The Qatar national football team drew with Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup 2026, in a thrilling match in the San Francisco Bay Area. Breel Embolo scored Switzerland's only goal, before Khokhi Boualem scored the equalizing goal for the Qatari team. The International Federation of Football Associations announced a clarification regarding the malfunction of the video technology during the match. The awarding of a penalty kick to Switzerland against Qatar sparked controversy around the world. The Swiss team took an early lead from a penalty kick, but Qatar stole the equalizer with a skillful header from Khokhi Boualem. A statement from FIFA explained that a brief technical outage caused the animation graphics for the offside line to not be generated before the penalty kick that was awarded to Switzerland in the 14th minute. The only goal for Qatar was scored by Khokhi Boualem, as the Qatari team earned its first point in the World Cup in its second participation in the tournament. The Swiss team achieved a historic record by earning its first penalty kick in its history during its participation in the World Cup. With that, the first round matches in Group B, which includes Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Switzerland, came to an end, and each team's score in the group became equal with one point each.