{"id":914623,"date":"2026-06-22T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/fifa-world-cup-knockout-stage-tracker-whos-in-whos-out-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:13:30","slug":"fifa-world-cup-knockout-stage-tracker-whos-in-whos-out-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/fifa-world-cup-knockout-stage-tracker-whos-in-whos-out-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup knockout stage tracker: Who&#8217;s in, who&#8217;s out? | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<h2>Soccer<br \/>\n          FIFA World Cup knockout stage tracker: Who&#8217;s in, who&#8217;s out?<br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> is approaching its second phase: the single-elimination knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>Each group&#8217;s top two teams advance to the Round of 32, as do the top eight third-place finishers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the 48-team field is taking shape as Group Stage play winds down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Who&#8217;s in?<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Germany: Group E winner<\/li>\n<li>Mexico: Group A winner<\/li>\n<li>USA: Group D winner<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Who&#8217;s out?<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Haiti: Group C last place<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia: Group F last place<\/li>\n<li>T\u00fcrkiye: Group D last place<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Essentials<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the first featuring 48 nations instead of the typical 32.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which is co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, spans from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule breakdown is below:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Group stage: June 11-27<\/li>\n<li>Round of 32: June 28 &#8211; July 3<\/li>\n<li>Round of 16: July 4-7<\/li>\n<li>Quarterfinals: July 9-11<\/li>\n<li>Semifinals: July 14-15<\/li>\n<li>Third place: July 18<\/li>\n<li>Final: July 19<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-toggle data-layout-name=\"grid_4-4-4\" data-bucket-name=\"main-content-after-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<p>Get the latest from MLS: league news, must-see matches, kit drops, premium offers for the World\u2019s biggest event, and more!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/news\/fifa-world-cup-knockout-stage-tracker-advance-eliminate-in-out-teams\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Thomas Klemp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Soccer FIFA World Cup knockout stage tracker: Who&#8217;s in, who&#8217;s out? The 2026 FIFA World Cup is approaching its second phase: the single-elimination knockout stage. Each group&#8217;s top two teams advance to the Round of 32, as do the top eight third-place finishers.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how the 48-team field is taking shape as Group Stage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40408,2005,644],"tags":[43233,5489],"class_list":["post-914623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-knockout","category-soccer","category-world","tag-knockout","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}