Red cards shown to Qatar players Al-Amin and Madibo in the match against Canada (0:6) increased the number of direct send-offs at the 2026 World Cup to six.
With this figure, the current World Cup has already risen to third place in history for the number of direct red cards.
The record for this statistic belongs to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where 17 such cases were recorded.
Number of direct red cards:
WC 2010 – 17
WC 2014 – 10
WC 2026 – 6
WC 2018, WC 2022 – 4
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