2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

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.[1] 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Poland Finland Malta Lithuania
1  Netherlands 8 6 2 0 27 4 +23 20 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 4–0 8–0 4–0
2  Poland 8 5 2 1 14 7 +7 17 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 2–0 1–0
3  Finland 8 3 1 4 8 14 −6 10 0–2 2–1 — 0–1 2–1
4  Malta 8 1 2 5 4 19 −15 5 0–4 2–3 0–1 — 0–0
5  Lithuania 8 0 3 5 6 15 −9 3 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw.[2][3][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Malta 0–1 Finland
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  • Antman 38'
Attendance: 5,106[5]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Poland 1–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 55,738[6]
Lithuania 2–2 Finland
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Attendance: 10,421[7]
Poland 2–0 Malta
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Attendance: 45,872[8]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Malta 0–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 2,785[9]
Finland 0–2 Netherlands
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Attendance: 29,483[10]
Finland 2–1 Poland
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Attendance: 16,511[11]
Netherlands 8–0 Malta
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Attendance: 21,006[12]
Lithuania 1–1 Malta
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Attendance: 7,854[13]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Netherlands 1–1 Poland
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Attendance: 40,904[14]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Lithuania 2–3 Netherlands
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Attendance: 14,797[15]
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Poland 3–1 Finland
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Attendance: 50,897[16]
Finland 2–1 Lithuania
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Attendance: 15,819[17]
Malta 0–4 Netherlands
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Attendance: 9,254[18]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Netherlands 4–0 Finland
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Attendance: 52,387[19]
Lithuania 0–2 Poland
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Attendance: 11,741[20]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
Finland 0–1 Malta
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Attendance: 13,577[21]
Poland 1–1 Netherlands
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Attendance: 56,278[22]
Malta 2–3 Poland
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Attendance: 10,326[23]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
Netherlands 4–0 Lithuania
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Attendance: 46,913[24]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 59 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[25]

  • 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:[26]

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Finland Robert Ivanov Yellow card vs Lithuania (24 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (9 October 2025)		 vs Netherlands (12 October 2025)
Matti Peltola Yellow card vs Malta (21 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (12 October 2025)		 vs Malta (14 November 2025)
 Lithuania Artemijus Tutyškinas Yellow card vs Malta (7 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Malta (4 September 2025)		 vs Netherlands (7 September 2025)
Edgaras Utkus Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Malta (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (7 September 2025)
vs Finland (9 October 2025)[27]
Artūr Dolžnikov Yellow card vs Malta (4 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Finland (9 October 2025)		 vs Poland (12 October 2025)
Edvinas Girdvainis Yellow card vs Finland (24 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Poland (12 October 2025)		 vs Netherlands (17 November 2025)
 Malta Gabriel Mentz Red card 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 Red card vs Finland (21 March 2025) vs Poland (24 March 2025)
vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
Ilyas Chouaref Red card vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
vs Netherlands (10 June 2025)
Matthew Guillaumier Yellow card vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (10 June 2025)		 vs Lithuania (4 September 2025)
Zach Muscat Yellow card vs Poland (24 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (4 September 2025)		 vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)
Paul Mbong Yellow card vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (4 September 2025)		 vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)
Jake Azzopardi Red card vs Lithuania (4 September 2025) vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)
vs Finland (14 November 2025)
Ryan Camenzuli Yellow card vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)		 vs Finland (14 November 2025)
Teddy Teuma Yellow card vs Netherlands (10 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (9 October 2025)		 vs Finland (14 November 2025)
 Netherlands Jan Paul van Hecke Yellow card vs Finland (7 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Poland (14 November 2025)		 vs Lithuania (17 November 2025)
 Poland Bartosz Slisz Yellow card vs Malta (24 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (12 October 2025)		 vs Netherlands (14 November 2025)
Przemysław Wiśniewski Yellow card vs Finland (7 September 2025)
Yellow card vs Lithuania (12 October 2025)		 vs Netherlands (14 November 2025)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 29 March and from 26 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 30 March to 25 October 2025 (matchday 3–8).

References

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