17 days after World Cup started, and 21 until the final, the second part of the FIFA competition has started, and the original list of 48 teams has been reduced to 32, the usual number in World Cups, as the knockout stages start. This time, it will be longer, with round of 32 matches taking place between today, Sunday, June 28, one day after the group stage ended. There is no time to waste.
After the marathon of matches these past days, it will be relatively quieter, with two matches per day during round of 32, lasting until Friday, July 3 (already Saturday in European time).
Round of 16 will take place during Saturday, July 4 and Tuesday, July 7; quarter-finals between Thursday, July 9 and Sunday, July 12; semi-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 14-15, and the finals (including third place match) on July 18-19.
List of round of 32 matches in World Cup:
Sunday, 28 June
South Africa vs Canada - 21:00 CEST / 20:00 BST
Monday, 29 June
Brazil vs Japan - 19:00 CEST / 18:00 BST
Germany vs Paraguay - 22:30 CEST / 21:30 BST
Tuesday, 30 June
Netherlands vs Morocco - 03:00 CEST / 02:00 BST
Ivory Coast vs Norway - 19:00 CEST / 18:00 BST
France vs Sweden - 23:00 CEST / 22:00 BST
Wednesday, 1 July
Mexico vs Ecuador - 03:00 CEST / 02:00 BST
England vs DR Congo - 18:00 CEST / 17:00 BST
Belgium vs Senegal - 22:00 CEST / 21:00 BST
Thursday, 2 July
United States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina - 02:00 CEST / 01:00 BST
Spain vs Austria - 21:00 CEST / 20:00 BST
Friday, 3 July
Portugal vs Croatia - 01:00 CEST / 00:00 BST
Switzerland vs Algeria - 05:00 CEST / 04:00 BST
Australia vs Egypt - 20:00 CEST / 19:00 BST
Saturday, 4 July
Argentina vs Cape Verde - 00:00 CEST / 23:00 BST (3 July)
Colombia vs Ghana - 03:30 CEST / 02:30 BST
Teams eliminated from World Cup after group stage:
Qatar
South Korea
Haiti
Scotland
Turkey
Curaçao
Tunisia
New Zealand
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Jordan
Uzbekistan
Panama
Uruguay
Czechia