{"id":8785,"date":"2026-07-11T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lets-canada.com\/%e5%9b%9b%e5%bc%b7%e5%89%a9%e5%85%a9%e5%bc%b5%e9%96%80%e7%a5%a8%ef%bc%8c%e4%bb%8a%e6%99%9a%e5%9c%a8%e7%be%8e%e5%9c%8b%e9%96%8b%e7%8d%8e\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:25:14","slug":"two-semi-final-tickets-left-decided-in-the-usa-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/two-semi-final-tickets-left-decided-in-the-usa-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup Quarter-final Review: How the Semi-final Places Were Decided"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Information checked to 23 September 2026. 2026 World Cup Quarter-final Review: How the Semi-final Places Were Decided is a historical record of a completed event.<\/p>\n

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The quarter-final results were France 2-0 Morocco, Spain 2-1 Belgium, England 2-1 Norway, and Argentina 3-1 Switzerland. France, Spain, England and Argentina therefore filled the semi-final places.<\/p>\n

France, Spain, England and Argentina won the four quarter-finals in the 2026 World Cup and advanced to the semi-finals. FIFA match API<\/a><\/p>\n

England\u2019s 2\u20131 win over Norway and Argentina\u2019s 3\u20131 win over Switzerland were after extra time. France\u2019s 2\u20130 win over Morocco and Spain\u2019s 2\u20131 win over Belgium have no extra-time notation in the record. FIFA results<\/a><\/p>\n

The final was scheduled for 19 July 2026. The quarter-final and semi-final sequence described here is a record of the completed edition. FIFA knockout stage<\/a><\/p>\n

FIFA tournament format source<\/a><\/p>\n

Related on Let\u2019s Canada: World Cup hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France, Spain, England and Argentina won the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals. England and Argentina advanced after extra time; this is a historical results review.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lc_last_content_reviewed_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_last_fact_checked_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_fact_check_status":"verified","_lc_source_grade":"A","_lc_source_titles":"","_lc_source_publish_dates":"","_lc_source_accessed_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:01.46889+08:00","_lc_claims_checked":"date_time: 7\u670812\u65e5 | sports_result: \u6bd4\u5206 \/ \u51a0\u8ecd | superlative_record: \u5b98\u65b9","_lc_claims_corrected":"","_lc_unresolved_claims":"","_lc_correction_note_required":"0","_lc_reviewer_notes":"","_lc_fact_check_source_urls":["https:\/\/api.fifa.com\/api\/v3\/calendar\/matches?language=en&count=200&idCompetition=17&idSeason=285023&from=2026-06-11&to=2026-07-20","https:\/\/cxm-api.fifa.com\/fifaplusweb\/api\/sections\/article\/S9YG2JmeGYaMUCBbm0CcD?locale=en","https:\/\/cxm-api.fifa.com\/fifaplusweb\/api\/sections\/article\/znbfE34FdaOlhyHM5Cu4u?locale=en"],"_lc_affiliate_widget_allowed":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_type":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,227,721],"tags":[128],"lc_primary_section":[777],"lc_location":[808],"lc_topic":[817],"lc_freshness":[833],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-cup","category-wc-news","category-world-cup-analysis","tag-world-cup-2026","lc_primary_section-historical-features","lc_location-canada","lc_topic-sports","lc_freshness-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"lc_primary_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_primary_section?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"lc_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_location?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"lc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_topic?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"lc_freshness","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_freshness?post=8785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}