England are through to the final eight, where they will meet reigning world champions France, but not before we see how pre-tournament favourites Brazil fare.
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The World Cup knockout phase heads towards quarter-finals kicking off on Friday in Qatar. Below are the teams who have so far advanced into the last eight.
England v France will air on ITV1 on Saturday, 10 December.
ITV had first pick for both the round of 16 and the quarter finals. [BBC1](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/1031.subject), iPlayer, and BBC Sport. [18.7 million watched England’s final group game against Wales last week](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/187-million-watch-england-defeat-wales/5177013.article), and England’s opener against Iran became [the most streamed event over 24 hours on BBC iPlayer ever with eight million](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/england-v-iran-sets-bbc-streaming-record/5176747.article). [broadcasters confirmed the group stage plans and who got first pick in the knockout rounds before the competition](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/bbc-and-itv-unveil-full-group-stage-world-cup-tv-schedule/5169389.article), with the games chosed for the quarter-final stage now confirmed. [BBC](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/1031.subject) and [ITV](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/itv/1091.subject) have revealed which channels will broadcast the World Cup quarter-final fixtures. The
The quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and Costa Rica turned out to be the colosseum of glory for Tim Krul as the goalkeeper, who became the hero of the ...
But Romania made it all square 10 minutes later, with Florin Raducioiu finding the net. But this time, the story ended differently. The concept of a Golden Goal may be alien to the latest generation of football fans, but the last of it in a men’s FIFA World Cup came in a quarterfinal 20 years ago at the Nagai Stadium in Japan. Sweden was playing a quarterfinal game in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1958 and it was Romania’s first-ever quarters. The quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and Costa Rica turned out to be the colosseum of glory for Tim Krul as the goalkeeper, who became the hero of the match at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador. Before the quarters, here is a look at the five most exciting quarterfinal fixtures in the FIFA World Cup over the years: