2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)







































2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Tournament details
Dates 4 September 2016 – 14 November 2017
Teams 54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 278
Goals scored 807 (2.9 per match)
Attendance 5,866,771 (21,103 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Poland Robert Lewandowski (16 goals)

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UEFA European Qualifiers



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The European section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically as hosts, a total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams.[1]


The qualifying format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna.[2][3]


The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro 2016, and ended on 14 November 2017.
Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland (for the first time), Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Spain qualified in the first round by winning their groups. Croatia, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland qualified by winning their playoffs.


Four-time champions Italy missed out on qualification for the first time since 1958 after losing in the playoffs to Sweden,[4] while the Netherlands failed to qualify for the tournament for the first time since 2002 after finishing third in 2014,[5] and second in 2010. Iceland, with 335,000 inhabitants, became the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup finals.[6]




Contents






  • 1 Entrants


  • 2 Format


  • 3 First round


    • 3.1 Seeding


    • 3.2 Summary


    • 3.3 Groups


      • 3.3.1 Group A


      • 3.3.2 Group B


      • 3.3.3 Group C


      • 3.3.4 Group D


      • 3.3.5 Group E


      • 3.3.6 Group F


      • 3.3.7 Group G


      • 3.3.8 Group H


      • 3.3.9 Group I




    • 3.4 Ranking of second-placed teams




  • 4 Second round


    • 4.1 Seeding and draw


    • 4.2 Matches




  • 5 Qualified teams


  • 6 Top goalscorers


  • 7 Branding


  • 8 Broadcasting


  • 9 Sponsors


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Entrants


Apart from Russia, which qualified automatically as hosts, all remaining 52 FIFA-affiliated national teams from UEFA at the registration deadline of January 2015 entered qualification.[7]


Gibraltar, despite being a UEFA member since 2013, was not a FIFA member at the time of the registration deadline, and thus was not eligible to enter qualification for the FIFA World Cup. They appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge FIFA's refusal to grant membership in order to enter World Cup qualifying.[8] In May 2016, the CAS found in Gibraltar's favour and ordered that FIFA put Gibraltar forward for FIFA membership, which would permit Gibraltar to take part in the qualifiers if membership was granted.[9]


Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, and together with Gibraltar, applied for membership in the FIFA Congress in 12–13 May 2016. FIFA confirmed that in the case both associations succeeded in becoming a member, they would be entitled to participate in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with UEFA tasked to integrate them into the competition.[10]


On 13 May 2016, both Kosovo and Gibraltar were officially admitted as FIFA members, thus allowing them to compete.[11] UEFA created a task force to discuss how to integrate the two teams into the competition,[12] and on 9 June 2016 UEFA announced that Kosovo would be assigned to Group I, to avoid meeting Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons, and Gibraltar would play in Group H.[13][14]



Format


The qualification structure was as follows:[3][15]




  • First round (group stage): The 54 teams were divided into nine groups of six teams each to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the eight best runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs).


  • Second round (play-offs): The eight best runners-up from the first round played against one other team over two legs, home and away. The draw for these matches was held on 17 October 2017. The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. The winners of each tie qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


Qualifying matches started in September 2016, following UEFA Euro 2016, and finished in November 2017.[3][16]





















































Round
 Matchday
 Date

First round
(group stage)
 Matchday 1
 4–6 September 2016
Matchday 2
 6–8 October 2016
Matchday 3
 9–11 October 2016
Matchday 4
 11–13 November 2016
Matchday 5
 24–26 March 2017
Matchday 6
 9–11 June 2017
Matchday 7
 31 August – 2 September 2017
Matchday 8
 3–5 September 2017
Matchday 9
 5–7 October 2017
Matchday 10
 8–10 October 2017

















Round
 Matchday
 Date

Second round
(play-offs)
 First leg
 9–11 November 2017
Second leg
 12–14 November 2017


The scheduling of qualifying matches, which were centralised by UEFA, followed the "Week of Football" concept first used for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying:[17]



  • Matches take place from Thursday to Tuesday.

  • Kick-off times are largely set at 18:00 and 20:45 CET/CEST on Saturdays and Sundays, and 20:45 CET/CEST on Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays.

  • On double-header matchweeks, teams play on Thursday and Sunday, or Friday and Monday, or Saturday and Tuesday.

  • Matches in the same group are played on the same day.


