The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage is set, and so is the path to the final.<\/p>\n
For the first time in World Cup history, the knockout stage, which begins on Sunday, will feature 32 teams with 16 matchups before the field shrinks to 16 teams. From here on out, it is win or go home.<\/p>\n
Here’s a look at the round of 32 bracket at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Stadium (3 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Canada finished second in Group A. South Africa finished second in Group B.\u00a0<\/p>\n Houston Stadium (1 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Brazil finished first in Group C. Japan finished second in Group F.\u00a0<\/p>\n Boston Stadium (4:30 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Germany finished first in Group E. Paraguay finished third in Group D.<\/p>\n Monterrey Stadium (9:00 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Netherlands finished first in Group F. Morocco finished second in Group C.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dallas Stadium (1 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Ivory Coast finished second in Group E. Norway finished second in Group I.<\/p>\n New York New Jersey Stadium (5 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n France finished first in Group I. Sweden finished third in Group C.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mexico City Stadium (9 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mexico finished first in Group A. Ecuador finished third in Group E.\u00a0<\/p>\n Atlanta Stadium (12 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n England finished first in Group L. DR Congo topped Uzbekistan in the group-stage finale.<\/p>\n Seattle Stadium (4 p.m. ET, FS1, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Belgium finished first in Group G. Senegal finished third in Group I.\u00a0<\/p>\n San Francisco Bay Stadium (8 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n USA finished first in Group D. Bosnia and Herzegovina finished third in Group B.\u00a0<\/p>\n Los Angeles Stadium (3 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n This game will feature the Group H winner vs. the Group J second-place finisher. Spain finished first in Group H. Austria sits in second place in Group J but could be eliminated or fall to third place with a loss to Algeria on Saturday.<\/p>\n Toronto Stadium (7 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Portugal finished second in Group K after a draw vs. group-winner Colombia. Croatia improved its standing with a victory over Ghana and finished second in Group L.<\/p>\n BC Place Vancouver (11 p.m. ET, FS1, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n This game will feature the Group A winner vs. the Group G third-place finisher. Switzerland won Group A. Iran sits in third place in Group G, but it could be replaced with a third-place team, depending on Saturday’s results.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dallas Stadium (2 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Egypt finished second in Group G. Australia finished second in Group D.\u00a0<\/p>\n Miami Stadium (6 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Argentina finished first in Group J. Cape Verde finished second in Group H.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kansas City Stadium (9:30 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX One)<\/strong><\/p>\n Colombia won Group K after a draw vs. Portugal, which finished the group in second. Ghana finished the group stage with a loss to Croatia and advanced after finishing third in Group L.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage is set, and so is the path to the final. For the first time in World Cup history, the knockout stage, which begins on Sunday, will feature 32 teams with 16 matchups before the field shrinks to 16 teams. From here on out, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}