▲ Qatar's Boualem Khoukhi (No. 16) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the team's first goal.
At the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, Qatar, ranked 56th in the FIFA rankings, has secured its first-ever World Cup point after a dramatic draw against 19th-ranked Switzerland.
Qatar tied 1-1 with Switzerland in their Group B opening match of the World Cup, held at the Bay Area Stadium in San Francisco, California, USA.
Although they conceded an opening goal to Breel Embolo via a penalty kick in the 17th minute of the first half, Qatar managed to salvage a valuable draw with a dramatic equalizer by Boualem Khoukhi in the final moments of second-half stoppage time.
Qatar, which suffered three consecutive losses in the group stage during the 2022 tournament as the host nation, has written a new chapter in its history by earning its first point on the World Cup stage.
With this result, all four teams in Group B have now earned one point each, following the 1-1 draw between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday.
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