Canada will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday, June 12, 2026, at Toronto Stadium on FOX. This historic fixture marks the first-ever men’s World Cup match played on Canadian soil.<\/p>\n
Canada automatically qualified alongside the United States and Mexico as co-host nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll look to build on their fourth-place finish at the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica tournament as they chase their first-ever win at the FIFA Men’s World Cup.<\/p>\n
Canada has appeared twice in 1986 and 2022, but is still searching for its first victory, having lost all six matches across those tournaments.<\/p>\n
They head into their World Cup opener with three draws in their last four matches against the Republic of Ireland, Tunisia and Iceland, while their only win came against Uzbekistan on June 1st.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Bosnia and Herzegovina secured the final spot in Group B after a stunning penalty shootout victory over four-time champions Italy in the European playoff final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since that historic win, Bosnia and Herzegovina has drawn 0-0 with North Macedonia and 1-1 with Panama in its final two friendlies before the tournament.<\/p>\n
This is the first time Bosnia and Herzegovina has appeared in the World Cup since 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Can Canada finally earn its first-ever World Cup win, or will Bosnia and Herzegovina keep its dream run going?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s check out the odds for the Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Group B match at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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From FOX Sports Research:<\/p>\n
Jonathan David is +185 to score a goal in Canada’s opening 2026 FIFA World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina (Photo by Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Canada will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday, June 12, 2026, at Toronto Stadium on FOX. This historic fixture marks the first-ever men’s World Cup match played on Canadian soil. Canada automatically qualified alongside the United States and Mexico as co-host […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}