Another round of FIFA World Cup 2026 has ended and now the race for the trophy has reached the fourth round. Fourth round i.e. quarter-finals, where now only 8 teams are left, while a total of 40 teams are out of the World Cup. With the exciting end of the Round of 16, the 8 teams of the quarter-finals have been decided and the schedule of their matches has also been decided. With the victory of Argentina and Switzerland on the last day of this round, the quarter-final line-up was completed.
All three World Cup hosts out
8 matches were played in the Round of 16 or Pre-Quarter Final Round, in which almost all were very exciting. The most shocking result was seen against 5-time champion Brazil, which suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Norway. At the same time, the current champion Argentina narrowly escaped elimination when after falling 0-2 against Egypt, it came back and won 3-2. The special thing was that all three hosts of the tournament – America, Mexico and Canada – were eliminated in this round itself. Apart from them, the journey of Paraguay, Brazil, Portugal, Egypt and Colombia also ended.
Entry of these 8 teams in quarter-finals
Now if we talk about the quarter-finals, Norway and to some extent Switzerland are the only teams who had little hope of reaching here. Still he made his place in the last 8. Apart from these, Argentina, France, England, Belgium, Morocco and Spain have reached the quarter-finals. Now there will be 4 matches between these 8 teams, which will decide the last 4 teams of the semi-finals.
This is the schedule of quarter-finals
| match number | competition | date | Time (IST) | venue |
| QF 1 | france vs morocco | July 10, 2026 | 01:30 am | Boston Stadium, Massachusetts |
| QF 2 | spain vs belgium | July 11, 2026 | 12:30 pm | Los Angeles Stadium, California |
| QF 3 | Norway vs England | July 12, 2026 | 02:30 am | Miami Stadium, Florida |
| qf 4 | argentina vs switzerland | July 12, 2026 | 06:30 am | Kansas City Stadium, Missouri |
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