2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H 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 H consists of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.[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  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 11 Oct 14 Nov 7 Sep 27 Mar 30 Mar
2  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round 4 Sep — 30 Mar 11 Nov 7 Sep 27 Mar
3  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sep 8 Oct — 27 Mar 11 Nov 7 Sep
4  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mar 1 Sep 11 Oct — 14 Nov 4 Sep
5  Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Oct 24 Mar 4 Sep 30 Mar — 11 Oct
6  Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Nov 14 Nov 24 Mar 8 Oct 1 Sep —
First match(es) will be played on 24 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).

Cyprus v Slovakia
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Malta v Russia
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Slovenia v Croatia
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Russia v Slovenia
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Croatia v Cyprus
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Croatia v Malta
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Cyprus v Slovenia
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Malta v Cyprus
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Russia v Croatia
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Slovenia v Slovakia
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Cyprus v Russia
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Slovenia v Malta
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Slovakia v Croatia
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Croatia v Slovenia
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Russia v Malta
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Slovakia v Cyprus
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Cyprus v Croatia
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Malta v Slovenia
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Russia v Slovakia
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Croatia v Slovakia
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Cyprus v Malta
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Slovenia v Russia
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Russia v Cyprus
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Malta v Croatia
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Slovakia v Slovenia
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Croatia v Russia
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Malta v Slovakia
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Slovenia v Cyprus
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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 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 3–8).

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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