The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E 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 E consisted of five teams: Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Wales. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Wales, and the third-placed team, the Czech Republic, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Belgium | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 20 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Wales | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 14 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Estonia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 4 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–6 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Belarus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. [4] [5] [6] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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| Czech Republic | 1–1 | Belgium |
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| Czech Republic | 1–0 | Belarus |
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| Estonia | 0–1 | Wales |
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There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
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Yury Kendysh Artem Kontsevoy Pavel Savitski Pavel Sedko Michy Batshuayi Yannick Carrasco Jérémy Doku Thomas Foket Eden Hazard Alexis Saelemaekers Axel Witsel Jakub Brabec Adam Hložek Jakub Jankto Jakub Pešek Lukáš Provod Jan Sýkora Mattias Käit Rauno Sappinen Sergei Zenjov Ben Davies Connor Roberts Neco Williams Harry Wilson 1 own goal
Danny Ward (against Czech Republic)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [28]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Belarus | Artyom Bykov |  vs Wales (5 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (11 October 2021) | vs Wales (13 November 2021) |
| Max Ebong | vs Czech Republic (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (8 September 2021) | vs Estonia (8 October 2021) | |
| Belgium | Romelu Lukaku | vs Estonia (2 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) | vs Belarus (8 September 2021) |
| Jan Vertonghen | vs Czech Republic (27 March 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) | ||
| Czech Republic | Antonín Barák | vs Belgium (5 September 2021) vs Wales (8 October 2021) | vs Belarus (11 October 2021) |
| Patrik Schick |  vs Wales (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (5 September 2021) [29] | |
| Estonia | Henri Anier | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) | vs Wales (11 October 2021) |
| Vladislav Kreida | vs Wales (8 September 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) | ||
| Märten Kuusk | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Wales (11 October 2021) | vs Belgium (13 November 2021) | |
| Karl Rudolf Õigus |  vs Belarus (27 March 2021) | vs Belgium (2 September 2021) | |
| Wales | Ethan Ampadu | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Belarus (13 November 2021) | vs Belgium (16 November 2021) |
| Kieffer Moore | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Estonia (11 October 2021) | vs Belarus (13 November 2021) | |
| Connor Roberts | vs Czech Republic (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (5 September 2021) | |
| Harry Wilson | vs Denmark in UEFA Euro 2020 (26 June 2021) [30] |
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