Match report
Cote d'Ivoire 1-2 Norway: Haaland Sends Norway Into the Round of 16
Norway had the lead, lost it, then found the knockout answer late. Antonio Nusa put Norway in front, substitute Amad Diallo equalized for Cote d'Ivoire, and Erling Haaland restored the advantage in the 86th minute to send Norway through 2-1.
Cote d'Ivoire vs Norway final score
Final score: Cote d'Ivoire 1, Norway 2. FIFA's official match data confirms Norway advanced in normal time, so the headline is straightforward: no extra time, no penalties, only a late winning goal deciding the tie.
The timing of the goals matters here. Norway led for much of the night, Cote d'Ivoire pulled level in the 74th minute, and Haaland then scored the decisive winner with four minutes of normal time remaining.
There was no verified red card or major post-match injury report in the official summary, so the cleanest framing stays on the late winner and the bracket consequence.
Who scored and the key match facts
Nusa gave Norway the opening goal in the 39th minute. Cote d'Ivoire changed the game through the bench when Amad Diallo, introduced on the hour, equalized in the 74th, but Haaland finished the tie with the 86th-minute winner.
The official event list records only one booking in the match, a first-half yellow card for Nusa in stoppage time. That leaves the verified discipline story light compared with the decisive scoring sequence.
Official attendance was 69,665 in Dallas, and the pattern of the goals explains why this match stands out: Norway had to recover emotionally after conceding an equalizer, then still found the winning moment before extra time.
What the result means in the bracket
Norway advance from match 78 into match 91, while Cote d'Ivoire are eliminated. In knockout football, that qualification line is the only table that matters once the tie is settled.
The site bracket now sets Norway against Brazil in the round of 16. Brazil had already booked that place by beating Japan 2-1, so Norway leave this round with a confirmed heavyweight opponent already waiting.
For Norway, the significance is clear: they turned a briefly unstable match into a live path deeper into the knockout bracket. For Cote d'Ivoire, the equalizer offered hope, but the late concession closes the tournament here.
Today schedule and what comes next
At 2026-07-01 11:19 CST, FIFA's official live feed still showed match 79, Mexico vs Ecuador, in progress. The next unpublished knockout kickoffs in the local project schedule were match 80 at 2026-07-02 00:00 CST, match 82 at 2026-07-02 04:00 CST, and match 81 at 2026-07-02 08:00 CST.
Norway's own next scheduled knockout checkpoint in the site's canonical schedule is match 91 at 2026-07-06 04:00 CST in New York / New Jersey.
That gives Norway a clear next step and a very clear challenge. The round-of-16 opponent is already known, even though several other round-of-32 results are still pending at publication time.