DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Argentina scored either side of halftime en route to a 3-0 victory Friday that knocked Canada out of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The loss, which dropped Canada’s career record at the tournament to 0-14-4, followed earlier Canadian ties with Iran and Austria.

Joaquin Ibanez scored in first-half stoppage time and Matias Sanchez scored in the 46th minute for Argentina. Sanchez made it 3-0 in the 75th minute.

Argentina (2-0-1) won Group E with seven points. Iran (1-0-2) also advanced to the knockout round of 16 after defeating Austria 1-0 to finish runner-up in the group with five points.

Canada (0-1-2) placed third with two points while Austria (0-2-1) was fourth with one.

The top two teams in each of the six preliminary-round groups advance, along with the fourth third-best teams.

The five other third-place teams all had more points than Canada.

The young Canadians have never made it out of the first round at the world championship at this level and its two draws at the 2011 event in Mexico represented their first ever points at the competition.