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Laurel Wamsley

Meet the last 8 teams in the running for the Women's World Cup

Spain's Laia Codina (center) celebrates with teammates Esther Gonzalez (left) and Irene Paredes (right) after scoring her team's fourth goal on Switzerland during the round of 16. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

After nearly three weeks of wall-to-wall soccer, the field of the largest-ever Women's World Cup has narrowed to just eight.

Five of the teams remaining are from Europe: Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden, France and England. Japan, Colombia and Australia round out the bunch. Which teams are peaking at the right time? Read on.

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