Canada at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Canada's results at the FIFA World Cup. Canada has appeared in the FIFA World Cup on one occasion, which was in 1986.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Did not qualify
1962	Did not enter
1966	Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986	Group stage	24th of 24	3	0	0	3	0	5
1990	Did not qualify
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined^[a]
2026	To be determined^[a]
Total	Group stage	1/21	3	0	0	3	0	5

^ FIFA has yet to decide whether the 2026 tournament co-hosts will qualify automatically or not.^[5]

1986 FIFA World Cup

Canada Squad

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Head coach: Tony Waiters

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Tino Lettieri	(1957-09-27)September 27, 1957 (aged 28)	Minnesota Strikers
2	2DF	Bob Lenarduzzi	(1955-05-01)May 1, 1955 (aged 31)	Tacoma Stars
3	2DF	Bruce Wilson (c)	(1951-06-20)June 20, 1951 (aged 34)	no club
4	3MF	Randy Ragan	(1959-06-07)June 7, 1959 (aged 26)	no club
5	2DF	Terry Moore	(1958-06-02)June 2, 1958 (aged 27)	Glentoran
6	2DF	Ian Bridge	(1959-09-18)September 18, 1959 (aged 26)	La Chaux-de-Fonds
7	4FW	Carl Valentine	(1958-07-04)July 4, 1958 (aged 27)	Cleveland Force
8	3MF	Gerry Gray	(1961-01-20)January 20, 1961 (aged 25)	Chicago Sting
9	4FW	Branko Segota	(1961-06-08)June 8, 1961 (aged 24)	San Diego Sockers
10	4FW	Igor Vrablic	(1965-07-19)July 19, 1965 (aged 20)	Seraing
11	3MF	Mike Sweeney	(1959-12-25)December 25, 1959 (aged 26)	Cleveland Force
12	2DF	Randy Samuel	(1963-12-23)December 23, 1963 (aged 22)	PSV Eindhoven
13	3MF	George Pakos	(1952-08-14)August 14, 1952 (aged 33)	Victoria Athletic Association
14	4FW	Dale Mitchell	(1958-04-21)April 21, 1958 (aged 28)	Tacoma Stars
15	3MF	Paul James	(1963-11-11)November 11, 1963 (aged 22)	CF Monterrey
16	3MF	Greg Ion	(1963-03-12)March 12, 1963 (aged 23)	Los Angeles Lazers
17	3MF	David Norman	(1962-05-06)May 6, 1962 (aged 24)	Tacoma Stars
18	3MF	Jamie Lowery	(1961-01-15)January 15, 1961 (aged 25)	no club
19	3MF	Pasquale De Luca	(1962-05-26)May 26, 1962 (aged 24)	Cleveland Force
20	2DF	Colin Miller	(1964-10-04)October 4, 1964 (aged 21)	Rangers
21	1GK	Sven Habermann	(1961-11-03)November 3, 1961 (aged 24)	no club
22	1GK	Paul Dolan	(1966-04-16)April 16, 1966 (aged 20)	Edmonton Brickmen

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	5
France	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

June 1, 1986

4:00 PM CST

Canada	0–1	France
	Report	Papin 79'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

June 6, 1986

12:00 PM CST

Hungary	2–0	Canada
Esterházy 2' Détári 75'	Report

Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato

Attendance: 13,800

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

June 9, 1986

12:00 PM CST

Soviet Union	2–0	Canada
Blokhin 58' Zavarov 74'	Report

Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato

Attendance: 14,200

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

References

^ "Canada World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
^ Molinaro, John F. (July 1, 2010). "Remembering Canada's '86 World Cup team". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ Doyle, Jamie; Molinaro, John; Sasha, Kalra. "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ Yannis, Alex (April 5, 1986). "Soccer; Canadians and M.I.S.L. at Odds for Cup". nytimes.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ "Canada wins vote to co-host 2026 FIFA World Cup with U.S. and Mexico - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "1986 Canada World Cup Squad". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

[Qualification-6] FIFA has yet to decide whether the 2026 tournament co-hosts will qualify automatically or not.^[5]

[1] "Canada World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

[2] Molinaro, John F. (July 1, 2010). "Remembering Canada's '86 World Cup team". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

[spor_Onea-3] Doyle, Jamie; Molinaro, John; Sasha, Kalra. "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

[nyti_SOCC-4] Yannis, Alex (April 5, 1986). "Soccer; Canadians and M.I.S.L. at Odds for Cup". nytimes.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

[5] "Canada wins vote to co-host 2026 FIFA World Cup with U.S. and Mexico - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[7] "1986 Canada World Cup Squad". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

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