Switzerland led for 90-plus minutes and walked away with a single point. Qatar grabbed a 1-1 lifeline through captain Boualem Khoukhi deep in stoppage time at Levi's Stadium.
Switzerland controlled the ball, the chances and the whole shape of the night, then watched Boualem Khoukhi rise unmarked in the 4th minute of stoppage time and head the game level. Final score 1-1, and Qatar — the team that hosted the last World Cup without taking a single point home — finally got one. Breel Embolo had put the Swiss in front from the penalty spot in the 17th, and from there it was a one-way game that never produced the second goal Switzerland kept hunting.
Switzerland3-4-2-1
Qatar4-2-3-1
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The penalty came after Mahmoud Abunada flattened Remo Freuler chasing a through ball. Abunada got booked, Embolo finished, and Switzerland settled into a long siege. Dan Ndoye ran at Qatar all night, the expected-goals number ballooned past 3, and nothing went in. Then a left-flank cross in the 94th, Khoukhi climbing over the Swiss back line, and a header into the top corner that turned the bench upside down.
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The market had this one priced like a formality. Polymarket closed Switzerland around 83%, Qatar at roughly 5%, and the draw barely above 10%. DraftKings was even harder on Qatar at +1500. The Swiss got the performance the price implied; they just didn't get the result. That's the sport — and that's exactly the gap prediction markets are pricing when they leave 15 cents on the table for anything other than a Swiss win.
The group board barely flinched. Switzerland is still the runaway favorite to win Group B and remains the comfortable pick to reach the round of 16, with Canada the only side close behind. Qatar's path is functionally the same as it was at kickoff — a long shot needing help. Up next: Switzerland face Bosnia and Herzegovina at SoFi Stadium on June 18 and can clinch with a win. Qatar get co-host Canada in Vancouver on June 19, and anything less than 3 points likely ends the tournament early.
Bosnia-Herzegovina1-3
Canada0-6
Switzerland1-1
Colombia0-0
Algeria2-0