France, 4-3 winners over Argentina on Saturday, remained 7-2 chances ahead of Belgium, who came in to 5-1 after rallying from two goals down to beat Japan 3-2 on Monday and set up a last eight contest against the Brazilians in Kazan.
England, who play their last 16 match against Colombia on Tuesday, were back out to 6-1 along with Croatia, who needed penalties to get past Denmark on Sunday.
Hosts Russia, who face the Croats in the quarter-finals, remain long shots at 20-1 despite beating former world champions Spain on penalties in the last 16.
Latest odds to win the World Cup:
3-1 Brazil
7-2 France
5-1 Belgium
6-1 England, Croatia
14-1 Uruguay
20-1 Colombia, Russia
33-1 Switzerland
40-1 Sweden
(Source: William Hill)
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Ken Ferris)
