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: Germany, 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Slovakia Northern Ireland Luxembourg
1  Germany (X) 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, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(X) Assured of a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking; may still qualify directly

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).

Slovakia v Germany
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Northern Ireland v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Northern Ireland v Germany
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Northern Ireland v Luxembourg
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Germany v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[9]

  • 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

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

References

  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. ^ a b c "MISE EN VENTE DES ABONNEMENTS POUR LES EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS". flf.lu (in French). Luxembourg Football Federation. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "kvalifikácii MS: Slováci na jeseň v kvalifikácii MS 2026 na domácej pôde v Bratislave, Trnave a Košiciach". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Slovak Football Association. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "WM-Qualifikation: DFB-Team gegen Slowakei, Nordirland und Luxemburg". dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Northern Ireland to begin World Cup qualifiers with two away fixtures". irishfa.com. Irish Football Association. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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