Ireland, South Korea, Australia and France went through to the semi-finals of the GolfSixes as the brilliant run of the women's teams was brought to an end at Centurion Club.
England Women and European Women had stolen the headlines on day one as they made it through the group stages but they both bowed out in the quarter-finals in St Albans.
After Saturday's group stages, we were into the knockout with the same innovative format seeing the teams playing match play greensomes over six holes.
Ireland were the first team through as birdies on the fourth and fifth handed them a 2-0 win over England Women and they will face South Korea next after Soomin Lee and Jeunghun Wang birdied the last in a 2-1 win over Thailand.
Australia won the fourth and fifth to beat European Women 2-0 while France won the first and fourth to defeat England Men by the same score.
The South Koreans three-putted the first as Thailand moved 1-0 ahead but they levelled things up with a birdie on the third.
The next two holes were halved but both teams were in the same bunker after two shots on the sixth, with Lee making an excellent putt to get up and down for a birdie and Thongchai Jaidee failing to repeat the trick.
That meant it was the second consecutive season that Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Jaidee had won their group but lost in the first knockout round.
England Women were living dangerously in the early stages, needing an up-and-down from a nasty lie to par the first and seeing Gavin Moynihan miss an excellent birdie opportunity on the second.
The third was halved in birdies but an excellent approach from Moynihan set up an Irish birdie on the fourth for a 1-0 lead and when he hit a tee-shot to concession range on the fifth, the contest was over.
The first two holes in the third quarter-final were halved in routine pars with a pair of birdies on the third but the European Women bogeyed the fourth after Carlota Ciganda was left with a difficult chip.
The Spaniard agonisingly saw a 15-footer lip out on the fifth green and when Sam Brazel holed from five feet, Australia were through.
A three-putt from Matt Wallace and Eddie Pepperell handed France the first and after when Romain Wattel holed a 20-footer for birdie on the fourth, the match was on the brink.
Wallace could not hole a long putt for birdie on the fifth and when the hole was halved, the match was over.
