{"id":785886,"date":"2026-07-07T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785886\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:56:11","slug":"switzerland-colombia-clash-today-in-vancouvers-world-cup-finale-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785886\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland, Colombia clash today in Vancouver\u2019s World Cup finale | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783421771_637_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Switzerland&#8217;s Breel Embolo (7) celebrates after scoring his team&#8217;s first goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Switzerland and Algeria in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 7, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 There will be two World Cup components coming to an end today in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>When Switzerland and Colombia square off this afternoon in a round of 16 game at BC Place Stadium, it will mark the seventh and final World Cup match at the multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver\u2019s False Creek.<\/p>\n<p>It will also spell the end of either Switzerland or Colombia\u2019s bid for world soccer supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland, listed at No. 15 in FIFA\u2019s current rankings, topped Group B with two wins and a draw, beating Canada 2-1 on June 24 in Vancouver in the process. Switzerland then beat Algeria 2-0 on July 2 in the round of 32, also in Vancouver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Switzerland&#8217;s Breel Embolo (7) celebrates after scoring his team&#8217;s first goal during the World Cup round of 32&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,55],"class_list":["post-785886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}