Round of 16: Which teams will qualify for the next stage of the World Cup

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As the group stage begins to wrap up, the matchups in the round of 16 are beginning to get set.

  • The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups in the first stage – Groups A to H
  • In each group, each team plays against each other once in a single round-robin format
  • The top two teams in each group qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup round of 16

▶ FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 schedule

Group1st2nd
Group A NetherlandsUSA
Group BEnglandSenegal
Group CArgentinaAustralia
Group DFrancePoland
Group EJapanCroatia
Group FMoroccoSpain
Group GTBDTBD
Group HTBDTBD

So far, 14 teams, including France, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, have made the knockouts in Qatar. As can be seen above, France became the first defending champions (since Brazil in 2006) to avoid elimination in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup. Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014, and Germany in 2018 were all eliminated in the group stage.

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