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World Cup Round of 32: Knockout rounds begin with Canada taking on South Africa

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The 2026 World Cup continues on Sunday as the Round of 32 begins and the remaining teams involved have their eyes on a world title. Tournament co-hosts Canada and South Africa will play the only match of the day as there is no tomorrow for match losers going forward.

Here's what you need to know for Day 18 of the World Cup.

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Sunday, June 28 | 3 p.m. ET | Inglewood, California | TV: Fox

Odds: Canada (-320), South Africa (+250), Tie (+260)

Canada is the only one of the World Cup's three co-hosts who will play a knockout round match out of their country. While the United States will meet Bosnia and Hezegovina in San Francisco and Mexico faces a third-place team at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Jesse Marsch's side has to travel to California to play at SoFi Stadium.

Despite being away from home soil, Canada's players are embracing the opportunity.

"We really like an away crowd, because it just gives you that extra ⁠motivation to prove all the fans around you wrong," said forward Tani Oluwaseyi.

The status of captain Alphonso Davies is the biggest question mark for Canada. Marsch said the defender would be fit after Davies sat out all three group games due to a hamstring injury.

"That he can have a big impact, both on us physically and football-wise, but also mentally, psychologically, to have our captain back, our best player back in the team," Marsch said.

Canada and South Africa both went 1-1-1 in group play with Bafana Bafana clinching their Round of 32 place in dramatic fashion with a 1-0 win over South Korea on Wednesday.

Ismaël Koné (broken leg) is out for Canada and Stephen Eustáquio is questionable to play. Moïse Bombito will be available. Teboho Mokoena will return from red-card suspension for South Africa, but Themba Zwane will sit for one more match after being sent off against Mexico.

The winner of this match will face either Morocco or the Netherlands on July 4 in Houston.

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🚨 World Cup: the full round of 32 schedule!

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🚨 World Cup: the full round of 32 schedule!

Things are getting serious!

That’s it, the group stage of the 2026 World Cup has delivered its verdict with the final matches of Group J!

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We finally know the full round-of-32 bracket for this World Cup, which actually gets underway tonight with the host nation.

Check out below the full schedule for this first round of knockout matches, as well as the tournament bracket, where you can see Les Bleus’ possible path!

The round-of-32 schedule

Sunday, June 28

  • 9:00 p.m.: South Africa vs. Canada (in Los Angeles)

Monday, June 29

  • 7:00 p.m.: Brazil vs. Japan (in Houston)
  • 10:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Paraguay (in Boston)

Tuesday, June 30

  • 3:00 a.m.: Netherlands vs. Morocco (in Monterrey)
  • 7:00 p.m.: Ivory Coast vs. Norway (in Arlington)
  • 11:00 p.m.: France vs. Sweden (in New York)

Wednesday, July 1

  • 3:00 a.m.: Mexico vs. Ecuador (in Mexico City)
  • 6:00 p.m.: England vs. Congo (in Atlanta)
  • 10:00 p.m.: Belgium vs. Senegal (in Seattle)

Thursday, July 2

  • 2:00 a.m.: United States vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Santa Clara)
  • 9:00 p.m.: Spain vs. Austria (in Los Angeles)

Friday, July 3

  • 1:00 a.m.: Portugal vs. Croatia (in Toronto)
  • 5:00 a.m.: Switzerland vs. Algeria (in Vancouver)
  • 8:00 p.m.: Australia vs. Egypt (in Arlington)

Saturday, July 4

  • 12:00 a.m.: Argentina vs. Cape Verde (in Miami)
  • 3:30 a.m.: Colombia vs. Ghana (in Kansas City)

So, which matches are you most excited to watch?

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