Canada vs Qatar FIFA World Cup Result: David hat-trick fires Canada to first-ever World Cup victory in demolition of Qatar 6-0

Canada’s men’s World Cup journey began with a historic 6-0 thrashing of Qatar, supported by Jonathan David’s sensational hat trick. (Photo/AP) After 40 years of waiting, the Canadian men finally got their World Championship and they delivered it in the most emphatic way. Jonathan David’s stunning hat-trick led to a 6-0 demolition of nine-man Qatar at a deafening, sold-out BC Place in Vancouver on Thursday, handing the co-hosts their first-ever men’s World Cup win and sending Group B on their head in the most spectacular fashion.It was total, utter dominance. Canada finished with 33 shots against Qatar’s two, an expected goals-against ratio of 4.54 to 0.18 and a score that doubles as the biggest World Cup win by a CONCACAF nation in history. The only shadow over an otherwise perfect evening was the sight of midfielder Ismaël Koné stretchered off with a serious broken leg in the second half – a moment that silenced the stadium and cast a cloud over the celebrations.Veteran striker Cyle Larin (31) started the party in the 16th minute. Davido’s shot was deflected into the penalty area by goalkeeper Mahmoud Abunada and Larin pounced with predatory instinct for his second goal of the tournament. David then took center stage, finding the bottom corner with a sumptuous volley in the 28th minute and acrobatically nudging home from close range just before the break to give Canada a 3-0 halftime cushion and send the 52,000 red-clad fans inside BC Place into a standing ovation as the whistle blew.The afternoon in Qatar went from bad to disastrous. Homam Ahmed was sent off in the 38th minute for pulling down Tajon Buchanan in a clear goal-scoring opportunity, and Assim Madibo followed him down the tunnel in the 47th minute for a reckless lunge that left Koné in a heap on the turf, a challenge that sparked scenes of fury on the Canadian bench.Substitute Nathan Saliba, who came on for the injured Koné, provided one of the most eye-catching moments of the evening when he curled a perfect free-kick off the post and into the net in the 66th minute, before sprinting to the touchline and holding up Koné’s No. 8 jersey to the crowd with his back tingling. A Mohamed Manai own goal in the 75th minute added a fifth before David completed his hat-trick with a cool finish deep in stoppage time to claim the 42nd goal of his extraordinary international career.Canada now sits atop Group B with four points and a plus-seven goal difference, opening a sensational group final against Switzerland next Wednesday, a match that will decide who tops the group heading into the knockout stages.