World Cup 2026: What teams have advanced to the Semifinals?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is approaching a dramatic conclusion.

Quarterfinals got underway on Thursday in Boston, with the first match between Morocco and France. In addition to those two teams six others — Spain, Belgium, England, Norway, Argentina, and Switzerland — are still alive in pursuit of glory.

But by Sunday morning, only four teams will remain.

Here are the teams that have booked a spot in the Semifinals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This will be updated as teams advance.

France

France became the first team to advance to the Semifinals with a 2-0 win over Morocco on Thursday in Boston. Kylian Mbappé won a penalty in the first half, but keeper Yassine Bounou guessed right and made the save to keep the match level, and that is how the first half ended with the score 0-0.

But France broke through in the second half, first with a stunning strike from Mbappé:

And then this goal from Ousmane Dembélé, where you see the impact of Mbappé’s gravity as he runs through the box:

France now awaits the winner of Friday’s match between Spain and Belgium.

Spain

And that would be Spain.

Spain and Belgium were level for nearly 90 minutes. Fabián Ruiz scored in the 30th minute to give Spain an early lead, but Charles De Ketelaere pulled Belgium level in the 41st minute.

But then just before stoppage time at the end of the second half, super-sub Mikel Merino was the man on the spot for Spain. He pounced on a rebound allowed by backup keeper Senne Lammens — who came in on relief of Thibaut Courtois, who appeared to suffer a knock in the 67th minute — and put Spain ahead:

That goal came days after Merino came on as a substitute and delivered the winning goal against Portugal.