It's the business end of the 2026 World Cup and every team left in the tournament knows what their path to the final is set to be. The 48 teams involved in the tournament were knocked down to 32 at the end of the group stage, and now we're into the round of 16. The tournament is now into the knockout phase, and it's do-or-die single-elimination.
The field had an interesting set of matchups. The United States men's national team took on Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, July 1, winning despite a red card to Folarin Balogun and advanced to take on Belgium, who downed Senegal 3-2 after a stunning comeback, in the round of 16. Elsewhere in the bracket, Spain will meet Portugal on Monday while Brazil was shockingly eliminted by Norway on Sunday in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, while France and Morocco have advanced and will face each other in the quarterfinals.
Here's all you need to know as the round of 16 begins:
Current World Cup bracket
Quarterfinal matchups
Thursday
France vs. Morocco, 4 p.m. ET
Friday
Spain vs. Belgium, 3 p.m. ET
Saturday
England vs. Norway, 5 p.m. ET
Argentina vs. Switzerland, 9 p.m. ET
Round of 16 bracket
- Morocco 3, Canada 0
- France 1, Paraguay 0
- Brazil 0, Norway 2
- Mexico 2, England 3
- Spain 1, Portugal 0
- Belgium 4, USMNT 1
- Argentina 3, Egypt 2
- Switzerland 0, Colombia 0 (Switzerland won on PKs, 4-3)
Eliminated teams in the round of 16
- Canada
- Paraguay
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Portugal
- Belgium
- Egypt
- Colombia
Round of 32 results
- South Africa 0, Canada 1
- Brazil 2, Japan 1
- Germany 1, Paraguay 1 (4-3 on pens)
- Netherlands 1, Morocco 1 (3-2 on pens)
- Ivory Coast 1, Norway 2
- France 3, Sweden 0
- Mexico 2 vs. Ecuador 0
- England 2, DR Congo 1
- Belgium 3, Senegal 2 (AET)
- United States 2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
- Spain 3, Austria 0
- Portugal 2, Croatia 1
- Switzerland 2, vs. Algeria 0
- Australia 1, vs. Egypt 1 (4-2 on penalties)
- Argentina 3, Cabo Verde 2 (AET)
- July 3: Colombia 1, Ghana 0
Eliminated teams in the round of 32
- South Africa
- Japan
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Ivory Coast
- Sweden
- Ecuador
- DR Congo
- Senegal
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Austria
- Croatia
- Algeria
- Australia
- Cabo Verde
- Ghana
Eliminated teams at the group stage
- Qatar
- Panama
- Tunisia
- Turkiye
- Haiti
- Jordan
- Czechia
- Curacao
- Iraq
- Uruguay
- Saudi Arabia
- New Zealand
- Scotland
- Uzbekistan
- Iran
