The Qatar national football team played its second match in the FIFA World Cup 2026 when it faced host Canada, as part of the second group stage matches. The Qatar national team's matches in the FIFA World Cup 2026 started with a match against strong Switzerland, which ended with a 1-1 draw, allowing the Maroons to score their first point in the tournament's history. Earlier, the second round matches of the group started with a big Swiss win with a score of 4-1 at the expense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowing the European team to top the group. The match between Canada and Qatar started quickly from both teams, especially the hosts who struck with force and scored the first goal in the 16th minute through Kyle Larin. The goal came after a dangerous corner kick that Jonathan David met with a powerful shot that was saved by Qatari goalkeeper Abu Ndai with brilliance, but Larin followed up again and settled it in the net, scoring the first goal. In the 26th minute, Jonathan David returned to strike again and launched a powerful shot that scored the second goal for Canada, making things difficult for the Arab team. Things got even tougher for the Maroons after Hamam Al-Amin was directly sent off in the 33rd minute, after he committed an error on the edge of the penalty area, which the referee initially counted as a penalty kick and gave him a yellow card, before changing his decision and counting a free kick, and giving him a red card. In the added time of the first half, Jonathan David added the third goal after following up on a rebound from the brilliant goalkeeper's hand. The first half ended with Qatar trailing 0-3, making things extremely difficult for the Arab team in the face of the hosts in the second half. In the second half, the Canadian team continued to strike with force, and was helped by the Qatari team receiving a new red card for its player Asem Madibo due to a rough intervention, to complete the match with 9 players since the 53rd minute. The Canadian team added three new goals through Nathan Saliba from a direct free kick, Mohammed Mana'i, the Qatari player, by mistake in his own goal, and Jonathan David, to end the match with a crushing six-goal victory that led them to top the group.