{"id":779480,"date":"2026-07-04T23:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779480\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:26:16","slug":"world-cup-2026-who-has-qualified-for-quarter-finals-fixtures-dates-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779480\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Who has qualified for quarter-finals? fixtures, dates, venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are closer to seeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup champion be crowned in North America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Round of 16 is underway following a thrilling slate of matches in the first knockout round, which had drama, goals and some upsets.<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-final qualified teams<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/football360.com.au\/morocco-canada-fifa-world-cup-round-of-16-details-jesse-marsch-reaction-azzedine-ounahi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco moved through to the quarter-finals after defeating co-hosts Canada 3-0 in Houston on Sunday (AEST). <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azzedine Ounahi scored twice as 2022 semi-finalists Morocco became the first African nation ever to reach the quarter-finals of two World Cup tournaments, while Brahim D\u00edaz (four in two matches) now has the most assists by an African player in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/football360.com.au\/kylian-mbappe-france-paraguay-fifa-world-cup-round-of-16-report-goal-golden-boot-messi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kylian Mbappe moved level atop the Golden Boot standings and France qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mbappe\u2019s second-half penalty guided France past Paraguay 1-0 amid sweltering heat in Philadelphia on Sunday (AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-final fixtures as it stands<\/p>\n<p>France v Morocco \u2013 Foxborough, July 10, 6am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Remaining Round of 16 fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Brazil v Norway \u2013 New York\/New Jersey,\u00a0July 6, 6am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Mexico v England \u2013 Mexico City,\u00a0July 6, 10am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Spain v Portugal \u2013 Arlington,\u00a0July 7, 5am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Belgium v USA \u2013 Seattle,\u00a0July 7, 10am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Egypt v Argentina \u2013 Atlanta,\u00a0July 8, 2am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland v Colombia \u2013 Vancouver,\u00a0July 8, 8am (AEST)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are closer to seeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup champion be crowned in North America. The Round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85,124617],"class_list":["post-779480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}