England Women and European Women both made it through to the last eight at the GolfSixes after a historic day at Centurion Club.
The European Tour broke new ground yet again at the innovative event, with men's, women's and mixed teams all taking part in a format which saw 16 pairs take each other on in greensomes match play over six holes in a round robin, with the top two teams in each group of four advancing to Sunday's quarter-finals.
The European Women pair of Carlota Ciganda and Mel Reid overcame defending champions Denmark in a play-off to finish second in Group A behind Thailand, with Georgia Hall and Charley Hull soon following them into the knockout stages.
After a draw against England Men and a victory over South Africa, the England Women duo lost their final match 2-1 against Sweden but finished above Alexander Björk and Joakim Lagergren on holes won.
That left them second in Group D behind their male counterparts and they will next face Ireland who won Group C, with England Men facing Group C runners-up France.
Australia won Group B to next face European Women, with Thailand facing an all-Asia clash against runners-up South Korea.
European Women beat Thai pair Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Thongchai Jaidee 3-0 with victories on the first, second and sixth putting them onto four points and five holes won from their three group matches.
Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen bogeyed the second to go 1-0 down against the USA but then won the next three to take their total of holes won to five, although they could not win the last and fell into the play-off after a 3-2 win over the American team of Daniel Im and David Lipsky.
All four tee-shots on the play-off hole were a long way from the cup but Reid guaranteed a tap-in par, with Olesen leaving Bjerregaard a four-footer to keep the match alive, which he missed.
"We're here to prove a point," said Reid. "Prove that women's golf doesn't get as much exposure and coverage as it should do and, hopefully, with us getting through to Sunday people will start to open their eyes a little bit.
"We've just competed against the men and we've beaten them. We're very competitive and very happy to be through to tomorrow."
"We love playing with each other," added Ciganda. "We love match play, it's all or nothing. We know how good we are, we are both very relaxed. We don't really care if we miss a shot, we just play and try our best. Hopefully we can start winning tomorrow and lift that trophy."
Australia looked in trouble when Spain went 2-0 up after two with the help of a 25-footer from Pablo Larrazábal on the second but Sam Brazel and Wade Ormsby won the next three in a row for a 3-2 victory over Larrazábal and Adrian Otaegui.
Thomas Bjørn holed a slippery putt on the second to put himself and European Captains team-mate Catriona Matthew 1-0 up but Soomin Lee and Jeunghun Wang birdied the last for a 1-1 draw and second place in Group B.
Sweden went 1-0 up with a par on the second but England Women had the advantage in terms of both points and holes won, meaning Hull's birdie putt after Hall's excellent tee-shot on the fifth made Sweden's win on the sixth irrelevant.
"It's been a great day, long day," said Hall. "Me and Charley played really well and we got a bit unlucky in the last match, but we're through and we're excited for tomorrow."
Hull added: "It's been great fun. I just feel good vibes from this event and I think it's really good because you see so many children and women and everyone around and the weather is perfect. I think it's a really good event for golf."
Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace won the second and fifth in a 2-1 win over South Africa, with George Coetzee and Haydn Porteous winning the last.
Ireland's Paul Dunne and Gavin Moynihan eagled the third and birdied the fourth in a 2-0 win over the Italian team of Edoardo Molinari and Renato Paratore, while Romain Wattel holed a birdie putt on the fifth to seal a 1-0 win over Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Richie Ramsay for himself and Mike Lorenzo-Vera.
