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. 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).

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationB1B2B3B4
1B100000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup TBDTBDTBD
2B200000000Advance to play-offs TBDTBDTBD
3B300000000TBDTBDTBD
4B400000000TBDTBDTBD
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list will be confirmed by UEFA following the draw. [2] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [3]

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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References

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  2. "Draw procedure for the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 knockout stage and play-off draw – Fixture list procedure for the European Qualifiers 2024–26" (ZIP). UEFA Circular Letter. No. 64/2024. Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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