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2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A is one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.[1] Group A consists of four teams: the winner of quarter-final 4 (Germany or Italy), Luxembourg, Northern Ireland and Slovakia. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from September to November 2025.

The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1 Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 17 Nov 7 Sep 10 Oct
2   Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs 4 Sep — 14 Nov 13 Oct
3   Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Oct 10 Oct — 17 Nov
4   Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Nov 7 Sep 4 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Luxembourg  v  Northern Ireland
Slovakia  v  Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)
Luxembourg  v  Slovakia
Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)  v  Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland  v  Slovakia
Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)  v  Luxembourg
Northern Ireland  v  Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)
Slovakia  v  Luxembourg
Luxembourg  v  Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)
Slovakia  v  Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland  v  Luxembourg
Winner QF4 (Germany v Italy)  v  Slovakia

Discipline

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A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

Notes

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  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for matches until 26 October 2025 (matchdays 1–4), and CET (UTC+1) for matches thereafter (matchdays 5–6).

References

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  1. ^ "Draw Procedures for the UEFA Preliminary Draw for the FIFA World Cup 26" (PDF). FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ "European Qualifiers 2024–26: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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