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The contract for the 2026 World Cup Round of 16 teams ended after 72 games and Round 32 of a historic group stage that saw shock upsets and early exits for giants.
The 16 qualified teams were distributed across the continents as follows: Europe 6 teams, South America 3 teams, Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) 3 teams and Africa 2 teams, while Asia was completely absent from the finals.
Canada began qualifying with a late 1-0 win over South Africa, while Brazil overcame a goal deficit against a resilient Japan to win in the 96th minute.
The most obvious contenders, France, did not disappoint with a crushing victory over Sweden, while Mexico beat Ecuador to keep the hopes of the three hosts alive in the competition.
England struggled to overturn a 2-1 result against the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the biggest surprise came in the Germany-Paraguay match, where the two teams were level after 90 minutes, forcing extra time and then penalties, which Paraguay decided in their favour.
Morocco had to go to penalties to eliminate the Netherlands, while Egypt did the same against Australia.
The match between Senegal and Belgium witnessed thrilling drama as Senegal led 2-0 until the last 4 minutes when Lukaku and Tillmans produced a stunning comeback before the referee awarded a penalty to Belgium in the 118th minute after a video-assistance review, following an intervention by Lamin Kamara, where they will send the Redman to the next round. The United States that eliminated Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Spain easily secured their place in the last 16 against Austria with a 3-0 win, while De La Fuente’s men faced Portugal (who beat Croatia) in a thrilling Iberian derby.
As for Algeria, they bowed out of the tournament after losing to Switzerland by two clean sheets, while Argentina beat Cape Verde and Ghana exited last, losing to Colombia.
The quarter-final matches begin today, Saturday, and the first match will be between Canada and Morocco, then Paraguay and France, and tomorrow, Sunday, they will face Brazil and Norway, Mexico and England.
On Monday, we are expecting a heated confrontation between Portugal and Spain, USA and Belgium. On Tuesday, the Egyptian national team will meet with its counterpart from Argentina, and Switzerland will meet with Colombia in the last matches of this round. .
