{"id":96460,"date":"2026-07-03T05:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96460\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:34:12","slug":"who-is-switzerlands-next-world-cup-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96460\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Switzerland&#8217;s Next World Cup Opponent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Switzerland is through to the round of 16 following its 2-0 win over Algeria at BC Place on Thursday. Breel Embolo scored his second goal of the tournament, and Dan Ndoye picked up his first to secure Switzerland&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Now, what&#8217;s next for Switzerland at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? Here is a look at which team Switzerland will play in the round of 16 and their potential path to making the World Cup final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who Will Switzerland Play In The Round Of 16?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Following Switzerland&#8217;s 2-0 win over Algeria in the round of 32, it will play the winner of Colombia vs. Ghana on Friday at Kansas City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Switzerland&#8217;s round of 16 match will take place at Vancouver Stadium on Tuesday, July 7, at 4 p.m. ET on FOX and FOX One.<\/p>\n<p>Who Could Switzerland Play In The Quarterfinals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">If Switzerland advances past Ghana or Colombia in the round of 16, it has four possible opponents it could play in the quarterfinals: the winner of Argentina vs. Cape Verde, or the winner of Australia vs. Egypt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Switzerland&#8217;s quarterfinals match would take place at Kansas City Stadium on Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m. ET on FOX and FOX One.<\/p>\n<p>Who Could Switzerland Play In The Semifinals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">If Switzerland advances to the semifinals of the World Cup, it has four possible opponents; the winner of Brazil vs. Mexico, or the winner of Brazil vs. Norway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Switzerland&#8217;s semifinal match would take place at Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday, July 15, at 3 p.m. ET on FOX and FOX One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Switzerland is through to the round of 16 following its 2-0 win over Algeria at BC Place on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[24581,30750,31646,17,47999],"class_list":["post-96460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-algeria","tag-event_recap","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-switzerland","tag-wc-switzerland-vs-algeria-07-02-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116854421044475245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}