The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar.
The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Gibraltar was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Kosovo in May 2016, and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons.
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Greece, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best eight runners-up.
Russia was initially partnered with the five-team Group H, which enabled the 2018 World Cup hosts to play centralised friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates. These friendlies would not have counted in the qualifying group standings. However, after the group was later expanded to include Gibraltar, these friendly matches were cancelled.
Standings
Matches The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Gibraltar was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Goalscorers
Discipline A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es) Marouane Fellaini vs Cyprus (6 September 2016) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2016) vs Gibraltar (10 October 2016) Edin Džeko vs Greece (13 November 2016) vs Gibraltar (25 March 2017) Mato Jajalo vs Belgium (7 October 2016) vs Greece (13 November 2016) Senad Lulić Ognjen Vranješ vs Estonia (6 September 2016) vs Greece (13 November 2016) Jason Demetriou vs Greece (7 October 2016) vs Gibraltar (13 November 2016) vs Estonia (25 March 2017) Pieros Sotiriou vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (10 October 2016) vs Gibraltar (13 November 2016) Jayce Olivero vs Cyprus (13 November 2016) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 March 2017) Kyriakos Papadopoulos vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) vs Belgium (25 March 2017)vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) Sead Kolašinac vs Belgium (7 October 2016) vs Gibraltar (25 March 2017) vs Greece (9 June 2017) Vincent Laban vs Belgium (6 September 2016) vs Estonia (25 March 2017) vs Gibraltar (9 June 2017) Andreas Samaris vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) vs Belgium (25 March 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) Panagiotis Tachtsidis vs Belgium (25 March 2017) Georgios Tzavellas Konstantinos Laifis vs Belgium (6 September 2016) vs Gibraltar (9 June 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (31 August 2017) Artjom Dmitrijev vs Belgium (9 June 2017) vs Greece (31 August 2017) Karol Mets vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2016) vs Belgium (9 June 2017) Sokratis Papastathopoulos vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2016) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) vs Estonia (31 August 2017) Axel Witsel vs Gibraltar (31 August 2017) vs Greece (3 September 2017) Miralem Pjanić vs Greece (13 November 2016) vs Cyprus (31 August 2017) vs Gibraltar (3 September 2017) Ragnar Klavan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2016) vs Greece (31 August 2017) vs Cyprus (3 September 2017) Erin Barnett vs Belgium (31 August 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 September 2017) Ervin Zukanović vs Greece (9 June 2017) vs Gibraltar (3 September 2017) vs Belgium (7 October 2017) Yannick Carrasco vs Greece (3 September 2017) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2017) vs Cyprus (10 October 2017) Anastasios Donis vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 June 2017) vs Cyprus (7 October 2017) vs Gibraltar (10 October 2017) Kostas Manolas Andreas Samaris vs Belgium (3 September 2017) vs Cyprus (7 October 2017)
Notes
References
External links
Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1, FIFA.com , UEFA.com , UEFA.com