Shaqiri treble sends Switzerland into last 16

Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri (L) celebrates with Josip Drmic after they won Honduras in their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

MANAUS Brazil (Reuters) - A rampant Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout stage and will locks horns with Argentina in the last 16 after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave them a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday.

The result in no way flattered the resilient Swiss, who bounced back from their 5-2 drubbing by France to finish behind them in Group E while third-placed Ecuador and Honduras were eliminated.