2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one group 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 H consisted of five teams: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Romania and San Marino. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Austria were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.

The group winners, Austria, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Bosnia and Herzegovina, advanced to the second round (play-offs). In addition, Romania advanced to the play-offs via their Nations League ranking.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 8 6 1 1 22 4 +18 19 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 2–1 1–0 10–0
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 5 2 1 17 7 +10 17 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 3–1 2–1 1–0
3  Romania 8 4 1 3 19 10 +9 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–0 0–1 — 2–0 7–1
4  Cyprus 8 2 2 4 11 11 0 8 0–2 2–2 2–2 — 2–0
5  San Marino 8 0 0 8 2 39 −37 0 0–4 0–6 1–5 0–4 —
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).

Cyprus 2–0 San Marino
  • Pittas 55'
  • Kakoullis 86'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,336[5]
Romania 0–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 49,413[6]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Cyprus
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 7,464[7]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
San Marino 1–5 Romania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 3,556[8]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 San Marino
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,828[9]
Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)
Austria 2–1 Romania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 48,500[10]
Romania 2–0 Cyprus
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 45,324[11]
San Marino 0–4 Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 3,075[12]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
Austria 1–0 Cyprus
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 16,300[13]
San Marino 0–6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,740[14]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Austria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,700[15]
Cyprus 2–2 Romania
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Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 4,875[16]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Austria 10–0 San Marino
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 37,500[17]
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Cyprus 2–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,355[18]
San Marino 0–4 Cyprus
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 598[19]
Romania 1–0 Austria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 39,581[20]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Cyprus 0–2 Austria
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 6,012[21]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 Romania
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,459[22]
Austria 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 48,000[23]
Romania 7–1 San Marino
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 8,426[24]

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own 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)
 Austria Gernot Trauner vs Serbia in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (23 March 2025) vs Romania (7 June 2025)
Stefan Posch vs San Marino (10 June 2025)
vs Cyprus (6 September 2025)		 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025)
Patrick Wimmer   vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025) vs San Marino (9 October 2025)
Phillipp Mwene vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 September 2025)
vs Romania (12 October 2025)		 vs Cyprus (15 November 2025)
David Alaba vs San Marino (9 October 2025)
vs Romania (12 October 2025)		 vs Cyprus (15 November 2025)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Šunjić vs Cyprus (24 March 2025)
vs Cyprus (9 October 2025)		 vs Romania (15 November 2025)
Nihad Mujakić vs Austria (9 September 2025)
vs Cyprus (9 October 2025)		 vs Romania (15 November 2025)
Amar Dedić vs San Marino (7 June 2025)
vs Romania (15 November 2025)		 vs Austria (18 November 2025)
Dženis Burnić vs San Marino (6 September 2025)
vs Romania (15 November 2025)		 vs Austria (18 November 2025)
Nikola Katić vs Austria (9 September 2025)
vs Romania (15 November 2025)		 vs Austria (18 November 2025)
 Cyprus Konstantinos Laifis   vs Romania in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2024) vs San Marino (21 March 2025)
vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025)
vs San Marino (12 October 2025)		 vs Austria (15 November 2025)
Ioannis Pittas   vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2025) vs Romania (10 June 2025)
vs Romania (9 September 2025)
vs San Marino (12 October 2025)		 vs Austria (15 November 2025)
Kostas Pileas vs Austria (6 September 2025)
vs San Marino (12 October 2025)		 vs Austria (15 November 2025)
 Romania Nicolae Stanciu vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (21 March 2025)
vs Austria (7 June 2025)		 vs Cyprus (10 June 2025)
Nicușor Bancu vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (21 March 2025)
vs Cyprus (9 September 2025)		 vs Austria (12 October 2025)
Andrei Burcă vs Cyprus (9 September 2025)
vs Austria (12 October 2025)		 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (15 November 2025)
Denis Drăguș vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (15 November 2025) vs San Marino (18 November 2025)
Last match of suspension to be served in play-offs[27]
 San Marino Alessandro Golinucci vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2025) vs Austria (9 October 2025)
Lorenzo Capicchioni vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 September 2025)
vs Cyprus (12 October 2025)		 vs Romania (18 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).

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