Pakistan, June 20 -- It took them two matches on home soil to get the result, but for the thousands of home fans packed into the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada's first-ever win at the World Cup was well worth the wait.

A comprehensive 6-0 win over 9-man Qatar catapulted the host nation to the top of Group B on 4 points, ahead of Switzerland on goal difference. With just one point, Qatar are bottom of the group, trailing Bosnia and Herzegovina, who earlier lost 4-1 to the Swiss, on goal difference.

Qatar and Canada went into their second match of the tournament having each claimed their first-ever point at the finals with draws in their opening games. Both also knew a win would guarantee progress to the Round of of 32.

Qatar migh...