The 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 32 was the first round of the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and took place from June 28 to July 3, 2026.[1] It was the first time that a FIFA World Cup featured a single-elimination round with more than sixteen teams remaining in the tournament.
Sixteen matches were played across fourteen host cities, with the sixteen winning teams advancing to the round of 16.
Matches
editSouth Africa vs Canada
editThe teams' only previous meeting took place in a 2007 friendly, which ended in a 2–0 win for South Africa.[2]
After facing co-hosts Mexico in their opening group stage match, South Africa became the first team in tournament history to face two different host nations in a single edition since Turkey in 2002. It also marked the first time a host nation played a World Cup match outside its own borders, after a 2–1 loss to Switzerland in its final group stage match cost Canada a guaranteed home-field advantage.[3]
Following a goalless 90 minutes, two minutes into stoppage time, Canada vice-captain Stephen Eustáquio gained possession after the ball was headed towards him, before striking right-footed from the edge of the penalty area low into the bottom left corner of the net for the only goal of the match.[4]
With this win, Canada advanced to the round of 16 for the first time in their three appearances at the World Cup.[5]
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Brazil vs Japan
editThe teams had previously met 14 times, including once in the World Cup: a 4–1 group stage win for Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Their latest encounter took place at the 2025 Kirin Challenge Cup last October, when Japan gained their first win ever against Brazil in a 3–2 comeback.[8]
After 29 minutes, Japan midfielder Kaishu Sano made a solo run from the halfway line, before shooting low from outside the penalty area into the bottom left corner of the net to put Japan into the lead.[9] Japan nearly conceded seven minutes into the second half, with goalkeeper Zion Suzuki just managing to keep it off the line.
Defender Casemiro equalized for Brazil at 56 minutes, with a close-range header at the back post after a cross from Gabriel Magalhães from the left. With just a minute of added time remaining, Bruno Guimarães passed low into to Gabriel Martinelli on the left of the penalty area who shot low right footed to the bottom right corner of the net in off the post to win the game for Brazil on a 2–1 scoreline.[10]
The victory advanced Brazil to the round of 16, Japan were eliminated, marking the third consecutive World Cup that they have lost after leading in the knockout rounds, with previous defeats to Croatia in 2022 and Belgium in 2018.[11]
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Germany vs Paraguay
editThe teams had previously met twice, with their first encounter being Germany's 1–0 round of 16 win at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This was followed by a 3–3 draw in a friendly match in 2013.[13]
After 42 minutes, Paraguay won a corner on the right. Although goalkeeper Manuel Neuer managed to punch the ball out of the box from the corner, Germany failed to maintain possession. A series of passes sent the ball into the path of Paraguay midfielder Julio Enciso from the right, who headed the ball to the left past Neuer. This opened up the scoring, and was Paraguay's first ever goal in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup.
Eight minutes into the second half, German midfielder Florian Wirtz sent a cross into the penalty area from the left which found the head of his teammate Kai Havertz, who glanced it into the right corner of the net for the equalizer.
In the 12th minute of extra-time, a corner kick from the right saw defender Jonathan Tah head the ball at the back post into the Paraguayan net. However, the goal was disallowed as VAR review found that goalkeeper Orlando Gill had been fouled in his box, and was unable to challenge for the ball fairly.[14][15]
In the ensuing penalty shootout, Kai Havertz failed to convert the first penalty for Germany, and the teams were tied at the end of five shots, with the shoot-out going into sudden death. Tah sent the ball high over the bar, allowing centre-back José Canale the chance to send the ball into the top right of the net and ending the shootout 4–3 in Paraguay's favor.[16]
With this victory, Paraguay advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 2010, eliminating Germany. This marks the third consecutive World Cup where Germany failed to reach the round of 16, first time they were ever defeated in a penalty shootout at the World Cup,[17][18] and the first time they were defeated in a penalty shootout in a senior men's tournament since the UEFA Euro 1976 final against Czechoslovakia at the hands of Antonín Panenka's famous spot kick.[19]
The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, declared a national holiday for the next day to celebrate the historic win.[20]
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Netherlands vs Morocco
editThe teams had previously faced each other three times, with the Netherlands winning twice: a 2–1 group stage victory at the 1994 FIFA World Cup (their first meeting) and most recently in a 2017 friendly (also by a 2–1 margin).[22]
Following a goalless first half, including two back-to-back saves from Dutch goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, the Netherlands went in front after 72 minutes. A header from Wout Weghorst sent the ball into the path of hims teammate Crysencio Summerville, who began a run into the Moroccan half. Though he was brought down, the Moroccan defence failed to clear the ball and it broke into the path of Cody Gakpo who smashed the ball low into the net from twelve yards out to put the Netherlands into the lead.[23] Gakpo then broke into tears, overwhelmed with emotion after his partner's recent miscarriage.
