2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

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 were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs 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).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8	12	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup		—	1–2	15 Nov	2–1	1–0
2	Austria	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to play-offs		18 Nov	—	2–1	1–0	9 Oct
3	Romania	5	2	1	2	10	6	+4	7			0–1	12 Oct	—	2–0	18 Nov
4	Cyprus (Y)	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4			9 Oct	15 Nov	2–2	—	2–0
5	San Marino (Z)	5	0	0	5	1	18	−17	0			0–6	0–4	1–5	12 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot qualify directly but may be able to qualify for a play-off berth; (Z) Cannot qualify via group position but may still qualify for a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking

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).

21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	2–0	San Marino
Pittas 55' Kakoullis 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Attendance: 2,336 ^[5]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Romania	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gigović 14'

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 49,413 ^[6]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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24 March 2025 (2025-03-24)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Cyprus
Demirović 22' Hajradinović 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pittas 45+2'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 7,464 ^[7]

Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

24 March 2025 (2025-03-24)

20:45

San Marino	1–5	Romania
Zannoni 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Cevoli 6' (o.g.) Popescu 44' R. Marin 55' (pen.) Hagi 75' (pen.) Alibec 90+5'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 3,556 ^[8]

Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

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7 June 2025 (2025-06-07)

15:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	San Marino
Džeko 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 11,828 ^[9]

Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

7 June 2025 (2025-06-07)

20:45

Austria	2–1	Romania
Gregoritsch 42' Sabitzer 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Tănase 90+5'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,500 ^[10]

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

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10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Romania	2–0	Cyprus
Tănase 43' Man 45+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 45,324 ^[11]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)

20:45

San Marino	0–4	Austria
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Arnautović 3', 15' Gregoritsch 11' Baumgartner 27'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 3,075 ^[12]

Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

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6 September 2025 (2025-09-06)

20:45

Austria	1–0	Cyprus
Sabitzer 54' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Raiffeisen Arena, Linz

Attendance: 16,300 ^[13]

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06)

20:45

San Marino	0–6	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Tahirović 21' Džeko 70', 72' Baždar 81' Alajbegović 85' Mujakić 90'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,740 ^[14]

Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

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9 September 2025 (2025-09-09)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Austria
Džeko 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sabitzer 49' Laimer 65'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 11,700 ^[15]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	2–2	Romania
Loizou 29' Charalampous 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Drăguș 2', 18'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 4,875 ^[16]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

20:45

Austria	v	San Marino
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

AEK Arena, Larnaca

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12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

15:00

San Marino	v	Cyprus
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Romania	v	Austria
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

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15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	v	Austria
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Alphamega Stadium, Limassol

15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Romania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

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18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)

20:45

Austria	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Romania	v	San Marino
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Goalscorers

There have been 36 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of 9 September 2025).

4 goals

• Edin Džeko

3 goals

• Marcel Sabitzer

2 goals

• Marko Arnautović
• Michael Gregoritsch
• Ioannis Pittas
• Denis Drăguș
• Florin Tănase

1 goal

• Christoph Baumgartner
• Konrad Laimer
• Kerim Alajbegović
• Samed Baždar
• Ermedin Demirović
• Armin Gigović
• Haris Hajradinović
• Nihad Mujakić
• Benjamin Tahirović
• Charalampos Charalampous
• Andronikos Kakoullis
• Loizos Loizou
• Denis Alibec
• Ianis Hagi
• Dennis Man
• Răzvan Marin
• Mihai Popescu
• Samuele Zannoni

1 own goal

• Michele Cevoli (against Romania)

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: ^[17]

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches: ^[18]

Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Austria	Gernot Trauner	vs Serbia in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025)	vs Romania (7 June 2025)
	Stefan Posch	vs San Marino (10 June 2025) vs Cyprus (6 September 2025)	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025)
	Patrick Wimmer	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025)	vs San Marino (9 October 2025)
Cyprus	Konstantinos Laifis	vs Romania in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2024)	vs San Marino (21 March 2025)
	Ioannis Pittas	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025)	vs Romania (10 June 2025)
Romania	Nicolae Stanciu	vs Bosnia and Herzogovina (21 March 2025) vs Austria (7 June 2025)	vs Cyprus (10 June 2025)
San Marino	Alessandro Golinucci	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2025)	vs Austria (9 October 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).

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. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Cyprus v San Marino" (PDF). UEFA. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
6. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Romania v Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). UEFA. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
7. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bosnia and Herzegovina v Cyprus" (PDF). UEFA. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
8. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – San Marino v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
9. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bosnia and Herzegovina v San Marino" (PDF). UEFA. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
10. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Austria v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
11. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Romania v Cyprus" (PDF). UEFA. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
12. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – San Marino v Austria" (PDF). UEFA. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
13. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Austria v Cyprus" (PDF). UEFA. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
14. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – San Marino v Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). UEFA. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
15. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Bosnia and Herzegovina v Austria" (PDF). UEFA. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
16. "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Cyprus v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
17. "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
18. "FIFA World Cup 2026: Booking List before European Qualifiers Matchday 1" (PDF). UEFA. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

External links

• Official FIFA World Cup website
  • Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com
• European Qualifiers, UEFA.com