Skip to content
You can now search across every topic, entity and event.What's new
2026 FIFA World Cup
28JUN

Swiss see off Algeria to face Colombia

1 min read
12:23UTC

Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0 on 2 July and will meet Colombia in the last 16.

SportDeveloping
Key takeaway

Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0 to reach the last 16, where they will face Colombia.

Deep Analysis

In plain English

Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0 on 2 July, a straightforward win that sends them into the last 16, the round in which the tournament's remaining teams are cut from 16 to eight. Switzerland will now play Colombia, who needed a single first-half goal to see off Ghana.

First Reported In

Update #33 · Mexico City doubles police for Azteca tie

CBS Sports· 4 Jul 2026
Read original
Causes and effects
This Event
Swiss see off Algeria to face Colombia
Switzerland's 2-0 win over Algeria books a last-16 tie with Colombia.
Different Perspectives
Spain
Spain
Spain face France on Tuesday for the second semi-final place, the last unresolved tie in the bracket.
France
France
France already through to the other semi-final, await Tuesday's result against Spain to know who plays the England-Argentina winner in the final.
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland reached their first World Cup quarter-final since 1954 and led Argentina before Breel Embolo's second yellow card left them a man down for the last half-hour. They expect the run to raise expectations for the next cycle rather than close a chapter.
Norway
Norway
Norway leaned on Erling Haaland to reach a first modern-era quarter-final, and he nearly took them further before a disallowed goal and England's late double ended the run. Their tournament closes as the best World Cup performance in the country's history.
Argentina national team
Argentina national team
Argentina broke down a 10-man Switzerland late, extending Scaloni's run of reaching every semi-final he has managed since 2019. Messi will make his first World Cup appearance against England, a fixture Argentine coverage framed around that unbroken run rather than the personal narrative.
England
England
England needed a 93rd-minute Bellingham winner to see off Norway, the third straight knockout tie settled in its closing stages rather than controlled. They travel to Atlanta as favourites but with Declan Rice a fitness doubt and Jarell Quansah suspended.