The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[16][18]



First round



Seeding


The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[16][19]


The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015. The 52 teams were seeded into six pots:



  • Pot 1 contains the teams ranked 1–9.

  • Pot 2 contains the teams ranked 10–18.

  • Pot 3 contains the teams ranked 19–27.

  • Pot 4 contains the teams ranked 28–36.

  • Pot 5 contains the teams ranked 37–45.

  • Pot 6 contains the teams ranked 46–52.


Each six-team group contained one team from each of the six pots, while each five-team group contained one team from each of the first five pots.[16]


Due to the centralisation of media rights for European qualifiers, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands were all drawn into six-team groups. Netherlands and France were drawn together in Group A, and Spain and Italy were drawn together in Group G.[16]


In consideration of the delicate political situations of the relationships between Armenia and Azerbaijan, UEFA requested that FIFA maintain the current UEFA policy not to draw these teams into the same qualification groups (since the two teams were in the same seeding pot, this would not have happened regardless of the request).[16]


Teams were allocated to seeding pots as follows (July 2015 FIFA Rankings shown in second column; the national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold; the national teams who took part in the play-offs are presented in italic).[20]


























































Pot 1
Team
Pos
 Germany 2
 Belgium 3
 Netherlands 5
 Portugal 7
 Romania 8
 England 9
 Wales 10
 Spain 12
 Croatia 14














































Pot 2
Team
Pos
 Slovakia 15
 Austria 15
 Italy 17
  Switzerland 18
 Czech Republic 20
 France 22
 Iceland 23
 Denmark 24
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26














































Pot 3
Team
Pos
 Ukraine 27
 Scotland 29
 Poland 30
 Hungary 31
 Sweden 33
 Albania 36
 Northern Ireland 37
 Serbia 43
 Greece 44














































Pot 4
Team
Pos
 Turkey 48
 Slovenia 49
 Israel 51
 Republic of Ireland 52
 Norway 67
 Bulgaria 68
 Faroe Islands 74
 Montenegro 81
 Estonia 82














































Pot 5
Team
Pos
 Cyprus 85
 Latvia 87
 Armenia 89
 Finland 90
 Belarus 100
 Macedonia 105
 Azerbaijan 108
 Lithuania 110
 Moldova 124






































Pot 6
Team
Pos
 Kazakhstan 142
 Luxembourg 146
 Liechtenstein 147
 Georgia 153
 Malta 158
 San Marino 192
 Andorra 202


The football associations of Gibraltar and Kosovo became members of FIFA following the draw but before any games had been played. As both associations became eligible to compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 9 June 2016 it was decided Gibraltar would join Group H and Kosovo would join Group I, the only groups with five teams. In addition, it was decided that Kosovo could not play against Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia for security reasons, due to the disputed political status of Kosovo.[13][14][21] Gibraltar and Spain had previously been kept separate from each other in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying as a result of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[22] All nine groups then had six teams.[13][14]


The hosts Russia were to be partnered with five-team Group H for friendlies.[23] However, with the admission of Kosovo and Gibraltar, all groups were filled to contain six teams and the Russia friendlies against Group H teams were cancelled. UEFA vice-president Hryhoriy Surkis said that the UEFA management would deal with the issue of finding opponents for Russia to play friendlies.[24]



Summary



  Winner of each group qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup


  The eight best runners-up among all nine groups advanced to the second round (play-offs)


  Worst runner-up and the other teams were eliminated after the first round















































Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I


France

Portugal

Germany

Serbia

Poland

England

Spain

Belgium

Iceland


Sweden

Switzerland

Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Denmark

Slovakia

Italy

Greece

Croatia


Netherlands

Bulgaria

Luxembourg

Belarus

Hungary

Faroe Islands

Latvia

Andorra

Czech Republic

Norway

Azerbaijan

San Marino

Wales

Austria

Georgia

Moldova

Montenegro

Romania

Armenia

Kazakhstan

Scotland

Slovenia

Lithuania

Malta

Albania

Israel

Macedonia

Liechtenstein

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia

Cyprus

Gibraltar

Ukraine

Turkey

Finland

Kosovo


Groups







Group A


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A












































































































































Pos
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1
 France
 10
 7
 2
 1
 18
 6
 +12
 23
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2–1
4–0
4–1
0–0
2–1
2
 Sweden
 10
 6
 1
 3
 26
 9
 +17
 19
 Advance to second round

