The World Cup knockout phase in Qatar will continue with the quarter-finals on Friday and Saturday. Below are the teams who made it into the last eight.
ARGENTINA
Argentina beat off a frenzied Australia fightback to win 2-1 and reach the quarter-finals, where they will face the Netherlands on Friday.
Captain Lionel Messi, who has said he intends to retire from the national team after the tournament, scored his first goal in a World Cup knockout round in his 1,000th matchto beat Diego Maradona’s tally of eight World Cup goals.
La Seleccion won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986, and reached the final on three more occasions, most recently in 2014 when they lost against Germany.
Group performance:
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Argentina 2-0 Mexico
Poland 0-2 Argentina
Round of 16:
Argentina 2-1 Australia
BRAZIL
Brazil stormed into the quarter-finals with an overwhelming 4-1 victory over South Korea, scoring all their goals in the first 36 minutes. They next face Croatia in the first match of the quarter-finals on Friday at 1500 GMT.
The Selecao have lifted the World Cup five times and are the pre-tournament favourites to win a record-extending sixth title.
Brazil have played in every World Cup since 1930 but have not reached the final since they last won the title in 2002.
Group performance:
Brazil 2-0 Serbia
Brazil 1-0 Switzerland
Cameroon 1-0 Brazil
Round of 16:
Brazil 4-1 South Korea
CROATIA
Goalkeeper Dominic Livakovic saved three spot-kicks as Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout after an enthralling 120-minute contest finished deadlocked at 1-1.
The Croats will next face Brazil on Friday.
This is the sixth World Cup for Croatia, who reached the final in 2018 when they lost to France.
Group performance:
Morocco 0-0 Croatia
Croatia 4-1 Canada
Croatia 0-0 Belgium
Round of 16:
Croatia 1-1 Japan (3-1 on penalties)
ENGLAND
England secured a spot in the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over African champions Senegal in another emphatic victory after comfortably beating Wales and Iran in the group stage.
The Three Lions are set to meet reigning champions France on Saturday.
England have won the World Cup only once in 1966, and finished fourth in 2018.
Group performance:
England 6-2 Iran
England 0-0 United States
Wales 0-3 England
Round of 16:
England 3-0 Senegal
FRANCE
Another one of the bookmakers’ favourites to win the title, France beat Poland 3-1 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Led by Olivier Giroud – who surpassed Thierry Henry as France’s all-time top scorer with 52 goals – and current tournament top marksman Kylian Mbappe, Les Blues will meet England on Saturday.
France have won the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2018.
Group performance:
France 4-1 Australia
France 2-1 Denmark
Tunisia 1-0 France
Round of 16:
France 3-1 Poland
MOROCCO
Morocco reached the quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 penalty win over Spain and will face Portugal on Saturday.
Spanish-born Achraf Hakimi scored the decisive spot-kick for Morocco, following a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes.
They are playing in their sixth finals, having reached the last 16 once before in 1986.
The only African side still in the running, Morocco failed to qualify for the knockout stage in 2018 with one point.
Group performance:
Morocco 0-0 Croatia
Belgium 0-2 Morocco
Canada 1-2 Morocco
Round of 16:
Morocco 0-0 Spain (3-0 on penalties)
NETHERLANDS
The Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over the United States on Saturday, and will face Messi’s Argentina on Friday.
The Dutch — unbeaten in 19 games after their elimination at Euro 2020 — have been the runners up at three World Cups in 1974, 1978 and 2010.
This year marks their return to the global stage after failing to qualify in 2018.
Group performance:
Senegal 0-2 Netherlands
Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador
Netherlands 2-0 Qatar
Round of 16:
Netherlands 3-1 United States
PORTUGAL
Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos netted a hat-trick on his first World Cup start in a 6-1 demolition of Switzerland, sending his side through to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2006.
Coach Fernando Santos took the brave call to bench Cristiano Ronaldo and was rewarded with an artful display from his side as they set up a last-eight clash with Morocco on Saturday.
Portugal’s best World Cup result is a third place in 1966. Most recently, they won the Euro 2016 in France.
The run-up to the last-16 match was marked with speculation regarding the future of Ronaldo, who left Manchester United by mutual consent last month, and his outburst following his substitution against South Korea.
Group performance:
Portugal 3-2 Ghana
Portugal 2-0 Uruguay
South Korea 2-1 Portugal
Round of 16:
Portugal 6-1 Switzerland

Fixtures
Friday 9th December 2022
World Cup Quarter Finals
Croatia v Brazil 15.00pm (QTR FINAL 1) BBC 1
Netherlands v Argentina 19.00pm (QTR FINAL 2) BBC 1
Saturday 10th December 2022
World Cup Quarter Finals
Morocco v Portugal 15.00pm (QTR FINAL 3) ITV
England v France 19.00pm (QTR FINAL 4) ITV

The biggest shock in the last 16 was Morocco beating Spain.Moroccan Achraf Hakimi calmly converted a penalty to send Morocco through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 shootout win over former champions Spain after a cagey last-16 clash ended goalless on Tuesday.
The Spanish-born Hakimi chipped in the decisive penalty, prompting a deafening roar of joy and celebration from the Morocco supporters, after their side became the first Arab nation ever to qualify for the tournament’s quarter-finals.
Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who plays for Spain’s Sevilla, saved spot-kicks from Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets after Pablo Sarabia had hit the post and Hakimi, a product of the Real Madrid youth system, held his nerve to earn his team a quarter-final against either Portugal or Switzerland.
Morocco became only the fourth African nation to reach the last eight of the tournament, 12 years after Ghana did so in South Africa.
After a scrappy match finished 0-0 after extra time with few shots on target for either side, Morocco fed off the raucous support of their red-clad fans in the shootout as Spain crumbled.
Spain enjoyed more than 75% of possession and completed almost 1000 passes but Morocco caused problems for them on the counter-attack and goalkeeper Unai Simon made some good saves.