2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. ^[1] Group H consisted of five teams: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Romania and San Marino. The teams played 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 winners, Austria, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Bosnia and Herzegovina, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	8	6	1	1	22	4	+18	19	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	2–1	1–0	10–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	5	2	1	17	7	+10	17	Advance to play-offs		1–2	—	3–1	2–1	1–0
3	Romania	8	4	1	3	19	10	+9	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		1–0	0–1	—	2–0	7–1
4	Cyprus	8	2	2	4	11	11	0	8			0–2	2–2	2–2	—	2–0
5	San Marino	8	0	0	8	2	39	−37	0			0–4	0–6	1–5	0–4	—

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).

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	10–0	San Marino
Schmid 7' Arnautović 8', 47', 83', 84' Gregoritsch 24' Posch 30', 42' Laimer 45' Wurmbrand 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 37,500 ^[17]

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laifis 45+1' Pittas 90+7' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Katić 10' Michail 36' (o.g.)

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Attendance: 2,355 ^[18]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

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12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

15:00

San Marino	0–4	Cyprus
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Loizou 9' Andreou 59' Kastanos 67' (pen.) Kakoullis 79'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 598 ^[19]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Romania	1–0	Austria
Ghiță 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 39,581 ^[20]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	0–2	Austria
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Arnautović 18' (pen.), 55'

Alphamega Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 6,012 ^[21]

Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)

20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Romania
Džeko 49' Bajraktarević 79' Tabaković 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Bîrligea 17'

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 11,459 ^[22]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

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18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)

20:45

Austria	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gregoritsch 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Tabaković 12'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,000 ^[23]

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Romania	7–1	San Marino
Rossi 13' (o.g.) Baiaram 29' Man 42' Valentini 57' (o.g.) Hagi 76' Rațiu 82' Munteanu 86' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Giacopetti 2'

Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești

Attendance: 8,426 ^[24]

Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland)

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.

8 goals

• Marko Arnautović

5 goals

• Edin Džeko

4 goals

• Michael Gregoritsch

3 goals

• Marcel Sabitzer
• Ioannis Pittas

2 goals

• Konrad Laimer
• Stefan Posch
• Haris Tabaković
• Andronikos Kakoullis
• Loizos Loizou
• Denis Drăguș
• Ianis Hagi
• Dennis Man
• Florin Tănase

1 goal

• Christoph Baumgartner
• Romano Schmid
• Nikolaus Wurmbrand
• Kerim Alajbegović
• Esmir Bajraktarević
• Samed Baždar
• Ermedin Demirović
• Armin Gigović
• Haris Hajradinović
• Nikola Katić
• Nihad Mujakić
• Benjamin Tahirović
• Stelios Andreou
• Charalampos Charalampous
• Grigoris Kastanos
• Konstantinos Laifis
• Denis Alibec
• Ștefan Baiaram
• Daniel Bîrligea
• Virgil Ghiță
• Răzvan Marin
• Louis Munteanu
• Mihai Popescu
• Andrei Rațiu
• Nicolas Giacopetti
• Samuele Zannoni

1 own goal

• Neofytos Michail (against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Michele Cevoli (against Romania)
• Dante Rossi (against Romania)
• Giacomo Valentini (against Romania)

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: ^[25]

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

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches: ^[26]

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)
	Phillipp Mwene	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025) vs Romania (12 October 2025)	vs Cyprus (15 November 2025)
	David Alaba	vs San Marino (9 October 2025) vs Romania (12 October 2025)	vs Cyprus (15 November 2025)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ivan Šunjić	vs Cyprus (24 March 2025) vs Cyprus (9 October 2025)	vs Romania (15 November 2025)
	Nihad Mujakić	vs Austria (9 September 2025) vs Cyprus (9 October 2025)	vs Romania (15 November 2025)
	Amar Dedić	vs San Marino (7 June 2025) vs Romania (15 November 2025)	vs Austria (18 November 2025)
	Dženis Burnić	vs San Marino (6 September 2025) vs Romania (15 November 2025)	vs Austria (18 November 2025)
	Nikola Katić	vs Austria (9 September 2025) vs Romania (15 November 2025)	vs Austria (18 November 2025)
Cyprus	Konstantinos Laifis	vs Romania in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2024)	vs San Marino (21 March 2025)
		vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025) vs San Marino (12 October 2025)	vs Austria (15 November 2025)
	Ioannis Pittas	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025)	vs Romania (10 June 2025)
		vs Romania (9 September 2025) vs San Marino (12 October 2025)	vs Austria (15 November 2025)
	Kostas Pileas	vs Austria (6 September 2025) vs San Marino (12 October 2025)	vs Austria (15 November 2025)
Romania	Nicolae Stanciu	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (21 March 2025) vs Austria (7 June 2025)	vs Cyprus (10 June 2025)
	Nicușor Bancu	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (21 March 2025) vs Cyprus (9 September 2025)	vs Austria (12 October 2025)
	Andrei Burcă	vs Cyprus (9 September 2025) vs Austria (12 October 2025)	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (15 November 2025)
	Denis Drăguș	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (15 November 2025)	vs San Marino (18 November 2025)
San Marino	Alessandro Golinucci	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2025)	vs Austria (9 October 2025)
	Lorenzo Capicchioni	vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2025) vs Cyprus (12 October 2025)	vs Romania (18 November 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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External links

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