2–1
 —
1–1
3–0
8–0
4–0
3
 Netherlands
 10
 6
 1
 3
 21
 12
 +9
 19


0–1
2–0
 —
3–1
5–0
4–1
4
 Bulgaria
 10
 4
 1
 5
 14
 19
 −5
 13

0–1
3–2
2–0
 —
4–3
1–0
5
 Luxembourg
 10
 1
 3
 6
 8
 26
 −18
 6

1–3
0–1
1–3
1–1
 —
1–0
6
 Belarus
 10
 1
 2
 7
 6
 21
 −15
 5

0–0
0–4
1–3
2–1
1–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Group B


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B












































































































































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1
 Portugal
 10
 9
 0
 1
 32
 4
 +28
 27
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2–0
3–0
5–1
4–1
6–0
2
  Switzerland
 10
 9
 0
 1
 23
 7
 +16
 27
 Advance to second round

2–0
 —
5–2
2–0
1–0
3–0
3
 Hungary
 10
 4
 1
 5
 14
 14
 0
 13


0–1
2–3
 —
1–0
3–1
4–0
4
 Faroe Islands
 10
 2
 3
 5
 4
 16
 −12
 9

0–6
0–2
0–0
 —
0–0
1–0
5
 Latvia
 10
 2
 1
 7
 7
 18
 −11
 7

0–3
0–3
0–2
0–2
 —
4–0
6
 Andorra
 10
 1
 1
 8
 2
 23
 −21
 4

0–2
1–2
1–0
0–0
0–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Group C


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C












































































































































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1
 Germany
 10
 10
 0
 0
 43
 4
 +39
 30
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2–0
3–0
6–0
5–1
7–0
2
 Northern Ireland
 10
 6
 1
 3
 17
 6
 +11
 19
 Advance to second round

1–3
 —
2–0
2–0
4–0
4–0
3
 Czech Republic
 10
 4
 3
 3
 17
 10
 +7
 15


1–2
0–0
 —
2–1
0–0
5–0
4
 Norway
 10
 4
 1
 5
 17
 16
 +1
 13

0–3
1–0
1–1
 —
2–0
4–1
5
 Azerbaijan
 10
 3
 1
 6
 10
 19
 −9
 10

1–4
0–1
1–2
1–0
 —
5–1
6
 San Marino
 10
 0
 0
 10
 2
 51
 −49
 0

0–8
0–3
0–6
0–8
0–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Group D


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D












































































































































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1
 Serbia
 10
 6
 3
 1
 20
 10
 +10
 21
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2–2
1–1
3–2
1–0
3–0
2
 Republic of Ireland
 10
 5
 4
 1
 12
 6
 +6
 19
 Advance to second round

0–1
 —
0–0
1–1
1–0
2–0
3
 Wales
 10
 4
 5
 1
 13
 6
 +7
 17


1–1
0–1
 —
1–0
1–1
4–0
4
 Austria
 10
 4
 3
 3
 14
 12
 +2
 15

3–2
0–1
2–2
 —
1–1
2–0
5
 Georgia
 10
 0
 5
 5
 8
 14
 −6
 5

1–3
1–1
0–1
1–2
 —
1–1
6
 Moldova
 10
 0
 2
 8
 4
 23
 −19
 2

0–3
1–3
0–2
0–1
2–2
 —

Source: FIFA


Group E


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E












































































































































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1
 Poland
 10
 8
 1
 1
 28
 14
 +14
 25
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3–2
4–2
3–1
2–1
3–0
2
 Denmark
 10
 6
 2
 2
 20
 8
 +12
 20
 Advance to second round

4–0
 —
0–1
1–1
1–0
4–1
3
 Montenegro
 10
 5
 1
 4
 20
 12
 +8
 16


1–2
0–1
 —
1–0
4–1
5–0
4
 Romania
 10
 3
 4
 3
 12
 10
 +2
 13

0–3
0–0
1–1
 —
1–0
3–1
5
 Armenia
 10
 2
 1
 7
 10
 26
 −16
 7

1–6
1–4
3–2
0–5
 —
2–0
6
 Kazakhstan
 10
 0
 3
 7
 6
 26
 −20
 3

2–2
1–3
0–3
0–0
1–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Group F


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F











































































































































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1
 England
 10
 8
 2
 0
 18
 3
 +15
 26
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2–1
3–0
1–0
2–0
2–0
2
 Slovakia
 10
 6
 0
 4
 17
 7
 +10
 18


