Round of 16
8 matches
Jul 4 – Jul 7
FIFA World Cup 2026 · Knockout bracket
The road to the Final
48 teams · 12 groups · 104 matches. Top 2 from each group plus the 8 best 3rd-placed teams advance to a 32-team knockout. Below is the full bracket structure — our AI value-bet pick for every match logs here as bookmakers price each round.
500
picks tracked
47%
value-bet win rate
-0.0%
ROI
Round of 32 · 16 matches
Jun 28 – Jul 3R32-1
Group A · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (B/E/F/I)
R32-2
Group C · 2nd
vs
Group F · 2nd
R32-3
Group E · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (A/D/E/H)
R32-4
Group D · 2nd
vs
Group H · 2nd
R32-5
Group B · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (A/C/D/G)
R32-6
Group A · 2nd
vs
Group E · 2nd
R32-7
Group D · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (B/C/F/G)
R32-8
Group B · 2nd
vs
Group H · 1st
R32-9
Group C · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (A/B/E/F)
R32-10
Group F · 1st
vs
Group I · 2nd
R32-11
Group I · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (C/D/G/H)
R32-12
Group G · 2nd
vs
Group J · 2nd
R32-13
Group G · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (A/E/H/I)
R32-14
Group J · 1st
vs
Group K · 2nd
R32-15
Group K · 1st
vs
Best 3rd (D/F/I/J)
R32-16
Group L · 1st
vs
Group L · 2nd
Onward rounds
Quarter-finals
4 matches
Jul 9 – Jul 11
Semi-finals
2 matches
Jul 14 – Jul 15
Final
1 match
Jul 19 · MetLife
Possible qualifiers · all 48 teams
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