Netherlands win Group F, Japan and Sweden also through

The Netherlands scored two goals in the first seven minutes of the first half en route to a 3-1 victory over Tunisia on Thursday night in Kansas City in Group F, while Japan and Sweden drew 1-1 in Texas.

The Netherlands will face Morocco, the second-place team in Group C, in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday in the round of 32.

Facing a side in Tunisia that entered the day already eliminated, the Dutch opened the scoring in the third minute. A cross from Denzel Dumfries from just inside the right edge of the scoring area deflected off the foot of Tunisia's Ellyes Skhiri and into the back of the net.

Brian Brobbey doubled the Netherlands' lead in the seventh minute. Virgil Van Dijk's diving header on a Tijjani Reijnders free kick from 20 yards out bounced into the path of Brobbey, who powered it past goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen from close range for his third goal of the tournament for a 2-0 lead.

Jan Paul van Hecke made it 3-1 in the 62nd minute with his first-ever World Cup goal, as his header on a Reijnders corner kick grazed the top of the head of Tunisia's Anis Ben Slimane on its way toward goal.

Hazem Mastouri scored the lone goal for Tunisia, heading a corner kick from Hannibal Mejbri into the bottom left corner.

Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen ended the night with three saves on four shots on target. Dahmen finished with four saves while facing seven shots.

In Arlington, Zion Suzuki made four saves, including two big ones in stoppage time to preserve the tie, as Japan finished in second place with a 1-1 draw against Sweden.

They will face Brazil on June 29 at Houston in round of 32.

Sweden moved to the top of the third-place standings and also earned a spot in the round of 32 against an opponent to be determined.

Japan's Daizen Maeda scored in the second half before Sweden's Anthony Elanga tallied his second goal of the World Cup. Sweden goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom finished with two saves.

Following a cautious defensive first half that saw the teams combined for just three shots on goal, Japan broke through to take a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute. Ritsu Doan hit Maeda cutting into the middle of the box with a through pass, and Maeda drilled a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net.

However, the lead was short-lived. Elanga, a forward who plays for Newcastle United, tied it six minutes later with a left-footed blast from the right edge of the penalty box that sailed into the far left side of the net. Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres picked up an assist on the score.

Sweden nearly took the lead three minutes later when forward Alexander Isak of Liverpool booted a right-footed shot from the middle of the box that Suzuki batted away with a two-handed save in front of the right post.

Suzuki made a pair of grade-A saves in second-half stoppage time to keep Japan level. The first came on a right-footed shot by Elanga from the right edge of the 6-yard box. The attempt was going toward the far corner before Suzuki swatted it away. Moments later, Suzuki deflected an Isak close-in header on a corner over the crossbar.

Swedish defender Isak Hien had to be helped off the field with an apparent left hamstring injury near the end of the first half. Hien went down in the penalty box after stretching his leg out to try and deflect a crossing pass by Yukinari Sugawara. Twenty-year-old midfielder Lucas Bergvall, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, came on for Hien with captain Victor Lindelof of Aston Villa sliding back into Hien's spot.