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6:00 PM EDT
June 18, 2026
Group B

Vancouver

About This Match

This is REDEMPTION versus REVOLUTION! Canada storms in on home soil for the first time in forty years — a press-happy, athletic underdog with a chip the size of the Rockies and absolutely nothing to lose, hunting bigger names with those lightning transitions! In the other corner, Qatar — the 2022 hosts who tasted the bitter sting of becoming the FIRST host nation EVER bounced in the group stage, returning battle-scarred, financially loaded, and DESPERATE to rewrite history from behind that disciplined low block! When the relentless Canadian engine meets the patient Qatari counter-punch, something's GOT to give!

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🏅 FIFA #41
Balanced
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Never won
🏳️‍🌈 Full equality
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Qatar flag Qatar
🏅 FIFA #33
Defensive
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Never won
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Human Rights & Country Data

Canada

Freedom House

Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)

98/100

Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)

19/180

UN Human Development Index

Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)

0.935/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

76/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Full equality

Qatar

Freedom House

Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)

25/100

Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)

128/180

UN Human Development Index

Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)

0.855/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

58/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Criminalized