Canada vs Qatar Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

by Trystan Pugh · 17 June 2026 at 2:07 am

Updated 17 June 2026 at 2:09 am

Canada vs Qatar Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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The only previous meeting between the two sides ended in a 2-0 friendly victory for Canada in Vienna (September 2022), with Cyle Larin and Jonathan David both scoring in the first half.
This is Canada’s first FIFA World Cup match against an AFC team in their eighth fixture. Six of their previous encounters were against UEFA nations with the other being against Morocco from CAF.
Canada (D1 L6) and Qatar (D1 L3) are both aiming for a first win at the FIFA World Cup, with both sides having picked up a draw for the first time in their opening fixture at the finals.
Canada have lost only one of their last 18 international matches (W8 D9).
Canada’s all-time top scorer Jonathan David is one goal away from becoming the first player to reach the landmark of 40 goals for the nation.
This is Qatar’s first FIFA World Cup match against a Concacaf team. They have faced nations representing CONMEBOL (Ecuador), Senegal (CAF) and UEFA (Netherlands and Switzerland) previously.
At 20 years and 2 days, Tahsin Jamshid could become the youngest player to make a FIFA World Cup appearance for Qatar, surpassing the record set by Ayoub Aloui (21y 94d) in their opening match of the 2026 finals against Switzerland.

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