denmark captain Pernille Harder converted a first-half penalty to register her maiden Women's World Cup goal, setting up a 2-0 victory over Haiti to book their place in the last 16.
England midfielder Keira Walsh trained on Sunday, her first time to participate in training since suffering a knee injury on 28 July.
Walsh left the pitch on a stretcher with what looked like a serious injury during the 1-0 win over Denmark and sat out the rout of China.
The team announced a day later that Walsh had not suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, but it is still not known when she will be able to play.
Walsh is considered on the world's top midfielders, signing a three-year deal with Barcelona last September for a world-record fee of around £350,000 (€405,000).
Although Nigeria are 36 spots below fourth-ranked England, boss Sarina Wiegman said the tournament has shown that every team is a threat and praised the depth of the 32-nation field.
She looked aghast when a reporter asked if England had to "guard against complacency".
"Absolutely not. What we have seen in this tournament is that nothing is easy," she snapped. "The growth of the game has shown in this tournament. We've not had an easy game at all and that's what we expect [from Nigeria] – that it will be very competitive and we need to be at our best."
"Everyone who plays us wants to beat us. That's nothing new. What we have seen in this tournament is game is developing really quickly. The games have been very competitive. Nobody can be complacent because that's inappropriate. It's very tight."
Wiegman, the last female head coach remaining in the tournament of the original dozen, was praised for changing up her formation in the rout of China, reducing her backline from four defenders to three.
"We have two options now – the way we have played and what we did against China so we will take into consideration," Wiegman said.
Having fought their way out of arguably one of the toughest pools, expect more of the same determination from Randy Waldrum's Nigeria.
He is not fazed on the prospect of facing the European champions.
"Why not play England? We played the Olympic gold medalists [Canada, and drew]. We played Australia, the host nation [and won], so bring on the European champions. Why not? It seems like it is fitting. We'll come up with a plan. Don't count us out against England. We'll be prepared."
Asisat Oshoala appeared to alleviate any injury concerns by starting against the Republic of Ireland and at the head of the Super Falcons' attack.
Midfielder Deborah Abiodun remains suspended following the red card she picked up in the opening game against Canada.
Denmark will make it their mission to ruin Australia's party and kickstart their own celebrations by knocking the co-hosts out of the Women's World Cup, but victory will not come easy against one of the favourites, coach Lars Sondergaard said on Sunday.
Sondergaard said his team can take confidence from a 3-2 victory over the Matildas in 2021, adding that they had learnt a lot about their opponents in a 3-1 defeat last year.
"We're going to have our own party if we succeed in ruining a party and that part is fine by me. Of course, it's going to be a difficult game but we see chances," Sondergaard said.
"We're living a dream and we want to continue living it as long as possible, until the final day of the tournament."
Having made the last 16 at a World Cup for the first time since 1995, Sondergaard said he is leaving no stone unturned to continue their run.
"We've looked at Australia's latest matches, particularly the ones here at the World Cup and they've shown quite clearly improving form but also tremendously good counter-attacks and team play in general," Sondergaard said.
"We know what we're up against. That's what you have to expect when you come to play the best teams. Matches get more difficult, we know that. But we have faith in ourselves and believe that what we do can hurt Australia."
Australia captain Sam Kerr missed the team's three group stage games due to injury but should be fit to face the Danes.
Kerr has been sidelined since injuring her calf on the eve of Australia's opener against Ireland but is expected to get on to the pitch in Sydney, with the winners set to face France or Morocco in the quarter-finals.
After the impressive over Canada, Caitlin Foord belives Australia will need that same intensity against Denmark.
"That [Canada] game was do or die for us and this is the exact same," Foord said.
"We'll go in with the same mindset. We're here to go all the way and that's another hurdle on Monday to get through to stay on the journey that we want to be on.
"We need to bring everything that we brought to the Canada game to put us in the best spot to get the result we need to move forward."
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Additional reporting: Reuters
