2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A is one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. [1] Group A consists of four teams: Germany, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland and Slovakia. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.

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The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Ulster Banner.svg Flag of Luxembourg.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (X)00000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 17 Nov 7 Sep 10 Oct
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 00000000Advance to play-offs 4 Sep — 14 Nov 13 Oct
3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 00000000 13 Oct 10 Oct — 17 Nov
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 00000000 14 Nov 7 Sep 4 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(X) Assured of a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking; may still qualify directly

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. [2] [3] [4] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
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Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Košická futbalová aréna, Košice
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgvFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
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Windsor Park, Belfast
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ CEST (UTC+2) for matches until 26 October 2025 (matchdays 1–4), and CET (UTC+1) for matches thereafter (matchdays 5–6).

References

  1. ↑ "Draw Procedures for the UEFA Preliminary Draw for the FIFA World Cup 26" (PDF). FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "European Qualifiers for 2026 World Cup: All the fixtures and results". UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by matchday" (PDF). UEFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by group" (PDF). UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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