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Round of
16

Eight fixtures. Familiar territory after the Round of 32 first cut. The cut to the quarter, July 4 to July 7.

Eight fixtures. The Round of 16 has been the World Cup’s first knockout round since 1986. Forty years of bracket folklore lives here. Maradona running through England in 1986. Roger Milla doing the corner-flag dance against Colombia in 1990. Tim Howard’s sixteen saves against Belgium in 2014. The Round of 16 is where the tournament has historically found its narrative villains and heroes.

This year, the format changes. The Round of 16 is no longer first. It comes after the Round of 32. The eight survivors of the bracket’s first cull face off across four days, July 4 to July 7. The teams arriving here in 2026 have already won a knockout match. They are not the same teams that used to roll into this round straight from group play.

Eight fixtures. Eight more nations going home. Four advance to the quarter-finals. Four leave with their own stories.

Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia opens it on Saturday 4 July. The Estadio Azteca returns to its knockout role on the Sunday. BC Place in Vancouver closes the round on Tuesday 7 July. Match identities update the moment the Round of 32 settles. Bookmark the page. The bracket fills fast.

The four winners of M89 to M96 advance to the quarter-finals, kicking off Thursday 9 July. Each Round of 16 winner has its next fixture locked the moment the result lands.

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