World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures: Full UK Schedule and Where England Could Be Headed

World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures: The full schedule is here.

England are through. Jude Bellingham scored twice in the opening 40 minutes at the Azteca Stadium; Harry Kane added a penalty, and the Three Lions held on with ten men to beat co-hosts Mexico 3-2 in a game that will be replayed on highlight reels long after this tournament ends. That result did more than send England into the last eight. It confirmed the shape of their route to the final, which now runs through Erling Haaland’s Norway before anything else.

Here’s every result from the World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures, the confirmed quarter-final schedule in UK time, and exactly where England could be headed from here.

Quarter-final week starts Thursday, with one match landing at 2 am UK time. Start a free ZumTV trial and get every knockout match set up on the big screen before the late kick-offs start.

World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures and Results in Full

These World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures reshaped the bracket in dramatic fashion. Saturday, 4 July, opened the round with Morocco beating Canada 3-0 in Houston, ending the co-hosts’ run and confirming Morocco as the first African nation to reach back-to-back World Cup quarter-finals. Later that night, France edged past Paraguay 1-0 in Philadelphia, with Kylian Mbappé again the difference in a tighter match than the scoreline suggests.

Sunday brought the tournament’s first genuine shock. Norway beat five-time champions Brazil, with Erling Haaland scoring both goals to send Vinícius Júnior and company home early and put himself level at the top of the Golden Boot race.

Monday’s Mexico vs. England game needs no summary beyond the scoreline, 3-2 to England, but Portugal’s night ended quietly by comparison. Spain won 1-0 through a late Mikel Merino goal, eliminating Cristiano Ronaldo from what was widely billed as his final World Cup.

Tuesday closed out six of the eight ties. Belgium put four past the United States, Charles De Ketelaere scoring twice either side of a Hans Vanaken goal and a late Romelu Lukaku finish, with Malik Tillman’s strike the only reply for the hosts. Argentina vs Egypt and Switzerland vs Colombia are the two results still to come as this goes to print, the final pieces of the quarter-final bracket.

The Confirmed Quarter-Final Schedule (UK Times)

The last eight are set for four matches across three days, all in the United States, all at NFL stadiums repurposed for the tournament.

Thursday 9 July, 9:00 pm BST: Morocco vs France, Boston Stadium. A rematch of the 2022 semi-final, which France won 2-0.

Friday 10 July, 8:00 pm BST: Spain vs Belgium, Los Angeles Stadium, live on BBC One.

Saturday 11 July, 10:00 pm BST: Norway vs England, Miami Stadium, live on ITV1.

The fourth quarterfinal kicks off in the very early hours of Sunday UK time rather than Saturday because Kansas City’s Saturday evening kick-off lands after midnight back home. Argentina or Egypt plays Switzerland or Colombia at 2:00 am BST on Sunday, 12 July, once Tuesday’s results confirm which two sides progress.

Where England Could Be Headed

England’s immediate obstacle is Norway, a side making its World Cup quarter-final debut but arriving with the tournament’s most dangerous forward. Haaland has been directly involved in the majority of Norway’s goals this summer, and beating Brazil to get here means this Norway side has already done the hardest thing a debutant can do at this stage. Thomas Tuchel’s team also go in without Jarell Quansah, sent off in the second half against Mexico and suspended for the next match under standard World Cup rules.

Win that, and the semi-final draw is already fixed. England would face the winner of Morocco vs France or the winner of Spain vs Belgium, depending on which side of the bracket plays out first. Both of those quarter-finals carry genuine title contenders. France are the reigning runners-up and still built around Mbappé, while Spain have looked composed enough through five matches that eliminating Portugal barely registered as their toughest game.

That semi-final, if England gets there, is scheduled for Tuesday 14 or Wednesday 15 July, with the final following on Sunday 19 July at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. It’s the same route England fans have watched their side previously reach and fall short of, most recently the semi-final in 2018 and the quarter-final in 2022. This is the first time since 1970 England has had a genuine shot at three consecutive last-eight finishes.

If Norway vs England buffers at exactly the wrong moment on Saturday night, that’s a connection issue, not a broadcast one. Here’s how to fix IPTV buffering on UK broadband before kick-off.

Why the Late Kick-Offs Aren’t Done Yet

Quarter-final week keeps the same overnight pattern that defined the World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures for UK viewers since the group stage. Three of the four last-eight matches kick off at 8 pm or later UK time, and the Kansas City tie technically falls on a Sunday UK date despite being a Saturday evening fixture in the US. If you’ve been catching matches on delay or splitting viewing across a household during this tournament, that pattern holds for at least one more round before the semi-finals move to a slightly earlier UK slot.

Norway vs. England is a 10 pm kick-off, not a 1 am one, which makes it one of the more watchable slots this tournament has offered. Sign up for ZumTV’s free trial and make sure it’s set up properly before Saturday.