Who will face Canada-Morocco winner in World Cup quarterfinals? Breaking down the bracket

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The round of 16 gets started on Independence Day at the 2026 World Cup with two highly anticipated matches.

Canada and Morocco will kick things off at NRG Stadium in Houston on Saturday afternoon. The Canadians reached the knockout stages of a World Cup for the first time in their history after beating South Africa, while Morocco knocked out the Netherlands, advancing on penalties after a 3-2 shootout.

The winner will become the first team to move on to the World Cup quarterfinals. But who will that be? Here's a closer look at the bracket:

Who will Canada-Morocco winner play in World Cup quarterfinals?​

The winner of the Canada-Morocco matchup will take on the winner of Saturday's second round-of-16 fixture, which pits Paraguay vs France at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where temperatures are expected to hover around the century mark all afternoon.

Paraguay upset Germany 4-3 on penalties in the round of 32, and France locked in their spot with a 3-0 thrashing of Sweden.

The winners of those two matches will meet up in the quarterfinals on July 9 at 4 p.m. ET at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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Full World Cup knockout stage bracket, matchups, schedule​

Round of 32 bracket​

• June 28: Canada def South Africa - SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
• June 29: Paraguay def Germany - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
• June 29: Morocco def Netherlands - Estadio Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• June 29: Brazil def Japan - NRG Stadium, Houston
• June 30: Norway def Ivory Coast - AT&T Stadium, Arlington
• June 30: Mexico def Ecuador - Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
• June 30: France def Sweden - MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
• July 1: United States def Bosnia and Herzegovina - Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
• July 1: Belgium def Senegal - Lumen Field, Seattle
• July 1: England def DR Congo - Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
• July 2: Spain def Austria - SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
• July 2: Portugal def Croatia - BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
• July 2: Switzerland def Algeria - Vancouver Stadium, Vancouver, Canada
• July 3: Argentina def Cape Verde - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
• July 3: Egypt def Australia - AT&T Stadium, Arlington
• July 3: Colombia def Ghana - Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City

Round of 16​

• July 4: Paraguay vs. France - Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia - shop tickets
• July 4: Canada vs. Morocco - Houston - shop tickets
• July 5: Brazil vs. Norway - East Rutherford - shop tickets
• July 5: Mexico vs. England - Mexico City - shop tickets
• July 6: Portugal vs. Spain - Arlington - shop tickets
• July 6: USA vs. Belgium - Seattle - shop tickets
• July 7: Argentina vs. Egypt - Atlanta - shop tickets
• July 7: Switzerland vs. Colombia - Vancouver - shop tickets

Quarterfinals​

• July 9: PAR/FRA vs. CAN/MRC - Foxborough
• July 10: POR/ESP vs. USA/BEL - Inglewood
• July 11: BRA/NOR vs. MEX/ENG - Miami
• July 11: ARG/EGY vs. SWI/COL - Kansas City

Semifinals​

• July 14: Foxborough/Inglewood winners - Arlington
• July 15: Miami/Kansas City winners - Atlanta

Final​

• July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Who will face Canada-Morocco winner in World Cup quarterfinals? Breaking down the bracket

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