BBC Sport has previewed the four quarter-finals of the expanded 2026 World Cup, a line-up featuring six European sides plus Morocco and Argentina. The last eight matters because several of the game's leading forwards — Harry Kane, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe — remain in contention, and the ties pit contrasting styles and storylines against one another as teams close in on the final.

The fixtures begin on Thursday with France v Morocco in Atlanta, a rematch of the 2022 semi-final, followed by Spain v Belgium in Los Angeles on Friday, which sets the tournament's meanest defence against Belgium's prolific attack. On Saturday, Norway face England in Miami in a much-anticipated duel between Golden Boot rivals Haaland and Kane, while Argentina's route to the semi-finals completes the draw. France have won 11 of their past 12 games and have never lost to Morocco, Spain are yet to concede and hold a record six straight clean sheets, and Norway have reached this stage of a major tournament for the first time.