2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B 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 B consists of four teams: Kosovo, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland. 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Kosovo.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 220070+76Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 4–0 15 Nov 3–0
2Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 21012423Advance to play-offs 18 Nov 2–0 10 Oct
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20112421 10 Oct 13 Oct 18 Nov
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 20112531 13 Oct 15 Nov 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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).

Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 33,996 [6]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg2–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 12,757 [8]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
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Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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Goalscorers

There have been 13 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match (as of 8 September 2025).

3 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [9]

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Lindon Emërllahu Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Sweden (8 September 2025)vs Slovenia (10 October 2025)

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. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Slovenia v Sweden" (PDF). UEFA. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Switzerland v Kosovo" (PDF). UEFA. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  7. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Kosovo v Sweden" (PDF). UEFA. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  8. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Switzerland v Slovenia" (PDF). UEFA. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  9. "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.