As the game went into stoppage time, a long ball from Chemsdine Talbi outside the box on the left found the head of centre-back Issa Diop, who headed powerfully to the right of the net from six yards out for the equalizer. After a goalless extra-time, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Teun Koopmeiners took the first penalty of the shoot-out and scored. Ismael Saibari scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out with a low shot to the left to secure victory for Morocco. The Dutch had missed three penalty kicks, including their last two kicks, with Morocco also missing two penalties.[24]
Morocco advanced to the round of 16, while this defeat marks the Netherlands' third consecutive World Cup elimination via penalty shootout, following similar exits against Argentina in 2014 and 2022 (as they failed to qualify in 2018).
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Ivory Coast vs Norway
editThe two teams had never met before.
In the 39th minute, Antonio Nusa opened up the scoring when he collected the ball on the left side of the penalty area before cutting in and finished with a curling right-footed strike into the far top corner of the net to put Norway in front.
Ivory Coast trailed until the 74th minute. Winger Amad Diallo picked up the ball in the Norwegian half and began a run from the right side of the penalty area, cutting in from the right and getting past two defenders before slotting it into the left of the net from six yards out for the equalizer.[26] In the 86th minute Patrick Berg got in on the right side of the penalty area and crossed low for Erling Haaland to side foot the ball home from six yards for the winning goal. This marked Haaland's fifth goal in three games, putting him in contention for the tournament's Golden Boot at just one goal behind Lionel Messi.[27]
With their first victory in the FIFA World Cup knockout stages, Norway advanced to the round of 16 while Ivory Coast were eliminated.[28]
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France vs Sweden
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The teams had previously faced each other 23 times, most recently in 2020, a 4–2 group stage win for France in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A, which marked their 12th win overall. This was their first meeting in a major tournament since the UEFA Euro 2012 group stage, which ended in a 2–0 victory for Sweden.[30]
In the 20th minute, Kylian Mbappé scored with a low shot to the net, but the goal was ruled out for offside. Michael Olise also saw his overhead scissor kick strike the foot of the post with Ousmane Dembélé firing the rebound over the bar. France went in front in the 45th minute when Mbappé received the ball on the left before cutting in and wrong-footing Viktor Gyökeres with a stepover, before shooting into the far right corner of the net from the edge of the six-yard box.[31] Bradley Barcola got a second goal for France in the 53rd minute when he ran onto a pass from Michael Olise on the left of the penalty area before slotting high into the left of the net.[32] Mbappé got his second and France's third when he received a pass on the left of the penalty area from Olise before curling into the right of the net from six yards out.
With two goals, Mbappé became the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup knockout matches with 10 goals.[33] Additionally, France became the first team to score three or more goals in five straight World Cup matches.[34]
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Mexico vs Ecuador
editThe teams had faced each other in 28 previous matches, including a 2–1 group stage victory for Mexico in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Their latest meeting was a 1–1 draw in a friendly match in 2025.[36] Additionally, the last time both teams encountered each other on the pitch of the Azteca was a friendly that ended in a 3–1 victory for Mexico in 1997.[37]
The match was delayed by an hour due to adverse weather conditions (thunderstorms). Mexico went in front in the 22nd minute, Julián Quiñones received a ball over the top from Roberto Alvarado on the left before running in at goal and cutting in onto his right foot before firing high to the left of the net from twelve yards out. It was 2–0 in the 31st minute, Raúl Jiménez scored with a finish high into the top right corner of the net after a pass from Quiñones from just inside the penalty area.[38] In stoppage time, Piero Hincapié was shown a red card for covering his mouth while speaking to Santiago Giménez, becoming the second player in the tournament to be dismissed for the offense after Paraguay's Miguel Almirón.
This was the first win in a knockout game for Mexico since the win against Bulgaria in 1986, and they advanced to the round of 16.[39]
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England vs DR Congo
editThe two teams had never met before.
