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 were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in 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
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg Flag of San Marino.svg
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 330041+39Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 9 Sep 15 Nov 2–1 1–0
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 220061+56Advance to play-offs 18 Nov — 2–1 6 Sep 9 Oct
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 420284+46 0–1 12 Oct — 2–0 18 Nov
4Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 310234−13 9 Oct 15 Nov 9 Sep — 2–0
5Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 4004112−110 6 Sep 0–4 1–5 12 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 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.svg2–0Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
AEK Arena, Larnaca
Attendance: 2,336 [5]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 49,413 [6]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg2–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 7,464 [7]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svg1–5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 3,556 [8]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg1–0Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 11,828 [9]
Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,500 [10]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 45,324 [11]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svg0–4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 3,075 [12]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
AEK Arena, Larnaca
San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Alphamega Stadium, Limassol
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Romania  Flag of Romania.svgvFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Arena Națională, Bucharest

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match (as of 10 June 2025).

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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]

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Gernot Trauner Red card.svg vs Serbia in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025)vs Romania (7 June 2025)
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Konstantinos Laifis Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Romania in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2024)vs San Marino (21 March 2025)
Ioannis Pittas Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025)vs Romania (10 June 2025)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Nicolae Stanciu Yellow card.svg vs Bosnia and Herzogovina (21 March 2025)
Yellow card.svg vs Austria (7 June 2025)		vs Cyprus (10 June 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. ↑ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2026: Booking List before European Qualifiers Matchday 1" (PDF). UEFA. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
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