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In Photos | Brazil, Argentina and other teams likely to reach 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals

Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States and its neighbours Mexico and Canada and gets underway on 11 June, we take a look at the team that have the best chances of reaching the quarter-finals.

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Not only are Brazil the most successful team in FIFA World Cup history with five titles, they are also the only team to feature in every edition. Reuters

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England have been a consistent group at the FIFA Worl

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Cristiano Ronaldo will be hoping to emulate arch-rival Lionel Messi in lifting the World Cup later this summer, with the defending Nations League champions expected to go far. Reuters

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Spain had beaten England to win UEFA Euro 2024 and nearly won two Uefa trophies in the span of a year, losing to neighbours Portugal in the Nations League final the following year. La Roja will be backing themselves to deliver a second world title. Reuters

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Host nations have generally fared well at the Fifa World Cup and there's no reason to believe co-hosts USA, the team that had reached the quarter-finals in 2002, shouldn't go at least till the quarter-finals this time. Reuters

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Not only are Morocco Africa's best team, they had reached the semi-finals of the previous World Cup, and had also finished runners-up at the Africa Cup of Nations. Reuters

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