This is the first of two games at the Vancouver Coliseum. The Canadian men's football team will also face Curacao at the stadium on June 9 to start the Central and North American and Caribbean Nations Leagues. Then, there will be another Caribbean Nations League match against Honduras as a guest at San Pietro Sula on June 13th.
Canada, ranked 38th in the world, and Iran, ranked 21st, are both preparing for the World Cup to be held in Qatar this November. Canada will compete in Group F with Belgium, Croatia and Morocco, while Iran will compete in Group B with England, the United States and a European playoff qualifying country.
Vancouver 's game is Canada's first home game since March 27, when it defeated Jamaica 4:0 at the Toronto Stadium and qualified for the World Cup finals. This also marks the first time the Canadian men's football team has played here since March 2019, when they defeated French Guiana 4:1 in the Caribbean Nations League qualifiers.
The Canadian men's football team had a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws, and was named on the gold list in the final round of qualifying for the Caribbean . Their last game was a 0-1 loss in Panama on March 30.
Canada's historical record against Iran is 3 wins, 1 win and 2 losses. The most recent confrontation was a 1:0 victory in April 2001. Iran won 1:0 in 1997 and 1999 in Toronto and Edmonton respectively.
In the final week of the Qatar World Cup, Canada's first game is on November 23, against the world's second-ranked Belgium, and then on November 27 and December 1, respectively, against the world's 16th-ranked Croatia and 24th-ranked Morocco.