0–1
 —
3–0
1–0
4–0
3–0
3
 Scotland
 10
 5
 3
 2
 17
 12
 +5
 18

2–2
1–0
 —
1–0
1–1
2–0
4
 Slovenia
 10
 4
 3
 3
 12
 7
 +5
 15

0–0
1–0
2–2
 —
4–0
2–0
5
 Lithuania
 10
 1
 3
 6
 7
 20
 −13
 6

0–1
1–2
0–3
2–2
 —
2–0
6
 Malta
 10
 0
 1
 9
 3
 25
 −22
 1

0–4
1–3
1–5
0–1
1–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Group G


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G












































































































































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1
 Spain
 10
 9
 1
 0
 36
 3
 +33
 28
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3–0
3–0
4–1
4–0
8–0
2
 Italy
 10
 7
 2
 1
 21
 8
 +13
 23
 Advance to second round

1–1
 —
2–0
1–0
1–1
5–0
3
 Albania
 10
 4
 1
 5
 10
 13
 −3
 13


0–2
0–1
 —
0–3
2–1
2–0
4
 Israel
 10
 4
 0
 6
 10
 15
 −5
 12

0–1
1–3
0–3
 —
0–1
2–1
5
 Macedonia
 10
 3
 2
 5
 15
 15
 0
 11

1–2
2–3
1–1
1–2
 —
4–0
6
 Liechtenstein
 10
 0
 0
 10
 1
 39
 −38
 0

0–8
0–4
0–2
0–1
0–3
 —

Source: FIFA


Group H


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H












































































































































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1
 Belgium
 10
 9
 1
 0
 43
 6
 +37
 28
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—
1–1
4–0
8–1
4–0
9–0
2
 Greece
 10
 5
 4
 1
 17
 6
 +11
 19
 Advance to second round

1–2
 —
1–1
0–0
2–0
4–0
3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 10
 5
 2
 3
 24
 13
 +11
 17


3–4
0–0
 —
5–0
2–0
5–0
4
 Estonia
 10
 3
 2
 5
 13
 19
 −6
 11

0–2
0–2
1–2
 —
1–0
4–0
5
 Cyprus
 10
 3
 1
 6
 9
 18
 −9
 10

0–3
1–2
3–2
0–0
 —
3–1
6
 Gibraltar
 10
 0
 0
 10
 3
 47
 −44
 0

0–6
1–4
0–4
0–6
1–2
 —

Source: FIFA


Group I


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I












































































































































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1
 Iceland
 10
 7
 1
 2
 16
 7
 +9
 22
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1–0
2–0
2–0
3–2
2–0
2
 Croatia
 10
 6
 2
 2
 15
 4
 +11
 20
 Advance to second round

2–0
 —
1–0
1–1
1–1
1–0
3
 Ukraine
 10
 5
 2
 3
 13
 9
 +4
 17


1–1
0–2
 —
2–0
1–0
3–0
4
 Turkey
 10
 4
 3
 3
 14
 13
 +1
 15

0–3
1–0
2–2
 —
2–0
2–0
5
 Finland
 10
 2
 3
 5
 9
 13
 −4
 9

1–0
0–1
1–2
2–2
 —
1–1
6
 Kosovo
 10
 0
 1
 9
 3
 24
 −21
 1

1–2
0–6
0–2
1–4
0–1
 —

Source: FIFA


Ranking of second-placed teams


When the draw was made groups H and I had one team fewer than the other groups so it was decided that matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups would not be included in the ranking of the second-placed teams. Even after the admission of Kosovo and Gibraltar, and with all groups now containing six teams, this rule did not change and matches against the sixth-placed team in all groups were still discarded.[26] As a result, only eight matches played by each team were counted in the second-placed table.


