{"id":522410,"date":"2026-06-28T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522410\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:33:09","slug":"knockout-fixtures-confirmed-as-group-stage-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522410\/","title":{"rendered":"Knockout fixtures confirmed as group stage concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fixtures for the World Cup&#8217;s first ever knockout round of 32 have been confirmed following the completion of the group phase, which finished in thrilling fashion last night, with Austria&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/world-cup-2026\/2026\/0627\/1580623-austria-and-algeria-advance-after-ridiculous-finale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last-gasp equaliser against Algeria<\/a> ensuring their progression at Iran&#8217;s expense.<\/p>\n<p>The first knockout kicks off at 8pm this evening, with co-hosts Jesse Marsch heading south to Los Angeles to face South Africa, who advanced from Group A with a 1-0 win over South Korea in their final group game.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil face Japan in a highly anticipated tie in Houston on Monday. England&#8217;s laboured 2-0 win over Panama last night saw them advance as group winners, their reward being a game against DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pico Lopes&#8217; Cape Verde face Argentina in the penultimate tie of the round. The African side face the reigning champions on Friday in Miami at 11pm Irish time.<\/p>\n<p>ROUND OF 32 (Irish times)<\/p>\n<p>South Africa v Canada &#8211; Sun 8pm, Los Angeles<br \/>Brazil v Japan &#8211; Mon 6pm, Houston<br \/>Germany v Paraguay &#8211; Mon 9.30pm, Boston<br \/>Netherlands v Morocco &#8211; Tues 2am, Monterrey<br \/>Ivory Coast v Norway &#8211; Tues 6pm, Dallas<br \/>France v Sweden &#8211; Tues 10pm, New Jersey<br \/>Mexico v Ecuador &#8211; Wed 2am, Mexico City<br \/>England v DR Congo &#8211; Wed 5pm, Atlanta<br \/>Belgium v Senegal &#8211; Wed 9pm, Seattle<br \/>USA v Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina &#8211; Thurs 1am, San Francisco<br \/>Spain v Austria &#8211; Thurs 8pm, Los Angeles<br \/>Portugal v Croatia &#8211; Fri 12am, Toronto<br \/>Switzerland v Algeria &#8211; Fri 4am, Vancouver<br \/>Australia v Egypt &#8211; Fri 7pm, Dallas<br \/>Argentina v Cape Verde &#8211; Fri 11pm, Miami<br \/>Colombia v Ghana &#8211; Sat 2.30am, Kansas City<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">The Round of 32 is set. \ud83d\udd10<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup\" rel=\"nofollow\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/viM72iNjw3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/viM72iNjw3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/2071082870207127706\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fixtures for the World Cup&#8217;s first ever knockout round of 32 have been confirmed following the completion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-522410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}