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2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D 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 D consists of four teams: Azerbaijan, France, Iceland and Ukraine. 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 France Ukraine Iceland Azerbaijan
1  France (X) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 13 Nov 9 Sep 10 Oct
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs 5 Sep — 16 Nov 13 Oct
3  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Oct 10 Oct — 5 Sep
4  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Nov 9 Sep 13 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(X) Assured of a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking; may still qualify directly

Matches

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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).

Iceland v Azerbaijan
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Ukraine v France
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Azerbaijan v Ukraine
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France v Iceland
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Iceland v Ukraine
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France v Azerbaijan
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Iceland v France
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Ukraine v Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan v Iceland
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France v Ukraine
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Azerbaijan v France
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Ukraine v Iceland
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Discipline

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A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[6]

  • 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)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Iceland Aron Gunnarsson Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Kosovo in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025) vs Azerbaijan (5 September 2025)

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).
  2. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[5]

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 for 2026 World Cup: All the fixtures and results". UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by matchday" (PDF). UEFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ^ "European Qualifiers 2024–26 (FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition) – Group stage fixtures by group" (PDF). UEFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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