2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H 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 H consists of five teams: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Romania and San Marino. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Austria will be involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg Flag of San Marino.svg
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 7 Jun 18 Nov 6 Sep 9 Oct
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 00000000Advance to play-offs 12 Oct 21 Mar 10 Jun 18 Nov
3Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 00000000 9 Sep 15 Nov 24 Mar 7 Jun
4Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 00000000 15 Nov 9 Sep 9 Oct 21 Mar
5Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 00000000 10 Jun 24 Mar 6 Sep 12 Oct
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).

Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
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Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
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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 Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Konstantinos Laifis Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Romania in Nations League (18 November 2024)vs San Marino (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).

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