2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C is one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group C consists of five teams: Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Northern Ireland and Switzerland.[2] The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 12 Nov 25 Mar 2 Sep 8 Sep
2   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round 5 Sep — 9 Oct 15 Nov 28 Mar
3  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Nov 8 Sep — 31 Mar 12 Nov
4  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Mar 25 Mar 12 Oct — 5 Sep
5  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Mar 12 Oct 2 Sep 9 Oct —
First match(es) will be played on 25 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bulgaria v  Switzerland
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Bulgaria v Italy
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Switzerland  v Lithuania
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Lithuania v Italy
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Northern Ireland v Bulgaria
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Italy v Bulgaria
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Lithuania v Northern Ireland
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Bulgaria v Lithuania
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Switzerland  v Italy
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Italy v Lithuania
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Northern Ireland v  Switzerland
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Lithuania v Bulgaria
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Switzerland  v Northern Ireland
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Bulgaria v Northern Ireland
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Lithuania v  Switzerland
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Italy v  Switzerland
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Northern Ireland v Lithuania
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Northern Ireland v Italy
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Switzerland  v Bulgaria
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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[7]

  • 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)

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).

References
  1. "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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