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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group H consisted of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Croatia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Russia, advanced to the second round (play-offs), but they were later suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

Standings

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA suspended Russia from international competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[5][6][7] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 13,008[11]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 0[14][note 2]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
Attendance: 0[15][note 2]
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 0[16][note 2]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 2,686[17]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 18,708[18]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,034[19]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 1,645[20]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,571[21]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,047[22]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 16,237[23]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Otkritie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 10,508[24]
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 6,762[25]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
Attendance: 2,333[26]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,967[27]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Ak Bars Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 9,588[28]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,405[29]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek
Attendance: 9,926[30]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 6,524[31]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 10,108[32]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 4,581[33]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 2,726[34]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 30,257[35]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,293[36]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,117[37]
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

Goalscorers

There were 83 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[38]

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 3–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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. ^ a b "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Cyprus vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Malta vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Slovenia vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Russia vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Croatia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Slovakia vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Cyprus vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Croatia vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Slovakia vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Malta vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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  19. ^ "Slovenia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Cyprus vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Slovenia vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Slovakia vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Croatia vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Russia vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Slovakia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Cyprus vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  27. ^ "Malta vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  28. ^ "Russia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Cyprus vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Croatia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  31. ^ "Slovenia vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  32. ^ "Russia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  33. ^ "Malta vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  34. ^ "Slovakia vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  35. ^ "Croatia vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  36. ^ "Malta vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  37. ^ "Slovenia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  38. ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  39. ^ "Disciplinary matters" (PDF). UEFA.com. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

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