The World Cup hosted the matches of the 1/16 finals. The Norwegian national team beat Côte d'Ivoire, France defeated Sweden, and Mexico turned out to be stronger than Ecuador. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Ivory Coast and Norway meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET from Dallas Stadium. Ivory Coast beat Ecuador 1-0 in their opener, lost to Germany 1-2 in their second match,

Erling Haaland scored a dramatic 86th-minute winning goal to fire Norway to victory over Ivory Coast in their FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match. Norway took the lead in the 39th minute of the first half,

Analysis as Norway beat Ivory Coast 2-1 through a late Erling Haaland goal to set up a last 16 tie with Brazil

Norway led 1-0 at halftime courtesy of a left-footed strike from winger Antonio Nusa in the 39th minute. It’s a devastating loss for Ivory Coast, which had numerous scoring chan

Erling Haaland scored a dramatic late winner as Norway knocked Ivory Coast out of the 2026 World Cup. Haaland had been largely anonymous for much of the game, but appeared when it mattered most to score his fifth goal of the tournament and send Norway through.