The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J 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 J consisted of five teams: Belgium, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia and Wales. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Belgium were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.
The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Wales, advanced to the second round (play-offs). In addition, North Macedonia advanced to the play-offs via their Nations League ranking.
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) Thomas Meunier vs North Macedonia (6 June 2025) vs Wales (13 October 2025) vs Kazakhstan (15 November 2025) Rudi Garcia vs Wales (9 June 2025) vs Wales (13 October 2025) vs Kazakhstan (15 November 2025) Serhiy Malyi vs North Macedonia (9 June 2025) vs Wales (4 September 2025) vs Belgium (7 September 2025) Maksim Samorodov vs Wales (22 March 2025) vs Liechtenstein (10 October 2025) vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025) Islambek Kuat vs North Macedonia (9 June 2025) vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025) vs Belgium (15 November 2025) Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov vs Liechtenstein (10 October 2025) vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025) vs Belgium (15 November 2025) Felix Oberwaditzer vs Kazakhstan (25 March 2025) vs North Macedonia (7 September 2025) vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2025) Jens Hofer vs North Macedonia (22 March 2025) vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2025) vs Wales (15 November 2025) Nikola Serafimov vs Liechtenstein (22 March 2025) vs Wales (25 March 2025) vs Belgium (6 June 2025) Blagoja Milevski vs Wales (25 March 2025) vs Belgium (6 June 2025) vs Kazakhstan (9 June 2025) Visar Musliu vs Belgium (6 June 2025) vs Kazakhstan (9 June 2025) vs Liechtenstein (7 September 2025) Bojan Ilievski vs Belgium (6 June 2025) vs Liechtenstein (7 September 2025) vs Belgium (10 October 2025) Harry Wilson vs Belgium (9 June 2025) vs Belgium (13 October 2025) vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025) Ethan Ampadu vs Belgium (9 June 2025) vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025) vs North Macedonia (18 November 2025) Jordan James vs North Macedonia (25 March 2025) vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025) vs North Macedonia (18 November 2025)
Notes
References
External links
Qualifiers – UEFA, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com