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Morocco players toss the two-goal scores Azzedine Ounahi (8) after the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Canada and Morocco in Houston, Saturday, July 4, 2026.
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Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World Cup Round of 16 on Saturday (July 4, 2026) to make the country the first African nation to reach the quarterfinals more than once.

It’s Morocco’s second straight appearance in the quarterfinals after becoming the first African team to reach the semifinals in 2022.

Neither team was able to break through until Ounahi took a free kick from Achraf Hakimi and made a right-footed shot through traffic from outside the box to the bottom right corner to put Morocco on top 1-0 in the 50th minute.

Ounahi made it 2-0 on a right-footed shot from the middle of the box off a pass from Brahim Díaz in the 82nd minute.

Soufiane Rahimi added another goal in the final minute of stoppage time.

Morocco advances to face the winner of Saturday’s Paraguay-France match on Thursday at Boston Stadium.

The loss ends a historic run for World Cup co-host Canada, which won its first-ever knockout round with a 1-0 victory over South Africa to reach Saturday’s match.

Published – July 05, 2026 01:01 am IST



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Yassine Bounou #1 of Morocco punches the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Canada and Morocco at Houston Stadium on July 04, 2026 in Houston, Texas.
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The Round of 16 match between Canada and Morocco is underway at the Houston stadium in Houston, on July 4, 2026.

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Co-hosts Canada are taking on Morocco in the first match of the Round of 16 of FIFA World Cup 2026. 

The FIFA World Cup began on June 10 and ends with the final on July 20. Of the record 9 African teams to progress into the Round of 32, only 2 remain. Morocco finished in 4th place in last year’s edition and would look to finish better this year.

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All three host nations have progressed into the Round of 16 and Canada would not like to be the first among them to be eliminated. This is only the third time that Canada have qualified for the FIFA World Cup and they would look to go deeper than ever before.

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