Features of the final price: 7 teams qualify and 3 matches are decided

The features of the Round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup began to emerge after the conclusion of the third day of the second round of the ongoing tournament in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.

7 qualified

So far, 7 teams have secured their places in the 1/8 finals: Canada, Brazil, Paraguay, Morocco, Norway, France, Mexico.

Canada were the first to qualify for this stage with a 1-0 win over South Africa, while Brazil qualified 2-1 at the expense of Japan, while Paraguay advanced by pulling off a huge upset by beating Germany 4-3 on penalties.

Morocco also qualified for the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties, while Norway followed after beating Ivory Coast 2-1, France 3-0 Sweden and Mexico 2-0 Ecuador.

The Arabs have secured one place so far, with Morocco qualifying for the role, while Egypt and Algeria look to have a good chance of strengthening this presence.

Among the seven finalists, there are only two European teams, France and Norway, compared to the Latin pair of Brazil and Paraguay, in addition to two each from North America, Canada and Mexico, while Morocco represents the African continent.

3 confrontations

Up to 3 matches have been confirmed in the 16th round. The dates (Mecca time) are as follows:

Saturday July 4

Canada – Morocco (20:00).

Sunday, July 5

Paraguay – France (00:00 AM).

Brazil – Norway (23:00).

Mexico remain the only qualifiers for this round who are yet to know their next opponent as they wait to face the winner of Wednesday’s England-DRC match tonight.

9 cards left

The Round of 32 will continue over the coming days – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday – to decide another 9 cards to complete the deal for the 16 qualifying teams.

Below we present the dates of the remaining nine matches.

Wednesday, July 1

England – Democratic Republic of Congo (19:00).

Belgium – Senegal (23:00).

Thursday, July 2

USA – Bosnia and Herzegovina (03:00).

Spain – Austria (22:00).

Friday, July 3

Portugal – Croatia (02:00).

Switzerland – Algeria (06:00).

Australia – Egypt (21:00).

Saturday July 4

Argentina – Cape Verde (01:00).

Colombia – Ghana (04:30).