The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G 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 G consists of five teams: Finland, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as the Netherlands were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.
The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 9 Oct | 14 Nov | |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Advance to play-offs | 12 Oct | — | 4 Sep | 17 Nov | 8–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 7 Sep | 14 Nov | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 2–2 | 7 Sep | 12 Oct | — | 4 Sep | ||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 1 | 0–1 | 9 Oct | 17 Nov | 0–0 | — |
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).
Malta ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Lithuania ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Poland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Finland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Lithuania ![]() | v | ![]() |
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Netherlands ![]() | v | ![]() |
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There have been 21 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match (as of 10 June 2025).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [13]
The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches: [14]
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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![]() | Ilyas Chouaref | ![]() ![]() | vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) vs Netherlands (10 June 2025) |
Matthew Guillaumier | ![]() ![]() | vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) | |
Gabriel Mentz | ![]() | vs Finland (21 March 2025) vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) | |
Kurt Shaw | ![]() | vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) |