{"id":27962,"date":"2026-07-10T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/27962\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:11:12","slug":"in-which-city-and-stadium-are-spain-vs-belgium-playing-today-at-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/27962\/","title":{"rendered":"In which city and stadium are Spain vs Belgium playing today at the 2026 World Cup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/spain\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spain<\/a> and Belgium are set for one of the marquee matchups of the<a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/world-cup\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> quarterfinals. After impressive runs through the tournament, both European heavyweights now head to Southern California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Today\u2019s quarterfinal will be played at Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood, part of the greater LA area. The state-of-the-art venue, one of the tournament\u2019s flagship stadiums, has already hosted several World Cup matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">With Spain arriving as one of the tournament\u2019s most consistent teams and <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/belgium\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Belgium<\/a> riding the momentum of its emphatic Round of 16 victory, the setting is ideal for a high-stakes showdown.<\/p>\n<p>How many fans can Los Angeles Stadium hold for the 2026 World Cup?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Los Angeles Stadium, the FIFA name for SoFi Stadium during the 2026 World Cup, can accommodate 70,492 fans for tournament matches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">While the venue normally seats around 70,000 spectators for <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> games, FIFA confirmed a tournament capacity of 70,492 after reconfiguring the stadium to meet international soccer requirements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Belgium-4-1920x1080.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Timothy Castagne during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match (Source: Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5 text-center text-(length:--theme-text-size)\" style=\"--theme-text-size:14px\">Timothy Castagne during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match (Source: Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Located in Inglewood, California, just outside downtown Los Angeles, the stadium is one of the premier venues selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It serves as the home of the NFL\u2019s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Its World Cup configuration is different. FIFA requires adjustments to the seating bowl, field dimensions and media areas to comply with international standards, resulting in an official tournament capacity of thousand of spectators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"break-word\">The Los Angeles venue is scheduled to host eight matches during the 2026 World Cup, including five group-stage games, two Round of 32 contests and one quarterfinal. Spain and Belgium\u2019s quarterfinal is among the biggest fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/staff\/apinheiro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783696272_126_Pinheiro-Ariadna-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Ariadna Pinheiro\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-[10px] hidden min-h-[72px] text-(length:--theme-text-size) leading-[20px] md:block md:min-h-[52px]\" style=\"--theme-text-size:14px\">Ariadna is a multisport journalist specialized in delivering key, high-value information across competitions, including tournament formats, rules, lineups and injury updates, while also producing evergreen content. Her career in journalism began in 2021 at Indie Emergente, a digital music magazine, where she honed her skills in writing and reporting. In 2023, she expanded her expertise by contributing to Spoiler Latinoamerica, creating general culture content, before joining Spoiler US in 2024 to focus on entertainment coverage. With almost six years of experience across different media outlets, Ariadna has developed strong expertise at the intersection of sports and entertainment, covering live events such as Super Bowls, FIFA World Cup opening and closing ceremonies, Olympic Games and UEFA Champions League finals, bringing depth, accuracy and real-time insight to her reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain and Belgium are set for one of the marquee matchups of the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,5731,116],"class_list":["post-27962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-fifa","tag-spain"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116896326427455877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}