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The largest in historical past delivered on intrigue through the group stage, and now solely 16 groups stay because the knockout rounds warmth up.
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We at Sporting Information have soccer followers lined with our 2026 bracket — or wallchart, because it’s recognized in some components of the world — in printable, PDF kind, full with the total area of 32 on Saturday. Obtain it, print it out, dangle it in your wall.
This 12 months’s knockout matches start June 28 with the Spherical of 32 operating till July 3. The expanded World Cup lastly reaches the Spherical of 16 on July 4-July 7 adopted by the quarterfinal (July 9/11) and semifinal (July 14-15) matches. All of it culminates with the July 19 last at MetLife Stadium.
Along with the printable bracket beneath, you may additionally discover ideas and instruments that will help you fill it out, together with picks and evaluation from TSN’s knowledgeable writers.
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World Cup groups nonetheless remaining
Beneath are the groups which have already superior within the 2026 World Cup knockout stage. This desk shall be up to date all through the rest of the group stage.
Spherical of 16
Date
Matchup
Sat., July 4
(C2) vs. (B2)
(F1) vs. (D3)
Solar., July 5
(C1) vs. (I2)
(A1) vs. (L1)
Mon., July 6
(H1) vs. (K2)
USA (D1) vs. (G1)
Tues., July 7
(J1) vs. (G2)
(B1) vs. (K1)
Quarterfinals
Date
Matchup
Thu., July 9
France (F1) vs. Morocco (C2)
Fri., July 10
TBD vs. TBD
Sat., July 11
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
When does the 2026 World Cup finish?
The 2026 World Cup last is scheduled to be performed 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
How does a World Cup bracket work?
World Cup bracket 2026
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has two phases: the group stage and the knockout stage.
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Thirty-two of the 48 groups will attain the knockout stage. All groups that end first or second of their group safe computerized qualification, accounting for twenty-four of the 32 knockout individuals.
The remaining eight spots go to the most effective third-place finishers.
How third place qualifiers work
All 12 third-place finishers are sorted right into a desk identical to the teams primarily based on their factors gained in group stage play and different metrics resembling purpose differential.
The highest eight groups on this desk will advance to the knockout spherical.
Knockout stage seeding
Everything of the knockout stage bracket is predetermined. For instance, the winner of Group F will face the runner-up from Group C, whereas the winner of Group J will face the runner-up from Group H.
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All group winners are paired in opposition to both a runner-up from one other group, or a third-place finisher from one other group. All group winners and runners-up from the identical group are positioned on reverse sides of the bracket to keep away from rematches till the finals.
The one unknowns at first of the match are the place every potential third-place finisher will find yourself. Till all qualifiers are recognized, it’s not possible to foretell the place or once they may doubtlessly play ought to this come to go.
There are 495 mathematical combos of third place qualifiers from numerous teams. All of those have been spelled out prematurely, and each potential end result may be present in Annex C (pg. 80) of the . Whichever mixture involves go will decide the place every third-place finisher falls within the general bracket.
World Cup knockout schedule 2026Round of 32
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Solar., June 28
73
Canada 1, 0
Mon., June 29
74
1 (4-3 pens), Paraguay 1
75
Morocco 1 (3-2 pens), 1
76
Brazil 2, 1
Tues., June 30
77
France 3, 0
78
Norway 2, 1
79
Mexico 2, 0
Wed., July 1
80
England 2, DR Congo 1
81
USA 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0
82
Belgium 3, 2
Thurs., July 2
83
Portugal 2, 1
84
Spain 3, 0
85
Switzerland 2, 0
Fri., July 3
86
Argentina 3, 2
87
Colombia 1, 0
88
Egypt 1 (4-2 pens),
Spherical of 16
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Sat., July 4
89
France 1, Paraguay 0
90
Morocco 3, Canada 0
Solar., July 5
91
Brazil v Norway
92
Mexico v England
Mon., July 6
93
Spain v Portugal
94
USA v Belgium
Tue., July 7
95
Argentina v Egypt
96
Colombia v Switzerland
Quarterfinals
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Thurs., July 9
97
France v Morocco
Fri. July 10
98
Winner match 93 v Winner match 94
Sat., July 11
99
Winner match 91 v Winner match 92
100
Winner match 95 v Winner match 96
Semifinals
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Tue., July 12
101
Winner match 97 v Winner match 98
Wed. July 13
102
Winner match 99 v Winner match 100
Third-place
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Sat., July 18
103
Runner-up match 101 v Runner-up match 102
Ultimate
Date
Match No.
Matchup
Solar., July 19
104
Winner match 101 v Winner match 102
SN’s Kyle Bonn contributed to this text.