2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I 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 I consists of six teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Hungary, Poland and San Marino.[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  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup 31 Mar 12 Oct 12 Nov 5 Sep 25 Mar
2  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round 8 Sep 15 Nov 2 Sep 28 Mar 9 Oct
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sep 25 Mar 9 Oct 8 Sep 12 Nov
4  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Mar 12 Oct 5 Sep 15 Nov 8 Sep
5  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oct 12 Nov 31 Mar 25 Mar 2 Sep
6  San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Nov 5 Sep 28 Mar 31 Mar 12 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).

England v San Marino
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Hungary v Poland
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Albania v England
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England v Poland
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Andorra v San Marino
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Hungary v England
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Poland v Albania
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Albania v Hungary
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England v Andorra
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San Marino v Poland
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Albania v San Marino
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Hungary v Andorra
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Poland v England
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Andorra v England
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Hungary v Albania
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Poland v San Marino
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Albania v Poland
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England v Hungary
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San Marino v Andorra
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Andorra v Poland
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England v Albania
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Hungary v San Marino
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Albania v Andorra
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Poland v Hungary
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San Marino v England
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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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