The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I 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 I consisted of five teams: Estonia, Israel, Italy, Moldova and Norway. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Italy were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.
The group winners, Norway, qualified directly for the World Cup, while the runners-up, Italy, 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) Markus Soomets vs Israel (22 March 2025) vs Moldova (25 March 2025) Kevor Palumets vs Moldova (25 March 2025) vs Israel (6 June 2025) Rasmus Peetson vs Israel (22 March 2025) vs Moldova (25 March 2025) vs Israel (6 June 2025) Henri Anier vs Israel (22 March 2025) vs Italy (5 September 2025) vs Italy (11 October 2025) Alessandro Bastoni vs Estonia (5 September 2025) vs Estonia (11 October 2025) vs Israel (14 October 2025) Nicolò Barella vs Estonia (11 October 2025) vs Israel (14 October 2025) vs Moldova (13 November 2025) Maxim Cojocaru vs Estonia (25 March 2025) vs Italy (9 June 2025) Vadim Rață vs Norway (22 March 2025) vs Estonia (25 March 2025) vs Italy (9 June 2025) Ion Nicolaescu vs Estonia (25 March 2025) vs Italy (9 June 2025) vs Israel (5 September 2025) Vladislav Baboglo vs Estonia (25 March 2025) vs Estonia (14 October 2025) vs Italy (13 November 2025)
Notes
References
External links
Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com