The Three Lionesses of England survived a major scare to beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties after match ended goalless after 120 minutes.
Georgia Stanway and Desire Oparanozie sent their opening sides penalties wide of the post before Michelle Alozie also missed the target for Nigeria to leave England in control.
Bethany England, Rachel Daly, Alex Greenwood and Chloe Kelly all converted their spot kicks in Brisbane as England survived the sending off of Lauren James in normal time to progress.
James was sent off for a reckless stamp with four minutes of the 90 remaining, planting her studs on the back of Alozie. She was initially shown a yellow card but it was changed to a straight red after referee Melissa Borjas checked her pitch-side monitor on the recommendation of the VAR.
Her dismissal left England facing spot-kicks to avoid another massive shock at the tournament, which had already seen former winners USA and Germany eliminated early, along with Brazil. James will miss the quarter-final against on Saturday.
The result meant Super Falcons will return home why England will face either Jamaica and Colombia in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup.
Yesterday the Super computer predicted a win for England in full time but the Super Falcons dragged the game to extra time before bowing out.
