2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

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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: the loser of Nations League quarter-final 1 (Spain or the Netherlands), Finland, Lithuania, Malta 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 loser of quarter-final 1 (Spain or the Netherlands) will be involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they will not begin their qualifying campaign until June 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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of None.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands)00000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 4 Sep 12 Oct 17 Nov 10 Jun
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000Advance to play-offs 14 Nov — 7 Sep 21 Mar 24 Mar
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 00000000 7 Jun 10 Jun — 9 Oct 14 Nov
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 00000000 7 Sep 12 Oct 24 Mar — 4 Sep
5Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 00000000 9 Oct 17 Nov 21 Mar 7 Jun —
First match(es) will be played: 21 March 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).

Malta  Flag of Malta.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas
Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
Malta  Flag of Malta.svgvFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of None.svg Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands)
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands) Flag of None.svgvFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgvFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands) Flag of None.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgvFlag of None.svg Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands)
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Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svgvFlag of None.svg Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands)
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands) Flag of None.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of None.svg Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands)
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Loser QF1 (Spain v Netherlands) Flag of None.svgvFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [5]

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

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Gabriel Mentz Red card.svg vs Andorra in Nations League (19 November 2024)vs Finland (21 March 2025)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 29 March and from 26 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 30 March to 25 October 2025 (matchday 3–8).
  2. 1 2 The first time listed is if Spain take the spot in Group G, while the second time listed is if the Netherlands take the spot.

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.
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