SALVADOR  (AFP) – France all but insured their place in the World Cup knock-out rounds by crushing Switzerland 5-2 in Salvador on Friday.

Goals from Olivier Giroud, Blaise Matuidi, Mathieu Valbuena, Karim Benzema and Moussa Sissoko gave rampant France a thumping victory. Blerim Dzemaili and Granit Xhaka scored for Switzerland.

After beating Honduras 3-0 in their opening match, France will see their qualification from Group E ratified if Honduras beat Ecuador later Friday.

 

Updated 2014 World Cup at a glance after France defeated Switzerland 5-2 in Brazil Friday (all times GMT):

Group E

At Salvador

France 5 (Giroud 17, Matuidi 18, Valbuena 40, Benzema 67, Sissoko 73) Switzerland 2 (Dzemaili 81, Xhaka 87)

Playing later

At Curitiba

Ecuador v Honduras 2200 GMT

June 15

At Porto Alegre

France 3 (Benzema 45-pen, 72, Valladares 48-og) Honduras 0

At Brasilia

Switzerland 2 (Mehmedi 48, Seferovic 90+3) Ecuador 1 (E. Valencia 22)

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

France 2 2 0 0 8 2 6

Switzerland 2 1 0 1 4 6 3

Ecuador 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

Honduras 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

Fixtures

June 25: Honduras v Switzerland 2000, Ecuador v France 2000

Group D

At Recife

Costa Rica 1 (Ruiz 44) Italy 0

June 19

At Sao Paulo

Uruguay 2 (Suarez 39, 85) England 1 (Rooney 75)

June 14

At Manaus

Italy 2 (Marchisio 35, Balotelli 50) England 1 (Sturridge 37)

At Fortaleza

Costa Rica 3 (Campbell 54, Duarte 57, Urena 84) Uruguay 1 (Cavani 24-pen)

Standings

Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 – qualified

Italy 2 1 0 1 2 2 3

Uruguay 2 1 0 1 3 4 3

England 2 0 0 2 2 4 0

Fixtures

June 24: Italy v Uruguay 1600, Costa Rica v England 1600

Group A

June 18

At Manaus

Croatia 4 (Olic 11, Perisic 48, Mandzukic 61, 73) Cameroon 0

June 17

At Fortaleza

Brazil 0 Mexico 0

June 13

At Natal

Mexico 1 (Peralta 61) Cameroon 0

June 12

At Sao Paulo

Brazil 3 (Neymar 29, 71-pen, Oscar 90+1) Croatia 1 (Marcelo 11-og)

Standings

Brazil 2 1 1 0 3 1 4

Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 4

Croatia 2 1 0 1 5 3 3

Cameroon 2 0 0 2 0 5 0

Fixtures

June 23: Brazil v Cameroon 2000, Croatia v Mexico 2000

Group B

June 18

At Rio de Janeiro

Chile 2 (Vargas 20, Aranguiz 43) Spain 0

At Porto Alegre

Netherlands 3 (Robben 20, Van Persie 58, Depay 68) Australia 2 (Cahill 21, Jedinak 54-pen)

June 13

At Cuiaba

Chile 3 (Sanchez 12, Valdivia 14, Beausejour 90+2) Australia 1 (Cahill 35)

At Salvador

Netherlands 5 (Van Persie 44, 72, Robben 53, 80, De Vrij 64) Spain 1 (Xabi Alonso 27-pen)

Standings

Netherlands 2 2 0 0 8 3 6 – qualified

Chile 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 – qualified

Australia 2 0 0 2 3 6 0

Spain 2 0 0 2 1 7 0

Fixtures

June 23: Australia v Spain 1600, Netherlands v Chile 1600

Group C

June 19

At Natal

Greece 0 Japan 0

At Brasilia

Colombia 2 (Rodriguez 64, Quintero 70) Ivory Coast 1 (Gervinho 73)

June 14

At Recife

Ivory Coast 2 (Bony 64, Gervinho 66) Japan 1 (Honda 16)

