The 2026 World Cup quarterfinals are set, with the last eight teams in action beginning on Thursday, July 9. France and Morocco kick things off in Foxborough, Massachusetts, a matchup between the 2022 runner-up and fourth-place finisher.

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All the host nations have been knocked out of the World Cup in the round of 16, but powerhouses Spain, France and Argentina are still in the running.

It's been a tightly contested Round of 16 affair between Switzerland and Colombia in Vancouver, with both sides stuck in a scoreless deadlock. Simply put, there's been precious little separating the two teams.

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The first-ever 48-team FIFA World Cup has been whittled down to just eight remaining participants as the 2026 tournament has reached the quarterfinal round.