21.   Martinez earned her semifinal spot Friday, before the torrential rains set in.

22.   Martinez earned her semifinal spot Friday, before torrential rains washed out play.

23.   Olympic silver medalist South Korea, England and host Malaysia are the other teams in the running for the semifinal spots for this group.

24.   Ruud Gullit has his sights on an English cup final appearance at Wembley as rejuvenated Chelsea seeks a semifinal spot by beating Wimbledon Saturday.

25.   The four-time World Cup champions failed to clinch an early semifinal spot in a game that appeared at the outset to be a classic mismatch.

26.   The result in Canberra leaves a make-or-break match Saturday between Queensland Reds and the Otago Highlanders at Otago for the remaining semifinal spot.

27.   The result in Canberra set up a make-or-break match Saturday between Queensland Reds and the Otago Highlanders at Dunedin for the remaining semifinal spot.

28.   Under their qualifying rules, only the heat winner earned a semifinal spot.

29.   Wimbledon richly deserved the hard-fought draw, forcing a replay in two weeks for one of four semifinal spots in the FA Cup.

30.   With the last Group A preliminaries being played simultaneously in Ulsan and Suwon, all three teams in contention needed to win to guarantee semifinal spots.