2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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 F consists of four teams: Armenia, Hungary, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland. 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 Portugal (official).svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Armenia.svg
1Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal (X)00000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 14 Oct 11 Oct 16 Nov
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 00000000Advance to play-offs 9 Sep 16 Nov 11 Oct
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 00000000 13 Nov 6 Sep 14 Oct
4Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 00000000 6 Sep 13 Nov 9 Sep
First match(es) will be played: 6 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).

Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
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Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgvFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svgvFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svgvFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
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Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgvFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svgvFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
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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).

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.