Australia and United States progressed from the Women s World Cup s group of death on Tuesday, while Cameroon edged out Switzerland with a comeback.
USA defeated Nigeria 1-0 to top Group D, while Australia held on for a 1-1 draw with Sweden to finish second and automatically progress to the round of 16.
Captain Lisa De Vanna scored the critical goal for Australia, latching onto a long ball in the fifth minute before finishing calmly past Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, who inexplicably stayed on her line.
While Sofia Jakobsson equalised 10 minutes later, Australia survived Sweden s increasingly desperate attacks to reach four points in the group s standings, with the USA (7) in first position.
The results left Sweden third with three points, meaning Pia Sundhage s side will need to wait and see if they finish in the top four third-placed teams to reach the last 16.
In Group C, reigning champions Japan completed a perfect group stage with a 1-0 triumph over Ecuador, although questions may be raised of the title-holders after they only managed one goal against a team that had conceded 15 in their previous two games.
In the other match in Group C, Switzerland gave up a half-time lead as Gabrielle Onguene struck a minute after the break before Madeleine Ngono notched the winner in the 62nd minute in Cameroon s 2-1 win.
Despite the loss, Switzerland were the second third-placed team behind Netherlands to progress due to their three points and +7 goal difference.
Sweden (3, +0) await the results of Wednesday s games for their fate to be decided.
With USA the 2011 runners-up, 2011 semi-finalists Sweden, Asia s second-best side and the African champions drawn together Group D quickly took on group of death status in Canada.
USA only needed a draw to advance but accounted for Nigeria thanks to Abby Wambach s volley just before half-time.
Nigeria lost Sarah Nnodim to a second-half red card and the plucky Africans could not recover in Vancouver.