In the 7th minute, Brian Cipenga found himself in space on the left of the penalty area and gave DR Congo the lead when he scored with a low right foot finish to the left corner of the net. DR Congo goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi made four saves in the first half and Marcus Rashford had a shot cleared off the line. England appealed for a penalty which was not awarded when Harry Kane went down in the penalty over the diving Mpasi. Yoane Wissa had a chance to make it 2–0 on the stroke of half-time but hit the post from close range after a cross from the right.[42]
In the 75th minute, Harry Kane made it 1–1 when he headed to the left corner of the net from seven yards out after a chipped cross from substitute Anthony Gordon on the left; Mpasi got a hand to it but couldn't keep it out. In the 86th minute, Kane put England into the lead when he received the ball from Gordon outside the penalty area before taking a touch and shooting powerfully right-foot high to the right of the net from the right.[43]
With this win, England advanced to the round of 16. Although DR Congo were eliminated, this marked their best-ever finish in the FIFA World Cup upon their return after 52 years.
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Belgium vs Senegal
editThe two teams had never met before.
Senegal went in front in the 25th minute, Habib Diarra finished to the net from close range in the 25th minute after a header from Ismaïla Sarr had come back off the right post. In the 51st minute, Ismaïla Sarr made it 2–0, receiving a long pass over the top from Moussa Niakhaté before controlling the ball on his chest and firing to the right of the net from twelve yards out.[45]
Belgium mounted a dramatic late comeback when substitute Romelu Lukaku finished high to the right of the net from close range in the 86th minute after a low cross from Thomas Meunier from the right. In the 89th minute, Youri Tielemans got his head to a cross from the left from Leandro Trossard before Senegal goalkeeper Mory Diaw could reach it to force extra time.[46]
With the score still level in the closing seconds of extra time, referee Saíd Martínez awarded Belgium a penalty following a VAR review after determining that Lamine Camara had slid in and fouled Tielemans inside the penalty area. Tielemans converted the spot kick high to the right of the net in the 125th minute to complete Belgium's 3–2 comeback victory and send the Red Devils into the Round of 16, while Senegal were eliminated despite leading for much of the match.[46]
Tielemans' winning penalty in the 125th minute was reported as the latest goal scored in FIFA World Cup history. Belgium also became only the second team in the last 11 World Cup tournaments to overturn a two-goal deficit and advance from a knockout-stage match, following its own 3–2 comeback victory over Japan in 2018.[47]
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United States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
editThe United States had never lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina in three previous encounters, winning twice, most recently 1–0 in a friendly in 2021.[49]
In the 45th minute, the US took the lead when Folarin Balogun scored with a low left foot finish under Bosnian goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj from inside the penalty area after the ball had deflected to him from Malik Tillman.[50]
In the 64th minute, referee Raphael Claus issued a controversial red card following a VAR review to Balogun, which many including Tarik Muharemović (the player he had been involved in the initial incident with) considered excessive or illegitimate.[51][52][53][54] Several experts compared the incident to that of Lionel Messi in the group stage game between Argentina vs Algeria, where he did not get a red card for the same offense on Aïssa Mandi, with some speculating that his status played a role in the decision.[55][56][57]
Bosnia were unable to convert their numerical advantage, before Malik Tillman made it 2–0 in the 82nd minute when he scored from a free-kick, kicked right footed from the left of the penalty area that went into the left of the net after goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj was unable to keep it out, ensuring American victory.[58]
The win was the first victory for the US in a FIFA World Cup knockout stage game since 2002, when they defeated Mexico 2–0 in the round of 16. Alongside Canada and Mexico, who won their knockout stage games against South Africa and Ecuador respectively, the United States joined its fellow tournament co-hosts in becoming the first host nations to progress to the next round since Russia in 2018.[59] The match was watched by an average of 24.43 million viewers on Fox Sports in the United States and peaked at 31.88 million viewers—both records for an English-language soccer broadcast in the United States.[60]
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Spain vs Austria
editThe two teams had met 16 times before this match, including a 2–1 group stage win for Austria in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Their most recent encounter was a friendly in 2009 that ended 5–1 to Spain.[62]
