The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. [1] Group H consisted of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, Croatia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Russia, advanced to the second round (play-offs), but they were later suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 23 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 22 | Advance to play-offs | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 14 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 5 | 1–7 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–0 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. [5] [6] [7] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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Slovenia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Russia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Croatia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cyprus ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Slovakia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Slovenia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Cyprus ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Cyprus ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Slovenia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Croatia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Slovenia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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There were 83 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [38]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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![]() | Borna Barišić | ![]() ![]() | vs Malta (11 November 2021) |
Mateo Kovačić | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (11 October 2021) | |
Marko Rog | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovenia (24 March 2021) [39] | |
Domagoj Vida | ![]() ![]() | vs Russia (1 September 2021) | |
![]() | Kostakis Artymatas | ![]() ![]() | vs Malta (11 October 2021) |
Andreas Avraam | ![]() ![]() | ||
Constantinos Soteriou | ![]() ![]() | vs Russia (4 September 2021) | |
![]() | Ryan Camenzuli | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) |
Joseph Mbong | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (11 October 2021) | |
Enrico Pepe | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (14 November 2021) | |
Alexander Satariano | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (11 October 2021) | |
![]() | Aleksei Miranchuk | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (8 October 2021) |
Rifat Zhemaletdinov | ![]() ![]() | vs Croatia (1 September 2021) | |
![]() | Dávid Hancko | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) |
Juraj Kucka | ![]() ![]() | ||
Peter Pekarík | ![]() ![]() | vs Malta (14 November 2021) | |
Ivan Schranz | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) | |
![]() | Jaka Bijol | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) |
Miha Blažič | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (14 November 2021) | |
Adam Gnezda Čerin | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) | |
Josip Iličić | ![]() ![]() | vs Malta (4 September 2021) | |
Jasmin Kurtić | ![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) | |
![]() ![]() | vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) | ||
Miha Mevlja | ![]() ![]() | vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) |
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