Egypt secures first-ever World Cup win, beats New Zealand 3-1

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: What a special night for Egyptian football. Mohamed Salah scored the go-ahead goal as Egypt beat New Zealand to achieve their first-ever win at the World Cup. nyti.ms/4xGQXYH

🌎🇪🇬 OFFICIAL: Mo Salah wins Man of the Match Award for Egypt against New Zealand.

🇪🇬🇳🇿⚽🏆Salah inspires historic Egypt win. Mohamed Salah scored and assisted as Egypt came from behind to beat New Zealand 3-1. It was the Pharaohs’ first-ever World Cup victory and moved them closer to securing a place in the knockout stages.

Congratulations to Egypt on the historic first World Cup win! A true display of determination and skill in an exciting comeback win against New Zealand. Can't wait to see what this team does next in the tournament! #fifa #worldcup #egypt #newzealand

Time for Group G in the Volcano World Cup! New Zealand seems like the clear leader what with some of the largest eruptions in the 1,000,000 years. Iran has more potentially active volcanoes than people realize. Belgium & Egypt? Not so much. #volcanoworldcup #worldcup eruptions.site/2026/06/22/v...

New Zealand manager Darren Bazeley on losing to Egypt. "When you see a team celebrating like that on the pitch, and fair play, but you think 'that could have been us where we could have been in that moment with the flags and the fans."

FINAL: New Zealand 🇳🇿 (1), Egypt 🇪🇬 (3) No scorigami. This score has happened 71 times in men's World Cup history, most recently on June 18, 2026 (Uzbekistan vs Colombia, Group stage). 7.1% of World Cup games end 3–1, the 6th most common scoreline.

i fell asleep at 1-0 New Zealand last night and woke up to find out that Cobi Jones (!!!) was correct in his first-half analysis of what tactical adjustments Egypt should make. Also I am still in bed.

What New Zealand is feeling after conceding that third goal to Egypt:

I really think New Zealand woulda won had Egypt not scored those three goals

Egypt went on to New Zealand 3-1, with the matchwinner a thing of beauty from Mo Salah in the 67th minute. 📸@residualimage.bsky.social for AFTN #FIFAWorldCup #EgyptNT

Update after the games of June 21. Spain 4 - 0 Saudi Belgium 0 - 0 Iran Uruguay 2 - 2 Cape Verde (!!) New Zealand 1 - 3 Egypt

[Pop] Egypt wins today's match against New Zealand at the World Cup. (3-1)

Terrible day for New Zealand. SVG got wrecked at a road course, the men’s national team lost to Egypt in the World Cup, and I didn’t have tickets to see The Beths tonight in New Haven, CT.

New Zealand 1-3 Egypt FT Egypt with the first ever win at the FIFA Men's World Cup. Salah with a goal and an assist, Ziko with a goal and assist. Someone in this group has finally won a match!