Marc Cucurella had a goal disallowed in the first half after Pau Cubarsi was judged to have fouled Austrian keeper Alexander Schlager after a corner from the right. In the 36th minute, Mikel Oyarzabal scored when he side-footed low to the right corner of the net after a low cross from Cucurella from the left. In the 66th minute Pedro Porro scored to make it 2–0 when he ran onto a cross from the left by Álex Baena to head into the net from six yards out. Oyarzabal got his second goal and a third for Spain in the 89th minute when he ran onto a pass from Cucurella to shoot low to the right corner of the net from twelve yards out.[63]
This was the first win for Spain in a World Cup knockout match since the 2010 World Cup final.[64]
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Portugal vs Croatia
editThe two teams had met 10 times before, with Portugal winning seven matches. Their most recent meeting was a 1–1 group stage draw in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, while their previous encounter in a major tournament was in the UEFA Euro 2016 round of 16, where Portugal won 1–0 after extra time.[66]
Croatia went in front in the 53rd minute, when Ivan Perišić scored with a low shot from the left of the six yard box, under the goalkeeper to right corner of the net. In the 68th minute, Portugal were awarded a penalty after a VAR review when Nikola Vlašić fouled Renato Veiga after a corner. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the penalty with a shot down the middle to make it 1–1, becoming the oldest goalscorer in a World Cup knockout match.[67]
In the 94th minute, Gonçalo Ramos headed to the right corner of the net after a cross from Rafael Leão from the left to put Portugal into a 2–1 lead. In the 13th minute of stoppage time, Joško Gvardiol slid in to finish towards the net but the goal was eventually ruled out. Igor Matanović had got a slight touch on the ball with his head after a cross, as indicated by Snickometer technology; the ball then dropped to Mario Pašalić, who was in an offside position before the goal was scored.[68][69]
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Switzerland vs Algeria
editThe teams have met on two previous occasions, both of them friendly matches (in 1983 and 1986). Switzerland have won both of these encounters, with a 2–0 victory in the 1986 match.[71]
Switzerland went in front at 10 minutes, when Johan Manzambi made a run down the left before cutting the ball back low, allowing Breel Embolo to score from close range.[72] Dan Ndoye made it 2–0 46 seconds into the second-half, with a right-footed finish to the left of the net from just inside the penalty area, after the ball broke to him from a defensive clearance error.[73]
This was Switzerland's first win in the knockout stages since 1938, when they defeated Germany.
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Australia vs Egypt
editAustralia and Egypt had met twice before, most recently in 2010, a 3–0 win for Egypt in a friendly.[75]
There were initial concerns over Mohamed Salah's fitness due to a hamstring injury, and Egypt coach Hossam Hassan would not commit to starting him in the game, but he was eventually cleared to be in the starting lineup.[76]
Early in the first half, Egypt midfielder Emam Ashour headed into the Australia goal to put Egypt ahead. Australia struggled to create many clear-cut chances, but were able to equalize via an own goal when Egypt player Mohamed Hany headed into his own net.
Late in extra time, goalkeeper Patrick Beach, who had started in all of Australia's games in the tournament, was substituted off in favour of veteran goalkeeper Mathew Ryan. The substitution was surprising, since Beach had prevented the highest goal average than any other goalkeeper at the tournament.[77] Ryan was unable to save any of the penalties taken by Egypt, and Australian players Harry Souttar and Lucas Herrington both sent their kicks over the crossbar.[78]
After the match, in his press conference, Australia coach Tony Popovic said his surprise decision to substitute in-form keeper Beach for Ryan was down to Ryan's additional experience, and neither goalkeeper was unaware the change would occur.[79]
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Argentina vs Cape Verde
editThe two teams had never met before.
At 29 minutes, Argentine captain Lionel Messi made his run behind the Cape Verde defense, collecting the ball from a lofting pass sent by Lisandro Martínez before firing it home from close range across the near post. This marked Messi's seventh goal at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, giving Argentina a 1–0 lead at halftime.
Cape Verde found their equalizer through Deroy Duarte, when he had a touch on the inside of his right foot and sent it beyond Emiliano Martínez towards the far post. Vozinha had several powerful saves in stoppage time, sending the match into extra time.
Two minutes into extra time, Lisandro Martínez collected the ball from a corner kick, before sending it beyond Vozinha into the top corner, giving Argentina the lead. Less than a minute later, Sidny Lopes Cabral found the ball in the Argentinian half. Entering from the left side of the box, he curled it past the goalkeeper for another equalizer. Messi later delivered a corner kick in the Cape Verdean half at 113 minutes. The ball deflected off the head of Cristian Romero, and then off the arm of Diney Borges for an own goal.
With this win, Argentina progressed to the round of 16, eliminating Cape Verde, the only tournament debutant (out of the four) to reach the knockout stage.
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Colombia vs Ghana
editThe two teams had never met before.
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Notes
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