The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar.
The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia. [1] [2] Gibraltar was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Kosovo in May 2016, [3] and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons. [4] [5]
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Greece, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best eight runners-up.
Russia was initially partnered with the five-team Group H, which enabled the 2018 World Cup hosts to play centralised friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates. [6] These friendlies would not have counted in the qualifying group standings. However, after the group was later expanded to include Gibraltar, these friendly matches were cancelled.
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In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7): [7]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 28 | Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 9–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 19 | Advance to second round | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 17 | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 11 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 10 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 47 | −44 | 0 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | — |
The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Gibraltar was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. [1] [8] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). [9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Gibraltar ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Belgium ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Belgium ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Belgium ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Gibraltar ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Cyprus ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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There were 109 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.
11 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [11]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Player | Team | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Marouane Fellaini | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Gibraltar (10 October 2016) |
Edin Džeko | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Gibraltar (25 March 2017) |
Mato Jajalo | ![]() ![]() | ||
Senad Lulić | |||
Ognjen Vranješ | ![]() ![]() | ||
Jason Demetriou | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Estonia (25 March 2017) |
Pieros Sotiriou | ![]() ![]() | ||
Jayce Olivero | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 March 2017) |
Kyriakos Papadopoulos | ![]() | ![]() | vs Belgium (25 March 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) |
Sead Kolašinac | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Greece (9 June 2017) |
Vincent Laban | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Gibraltar (9 June 2017) |
Andreas Samaris | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) |
Panagiotis Tachtsidis | ![]() ![]() | ||
Georgios Tzavellas | |||
Konstantinos Laifis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (31 August 2017) |
Artjom Dmitrijev | ![]() | ![]() | vs Greece (31 August 2017) |
Karol Mets | ![]() ![]() | ||
Sokratis Papastathopoulos | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Estonia (31 August 2017) |
Axel Witsel | ![]() | ![]() | vs Greece (3 September 2017) |
Miralem Pjanić | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Gibraltar (3 September 2017) |
Ragnar Klavan | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (3 September 2017) |
Erin Barnett | ![]() | ![]() | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 September 2017) |
Ervin Zukanović | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Belgium (7 October 2017) |
Yannick Carrasco | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (10 October 2017) |
Anastasios Donis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | vs Gibraltar (10 October 2017) |
Kostas Manolas | |||
Andreas Samaris | ![]() ![]() |
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