Harry Kane became England's all-time World Cup top scorer as the Three Lions rounded off their Group L campaign with a 2-0 victory over Panama at the MetLife Stadium.
Kane, who now has 18 goals in all major international tournaments among his record tally of 82 goals from 116 appearances, was two short of Gary Lineker's haul of 10 heading into this summer's showpiece.
A brace in the opening 4-2 victory over Croatia saw Kane draw level and despite firing blanks in the disappointing goalless draw with Ghana, he finally made more history by adding England's second goal against Panama.
Jude Bellingham had earlier broken the deadlock in the 62nd minute before providing the assist for Kane just five minutes later as Thomas Tuchel's side sealed top spot on seven points ahead of Croatia, who beat Ghana 2-1 to finish on six points.
England will now meet DR Congo in the last 32 in Atlanta at 1700 BST on Wednesday and victory would see them face either co-hosts Mexico or Ecuador in the last 16.
The Three Lions are joint 6/1 third favourites alongside Spain to lift the trophy while France head the betting at 7/2, with Argentina priced at 4/1.
In the Golden Boot race, Kane is 13/1 after taking his tally to three but Lionel Messi (10/11 favourite) leads the way on six goals ahead of Kylian Mbappe (12/1), Ousmane Dembele (10/1), Vinicius Junior (12/1) and Erling Haaland (16/1), who all have four.
World Cup: Knockout stage fixtures
In draw bracket order
- Germany v Paraguay - Monday June 29, 2130 BST, Boston
- France v Sweden - Tuesday June 30, 2200 BST, New York
- South Africa v Canada - Sunday June 28, 2000 BST, Los Angeles
- Netherlands v Morocco - Tuesday June 30, 0200 BST, Monterrey
- Portugal v Croatia - Friday July 3, 0000 BST, Toronto
- Spain v Austria - Thursday July 2, 2000 BST, Los Angeles
- USA v Bosnia - Thursday July 2, 0100 BST, San Francisco
- Belgium v Senegal - Wednesday July 1, 2100 BST, Seattle
- Brazil v Japan - Monday June 29, 1800 BST, Houston
- Ivory Coast v Norway - Tuesday June 30, 1800 BST, Dallas
- Mexico v Ecuador - Wednesday July 1, 0200 BST, Mexico
- England v DR Congo - Wednesday July 1, 1700 BST, Atlanta
- Argentina v Cape Verde - Friday July 3, 2300 BST, Miami
- Australia v Egypt - Friday July 3, 1900 BST, Dallas
- Switzerland v Algeria - Friday July 3, 0400 BST, Vancouver
- Colombia v Ghana - Saturday July 4, 0230 BST, Kansas City
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- Group A: Mexico; South Africa; South Korea; Czechia
- Group B: Canada; Bosnia; Qatar; Switzerland
- Group C: Brazil; Morocco; Haiti; Scotland
- Group D: USA; Paraguay; Australia; Turkiye
- Group E: Germany; Curacao; Ivory Coast; Ecuador
- Group F: Netherlands; Japan; Sweden; Tunisia
- Group G: Belgium; Egypt; Iran; New Zealand
- Group H: Spain; Cape Verde; Saudi Arabia; Uruguay
- Group I: France; Senegal; Iraq; Norway
- Group J: Argentina; Algeria; Austria; Jordan
- Group K: Portugal; DR Congo; Uzbekistan; Colombia
- Group L: England; Croatia; Ghana; Panama
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