The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Group G consisted of five teams: Finland, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as the Netherlands were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.
The group winners, the Netherlands, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Poland, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings
Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Goalscorers
Discipline A player or team official 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:
Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es) Robert Ivanov vs Lithuania (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (9 October 2025) vs Netherlands (12 October 2025) Matti Peltola vs Malta (21 March 2025) vs Netherlands (12 October 2025) vs Malta (14 November 2025) Artemijus Tutyškinas vs Malta (7 June 2025) vs Malta (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (7 September 2025) Edgaras Utkus vs Malta (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (7 September 2025)vs Finland (9 October 2025) Artūr Dolžnikov vs Malta (4 September 2025) vs Finland (9 October 2025) vs Poland (12 October 2025) Edvinas Girdvainis vs Finland (24 March 2025) vs Poland (12 October 2025) vs Netherlands (17 November 2025) Gabriel Mentz vs Andorra in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (19 November 2024) vs Finland (21 March 2025)vs Poland (24 March 2025)vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) Kurt Shaw vs Finland (21 March 2025) vs Poland (24 March 2025)vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) Ilyas Chouaref vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)vs Netherlands (10 June 2025) Matthew Guillaumier vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) vs Netherlands (10 June 2025) vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) Zach Muscat vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025) Paul Mbong vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025) Jake Azzopardi vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)vs Finland (14 November 2025) Ryan Camenzuli vs Lithuania (7 June 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025) vs Finland (14 November 2025) Teddy Teuma vs Netherlands (10 June 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025) vs Finland (14 November 2025) Jan Paul van Hecke vs Finland (7 June 2025) vs Poland (14 November 2025) vs Lithuania (17 November 2025) Bartosz Slisz vs Malta (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (12 October 2025) vs Netherlands (14 November 2025) Przemysław Wiśniewski vs Finland (7 September 2025) vs Lithuania (12 October 2025) vs Netherlands (14 November 2025)
Notes
References
External links
Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com