At Belo Horizonte

Colombia 3 (Armero 5, Gutierrez 58, Rodriguez 90+3) Greece 0

Standings

Colombia 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 – qualified

Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 3 3 3

Japan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1

Greece 2 0 1 1 0 3 1

Fixtures

June 24: Japan v Colombia 2000, Greece v Ivory Coast 2000

Group F

June 16

At Curitiba

Iran 0 Nigeria 0

June 15

At Rio de Janeiro

Argentina 2 (Kolasinac 3-og, Messi 65) Bosnia 1 (Ibisevic 84)

Standings

Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 1 3

Iran 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Bosnia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

Fixtures

June 21: Argentina v Iran 1600, Nigeria v Bosnia 2200; June 25: Nigeria v Argentina 1600, Bosnia v Iran 1600

Group G

June 16

At Natal

USA 2 (Dempsey 1, Brooks 86) Ghana 1 (A. Ayew 82)

At Salvador

Germany 4 (Mueller 12-pen, 45+1, 78, Hummels 32) Portugal 0

Standings

Germany 1 1 0 0 4 0 3

USA 1 1 0 0 2 1 3

Ghana 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 4 0

Fixtures

June 21: Germany v Ghana 1900; June 22: USA v Portugal 2200; June 26: USA v Germany 1600, Portugal v Ghana 1600

Group H

June 17

At Cuiaba

Russia 1 (Kerzhakov 74) South Korea 1 (Keun-ho 68)

At Belo Horizonte

Belgium 2 (Fellaini 70, Mertens 80) Algeria 1 (Feghouli 25-pen)

Standings

Belgium 1 1 0 0 2 1 3

Russia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1

South Korea 1 0 1 0 1 1 1

Algeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

Fixtures

June 22: Belgium v Russia 1600, South Korea v Algeria 1900; June 26: South Korea v Belgium 2000, Algeria v Russia 2000

Note: Criteria for separating teams finishing level on points: 1. goal difference, 2. goals scored, 3. head-to-head records, 4. drawing of lots

Second round

June 28: (1) Gp A winners v Gp B runners-up 1600, (2) Gp C winners v Gp D runners-up 2000; June 29: (3) Gp B winners v Gp A runners-up 1600, (4) Gp D winners v Gp C runners-up 2000; June 30: (5) Gp E winners v Gp F runners-up 1600, (6) Gp G winners v Gp H runners-up 2000; July 1: (7) Gp F winners v Gp E runners-up 1600, (8) Gp H winners v Gp G runners-up 2000

Quarter-finals

July 4: (9) winners 5 v winners 6 1600, (10) winners 1 v winners 2 2000; July 5: (11) winners 7 v winners 8 1600, (12) winners 3 v winners 4 2000

Semi-finals

July 8: winners 9 v winners 10 2000; July 9: winners 11 v winners 12 2000

Third place

July 12: Losing semi-finalists 2000

Final

July 13: Winning semi-finalists 1900

Note: A drawn knockout match goes to 30 minutes’ extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shootout

Scorers

3: Van Persie, Robben (both NED), Benzema (FRA), Mueller (GER)

2: Cahill (AUS), Gervinho (CIV), Mandzukic (CRO), Neymar (BRA), Rodriguez (COL), Suarez (URU)

1: Aranguiz, Beausejour, Sanchez, Valdivia, Vargas (all CHI), Campbell, Duarte, Ruiz, Urena (all CRC), Dzemaili, Mehmedi, Seferovic, Xhaka (all SUI), Giroud, Matuidi, Sissoko, Valbuena (all FRA), Armero, Gutierrez, Quintero (all COL), Balotelli, Marchisio (both ITA), Brooks, Dempsey (both USA), Depay, De Vrij (both NED), Fellaini, Mertens (both BEL), Olic, Perisic (both CRO), Rooney, Sturridge (both ENG), Xabi Alonso (ESP), A. Ayew (GHA), Bony (CIV), Cavani (URU), Feghouli (ALG), Honda (JPN), Hummels (GER), Ibisevic (BIH), Jedinak (AUS), Kerzhakov (RUS), Keun-ho (KOR), Messi (ARG), Oscar (BRA), Peralta (MEX), E. Valencia (ECU)

Prize money (all dollars)

Winners: 35 million, runners-up: 25 million, third: 22 million, fourth: 20 million, quarter-finals: 14 million each, second round: 9 million each, first round: 8 million each

World Cup champions

5: Brazil

4: Italy

3: Germany

2: Argentina, Uruguay

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