{"id":510186,"date":"2026-07-05T00:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/510186\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:56:11","slug":"fifa-world-cup-round-of-16-fixtures-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/510186\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup: Round of 16 fixtures confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FIFA World Cup Round of 16 has been locked in after a dramatic first knockout stage at the expanded 48-team tournament.<\/p>\n

For the first time, this year’s World Cup featured a standalone Round of 32 before the traditional Round of 16, with the tournament\u2019s increased size adding an extra layer to the knockout phase.<\/p>\n

The opening elimination round delivered its fair share of surprises, including Germany’s shock defeat to Paraguay,<\/a> Argentina’s narrow victory over Cape Verde<\/a> and a controversial denied goal<\/a> which saw Portugal knock out Croatia. <\/p>\n

Now, just 16 teams remain in the race to lift football\u2019s biggest prize.<\/p>\n

The eight Round of 16 matches will be played over the next four days, before the quarter-finals get underway on July 10.<\/p>\n

All games can be viewed on TVNZ+<\/a> with an event pass, with select games also free to view on TVNZ 1.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full list of the upcoming fixtures being played across the United States, Canada and Mexico (NZT): <\/p>\n

Round of 16 fixtures: <\/p>\n

Sunday, July 5: <\/p>\n

5:00am \u2013 Canada vs Morocco – Houston <\/p>\n

9:00am \u2013 Paraguay vs France – Philadelphia <\/p>\n

Monday, July 6: <\/p>\n

8:00am \u2013 Brazil vs Norway – New York <\/p>\n

12:00pm \u2013 Mexico vs England – Mexico City <\/p>\n

\"England's<\/p>\n

England’s Harry Kane (9) celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup Group L match between England and Croatia in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, July 7: <\/p>\n

7:00am \u2013 Portugal vs Spain – Dallas <\/p>\n

12:00pm \u2013 USA vs Belgium – Seattle <\/p>\n

Wednesday, July 8: <\/p>\n

4:00am \u2013 Argentina vs Egypt – Atlanta <\/p>\n

8:00am \u2013 Switzerland vs Colombia – Vancouver <\/p>\n

\"Mo<\/p>\n

Mo Salah scores against the All Whites (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

Quarter-finals \u2013 July 10-12<\/p>\n

Semi-finals \u2013 July 15-16<\/p>\n

3rd place play-off \u2013 July 19<\/p>\n

Final \u2013 July 20<\/p>\n

All games can be watched on TVNZ+<\/a> with an event pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FIFA World Cup Round of 16 has been locked in after a dramatic first knockout stage at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[249930,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-510186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fifa-info","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}