Meanwhile, the draw for the third knockout round of the African Confederation Cup has also taken place.
Result: Both have thrived in the group stage and reached the knockout round.
They also mistakenly called for Belarus to qualify for the knockout round via a second place finish in Group C.
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After a promising start to the tournament in Germany, Spain were defeated 3-1 to eventual finalists France in the first knockout round.
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Wambach and company spent much of the match balancing a pair of ambitions: winning and conserving energy for the Olympic knockout round.
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The first is a raw accounting of how many of the eight potential knockout round participants were correctly identified by each model or pundit.
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Easy wins over Jamaica and Japan in the group phase meant a meeting with Romania, winners of England's group, in the first knockout round.
Should England avoid defeat, it will advance to the knockout round.
In that context, the tournament's format becomes even more important, since reaching the knockout round can make the difference between a good year and a loss-making one.
In the first knockout round, Roy Hodgson's men will avoid fellow English clubs Liverpool and Everton but could face the likes of Juventus, Marseille, Ajax, or Benfica.
But if the English can add greater control to their scatter-gun approach play, there is a growing belief that this team can cause some noise in the knockout round.
It was the first time since 1987 that Barcelona lost both legs in a European knockout round Dundee United was the last team to inflict that indignity, according to Opta Sports.
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Both Manchester teams were exposed by superior opposition in Europe this season, failing to advance to the Champions League knockout round and making swift exits in the secondary Europa League.
They failed to make it to the knockout round.
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This weekend's quarterfinal round highlights the issue: England has just one representative in the knockout round Saracens plays host to Clermont Auvergne, one of two French teams that have made it to the last eight.
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England survived some nervous moments on either side of Devic's disallowed shot, but held on to reach the knockout round with something to spare as Seb Larsson's late goal condemned France to its first defeat in 23 games.
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He held on to the belts for just two years before Kelly Pavlik defeated him with a seventh-round knockout.
On the same bill, Mexico's Rafael Marquez retained his IBF bantamweight title with a third-round knockout of Heriberto Ruiz.
Froch is back to full fitness after fracturing his hand in his last fight, an 11th-round knockout win over Brian Magee.
He strung together 18 lopsided victories before colliding with a crushing left hook from Columbian Breidis Prescott in 2008 and suffering a first-round knockout.
The Norwich fighter also revealed that he is feeling just as positive as he was before his third round knockout of Juan Melero in October.
Briggs won the WBO title with a 12th-round knockout of Sergei Liakhovich in November 2006 but lost the title in his first defence against Sultan Ibragimov eight months later.
The 1998 Commonwealth Games champion reignited his career by winning Prizefighter last year and then scored a 12th-round knockout against Michael Sprott to win the EBU heavyweight title in April.
Sprott, 35, won by a stunning third-round knockout when he met Harrison for the European crown in 2007, but the Bedford fighter has lost four of his last six fights.
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Thaxton won the title with a third-round knockout of Juan-Carlos Diaz Melero at the Showground in October and Hennessy believes that his punching power would stand up to the world's best.
Cook was floored five times by the American en route to an 11th-round knockout, but the former British, European and Commonwealth featherweight champion says he will be a different proposition at the higher weight.
On the undercard, champion Jorge Arce retained the WBC light flyweight title with a third-round technical knockout of Mexican compatriot Augustin Luna.
Mayweather said he hurt his right hand while going after the knockout in the eighth round, but still managed to control the fight round after round.
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