A four-card visual recap of the June 18 World Cup window: the co-hosts owned the day, Canada produced the scoreline, and Mexico became the first team into the Round of 32.
Swipe guide
- Matchday 8 recap — Canada 6-0 Qatar, Mexico 1-0 Korea Republic, Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Czechia 1-1 South Africa were the four completed results on FIFA's official June 18 recap. 1
- Full-time board — Group A stayed tense after South Africa's late equaliser against Czechia, while Mexico won Group A with a game to spare. Group B tilted toward Canada and Switzerland after their wins. 2
- Stars & stats — Jonathan David scored at 29', 45+3' and 90+2' in Canada's 6-0 win over Qatar; FIFA called it Canada's first FIFA World Cup victory and noted he was the first player to score a World Cup hat-trick on home soil since Geoff Hurst in 1966. 3 Reuters also reported it as Canada's first-ever World Cup finals victory. 4
- X reaction board — the card quotes real public X posts from @OptaAnalyst, @SBSSportau and @farazktwt. The Opta post described Canada-Qatar as having the second-biggest shot difference in men's World Cup history on record since 1966; SBS posted "MEXICO WINS! THE ROUND OF 32 AWAITS!" after Romo's winner; @farazktwt called Canada the standout game. 567
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- 8Brazil vs. Haiti — FOX Sports
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- 9Scotland vs. Morocco — FOX Sports
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