The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I 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 I consists of five teams: Estonia, Israel, Italy, Moldova and Norway. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Italy were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals 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).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 12 | Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup | — | 11 Oct | 3–0 | 13 Nov | 9 Sep | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to play-offs | 2–4 | — | 8 Sep | 2–1 | 16 Nov | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 16 Nov | 14 Oct | — | 5 Sep | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 11 Oct | — | 14 Oct | ||
5 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | 0–5 | 5 Sep | 13 Nov | 2–3 | — |
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).
Israel ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Moldova ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Israel ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Estonia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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There have been 29 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match (as of 9 June 2025).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [15]
The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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![]() | Kevor Palumets | ![]() ![]() | vs Israel (6 June 2025) |
Rasmus Peetson | ![]() ![]() | vs Israel (6 June 2025) | |
Markus Soomets | ![]() ![]() | vs Moldova (25 March 2025) | |
![]() | Maxim Cojocaru | ![]() | vs Italy (9 June 2025) |
Ion Nicolaescu | ![]() ![]() | vs Israel (5 September 2025) | |
Vadim Rață | ![]() ![]() | vs Italy (9 June 2025) |