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World Cup LIVE: Czechia & South Africa look to get first wins before Switzerland vs Bosnia

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After a captivating first round of World Cup fixtures, we return to Group A and Group B for the start of the second round of matches today.

[h2]Today's matches:[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/czech-republic-6LHwBDGU/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/?mid=8nrACRTs"]Czech Republic vs South Africa - 18:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bosnia-herzegovina-fqe7WYTr/switzerland-rHJ2vy1B/?mid=djmY6NcJ"]Switzerland vs Bosnia - 21:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/canada-x4toKORL/qatar-zqzHL77i/?mid=67vLrBMM"]Canada vs Qatar - 00:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mexico-O6iHcNkd/south-korea-K6Gs7P6G/?mid=On5HOkVj"]Mexico vs South Korea - 03:00 CET[/a][/b][/p][h2]Key updates:[/h2][p][b]13:00 CET - [/b]Good afternoon and welcome to day eight at the World Cup and the start of the second round of group stage fixtures. After both countries lost their opening games, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]Czech Republic[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/W2ijYvlr/"]South Africa[/a] return to centre stage this evening in the first of four games. [/p][p]Defeat for either Czechia or South Africa would be disastrous for their hopes of qualifying, so it is a crucial clash and quite simply a must-win game for both nations. [/p][embed guid="facdd31b-80cd-490a-b501-660bd50997c3" url="https://x.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/2067547882748555558" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Be sure to check out our latest [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/world-cup-highlights-england-statement-start-as-ronaldo-struggles-in-portugal-draw/vVVPdXVQ/"]World Cup daily highlights article[/a] and relive all the action from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-fifa-world-cup-2026-day-7-live-updates/d4VrdE2E/"]day seven's live tracker[/a][/b].[/p]

Updated June 18, 2026 · 11:27 AM

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