How the last 32 was set: the 12 group winners, 12 runners-up and the 8 best third-placed teams advanced. The eight third-placed qualifiers came from Groups B, D, E, F, I, J, K and L — Iran (G) and Scotland (C) were the third-placed sides that just missed out.
Out in the Round of 16 — co-hosts Canada, first of the three home nations to fall, beaten 3–0 by Morocco:
Knocked out in the Round of 32 — including three of the biggest names in the draw. Croatia's exit, sealed by a 94th-minute Gonçalo Ramos winner and a VAR-disallowed stoppage-time equaliser, likely ends Luka Modrić's World Cup career. Australia took Egypt all the way to penalties before Salah's Panenka helped settle it, and Cabo Verde twice pegged Argentina back before falling to an extra-time own goal:
Eliminated in the group stage:
Reading the bracket: matches already played show the score (winner in green; penalty result in brackets). Fixtures still to come show the two possible teams as “A / B”. Deeper undecided ties read “Winner M##” until the feeder tie is done — tap a team to light up exactly where it could go.