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 Sweden.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Flag of Kosovo.svg
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 00000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 15 Nov 8 Sep 5 Sep
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000Advance to play-offs 10 Oct 18 Nov 13 Oct
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000 13 Oct 5 Sep 15 Nov
4Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 00000000 18 Nov 8 Sep 10 Oct
First match(es) will be played: 5 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.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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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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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).

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