Belgium and Egypt reach World Cup playoffs
9 out of 16 Round of 16 pairs are already known.
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This morning, Belgium defeated New Zealand 5:1, while Iran and Egypt drew — 1:1.
Belgium — 5, Egypt — 5, Iran — 3, New Zealand — 0.
Belgium advanced to the playoffs from first place, Egypt from second, and Iran awaits its fate.
As we can see, four points accumulated in the group stage give a ticket to the playoffs, soccerstand.com
There will be no World Cup matches tonight.
The group stage will conclude tomorrow night and morning with matches in three groups:
Today, exactly at midnight, matches England — Ghana and Croatia — Panama will begin.
Here are the group standings:
England, Ghana — 4, Croatia — 3, Panama — 0.
Tomorrow at 02:30 — Portugal — Colombia, Uzbekistan — DR Congo.
Colombia — 6, Portugal — 4, DR Congo — 1, Uzbekistan — 0.
At 5 AM — Argentina — Jordan, Algeria — Austria.
Argentina — 6, Austria, Algeria — 3, Jordan — 0.
And already tomorrow, Sunday, the playoffs — Round of 16 — will begin.
Here are the known Round of 16 pairs:
Canada — South Africa (Sunday, 22:00)
Brazil — Japan (Monday, 20:00)
Germany — Paraguay (Monday, 23:00)
Netherlands — Morocco (Tuesday, 04:00)
Ivory Coast — Norway (Tuesday, 20:00)
France — Sweden (Wednesday, 00:00)
USA — Bosnia and Herzegovina (Thursday, 03:00)
Australia — Egypt (Friday, 21:00)
Argentina — Cape Verde (Saturday, 01:00).
All pairs will finally be known tomorrow morning, once the group stage concludes.