Norway has never made it this far in a World Cup. Now the country is one match away from the semi-finals, and crypto prediction markets are having a field day.
The Norwegian national team faces England on July 11, 2026, at Miami Stadium in what marks Norway’s first-ever World Cup quarter-final. For England, it’s their 11th. The sporting mismatch on paper has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm on platforms like Polymarket, where trading volumes around the match have surged dramatically.
Haaland’s tournament and the underdog narrative
Norway getting here was not in most people’s brackets. The team punched its ticket to the quarter-finals by knocking out Brazil, a result that would have seemed absurd six months ago. Erling Haaland scored a brace in that match.
Haaland now has seven goals in four matches this tournament. That puts him firmly at the top of the Golden Boot race.