The eight best runners-up were determined by the following parameters, in this order:[27]



  1. Highest number of points

  2. Goal difference

  3. Highest number of goals scored

  4. Fair play points

  5. Drawing of lots









































































































































Pos
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1
B
  Switzerland
 8
 7
 0
 1
 18
 6
 +12
 21
 Advance to second round (play-offs)
2
G
 Italy
 8
 5
 2
 1
 12
 8
 +4
 17
3
E
 Denmark
 8
 4
 2
 2
 13
 6
 +7
 14
4
I
 Croatia
 8
 4
 2
 2
 8
 4
 +4
 14
5
A
 Sweden
 8
 4
 1
 3
 18
 9
 +9
 13
6
C
 Northern Ireland
 8
 4
 1
 3
 10
 6
 +4
 13
7
H
 Greece
 8
 3
 4
 1
 9
 5
 +4
 13
8
D
 Republic of Ireland
 8
 3
 4
 1
 7
 5
 +2
 13
9
F
 Slovakia
 8
 4
 0
 4
 11
 6
 +5
 12

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.[28][27]


Second round


Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round

The eight best group runners-up contested the second round, where they were paired into four two-legged (home-and-away) fixtures.



Seeding and draw


The draw for the second round (play-offs) was held on 17 October 2017, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[29] The eight teams were seeded by FIFA World Rankings published on 16 October 2017, rather than qualifying record, with the top four teams in Pot 1, and the remaining four teams in Pot 2. It so happened that the top four teams by qualifying record were the same as the top four by FIFA World Ranking. Teams from Pot 1 played teams from Pot 2 on a home and away basis, with the order of legs decided by draw.











Pot 1
 Pot 2

  Switzerland (11)
 Italy (15)
 Croatia (18)
 Denmark (19)

 Northern Ireland (23)
 Sweden (25)
 Republic of Ireland (26)
 Greece (47)


Matches


The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. The winners of each tie qualified for the World Cup.






































Team 1
Agg.
 Team 2
 1st leg
 2nd leg

Northern Ireland 
 0–1
  Switzerland
0–1
0–0

Croatia 
 4–1
 Greece
4–1
0–0

Denmark 
 5–1
 Republic of Ireland
0–0
5–1

Sweden 
 1–0
 Italy
1–0
0–0


Qualified teams


The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.





























































































Team
 Qualified as
 Qualified on
 Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Russia Hosts 2 December 2010 10 (19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994, 2002, 2014)
 France Group A winners 10 October 2017 14 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Portugal Group B winners 10 October 2017 6 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Germany Group C winners 5 October 2017 18 (1934, 1938, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19663, 19703, 19743, 19783, 19823, 19863, 19903, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Serbia Group D winners 9 October 2017 11 (19304, 19504, 19544, 19584, 19624, 19744, 19824, 19904, 19984, 20064, 2010)
 Poland Group E winners 8 October 2017 7 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006)
 England Group F winners 5 October 2017 14 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Spain Group G winners 6 October 2017 14 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Belgium Group H winners 3 September 2017 12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014)
 Iceland Group I winners 9 October 2017 0 (debut)
  Switzerland Second round (play-off) winners 12 November 2017 10 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 Croatia Second round (play-off) winners 12 November 2017 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014)
 Denmark Second round (play-off) winners 14 November 2017 4 (1986, 1998, 2002, 2010)
 Sweden Second round (play-off) winners 13 November 2017 11 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006)



1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.


2 Competed as Soviet Union.


3 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.


4 From 1930 to 2006, Serbia competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.



Top goalscorers


16 goals



  • Poland Robert Lewandowski


15 goals



  • Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo


11 goals




  • Belgium Romelu Lukaku


  • Denmark Christian Eriksen



9 goals



  • Portugal André Silva


8 goals



  • Sweden Marcus Berg


7 goals



  • Montenegro Stevan Jovetić


6 goals




  • Belgium Eden Hazard


  • Greece Kostas Mitroglou


  • Italy Ciro Immobile


  • Netherlands Arjen Robben


  • Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović


  • Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko



For full lists of goalscorers, see sections in each group:


  • Group A

  • Group B

  • Group C

  • Group D

  • Group E

  • Group F

  • Group G

  • Group H

  • Group I

  • Play-offs





Branding


UEFA unveiled the branding for the qualifiers on 15 April 2013. It shows a national jersey inside a heart, and represents Europe, honour and ambition. The same branding was also used for the European qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 2016.[30]



Broadcasting


Main article: UEFA European Qualifiers broadcasting rights


Sponsors



  • Carlsberg

  • Continental AG

  • Hisense

  • Konami

  • SOCAR

  • Turkish Airlines

  • Würth

  • Adidas



References





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External links




  • Official FIFA World Cup website

    • Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com



  • FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com











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