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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group G consisted of six teams: Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Netherlands, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Turkey, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 23 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Turkey |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 21 | Advance to play-offs | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | |
| 3 | Norway |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | Montenegro |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 12 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 5 | Latvia |
10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 9 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Gibraltar |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 43 | −39 | 0 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — |
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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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| Gibraltar | 0–3 | Norway |
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| Latvia | 1–2 | Montenegro |
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| Netherlands | 2–0 | Latvia |
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Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
| Gibraltar | 0–7 | Netherlands |
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| Turkey | 3–3 | Latvia |
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| Latvia | 3–1 | Gibraltar |
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| Norway | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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| Latvia | 0–2 | Norway |
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| Gibraltar | 0–3 | Turkey |
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| Netherlands | 6–1 | Turkey |
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| Norway | 5–1 | Gibraltar |
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| Turkey | 1–1 | Norway |
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| Norway | 2–0 | Montenegro |
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| Turkey | 6–0 | Gibraltar |
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| Gibraltar | 1–3 | Latvia |
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| Montenegro | 1–2 | Turkey |
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There were 104 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.
12 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tjay De Barr- Liam Walker
Andrejs Cigaņiks- Dāvis Ikaunieks
- Jānis Ikaunieks
- Raimonds Krollis
- Roberts Savaļnieks
Risto Radunović- Marko Simić
- Žarko Tomašević
- Nikola Vujnović
- Ilija Vukotić
Donny van de Beek- Steven Bergwijn
- Arnaut Danjuma
- Virgil van Dijk
- Denzel Dumfries
- Cody Gakpo
- Guus Til
Jonas Svensson
Merih Demiral- Orkun Kökçü
- Mert Müldür
- Çağlar Söyüncü
- Yusuf Yazıcı
1 own goal
- Merih Demiral (against Latvia)
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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[39]
- 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:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Gibraltar | Louie Annesley |  vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Latvia (1 September 2021) | vs Turkey (4 September 2021) |
| Tjay De Barr | vs Netherlands (30 March 2021) vs Turkey (4 September 2021) | vs Norway (7 September 2021) | |
| Kyle Goldwin | vs Montenegro (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (8 October 2021) | vs Netherlands (11 October 2021) | |
| Aymen Mouelhi | vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Norway (7 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (8 October 2021) | |
| Jayce Olivero |  vs Turkey (13 November 2021) | vs Latvia (16 November 2021) | |
| Latvia | Antonijs Černomordijs | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021) | vs Norway (4 September 2021) |
| Eduards Emsis | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (13 November 2021) | vs Gibraltar (16 November 2021) | |
| Vladislavs Fjodorovs | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (4 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (7 September 2021) | |
| Vladislavs Gutkovskis | vs Norway (4 September 2021) vs Montenegro (7 September 2021) | vs Netherlands (8 October 2021) | |
| Vladimirs Kamešs | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (30 March 2021) | vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021) | |
| Krišs Kārkliņš | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (27 March 2021) | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) | |
| Montenegro | Uroš Đurđević | vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Latvia (7 September 2021) | vs Gibraltar (8 October 2021) |
| Stefan Savić | vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Netherlands (4 September 2021) | vs Latvia (7 September 2021) | |
| Marko Vešović |  vs Norway (11 October 2021) | vs Netherlands (13 November 2021) | |
| Igor Vujačić | vs Latvia (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (1 September 2021) | vs Netherlands (4 September 2021) | |
| Netherlands | Daley Blind | vs Latvia (27 March 2021) vs Norway (1 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (4 September 2021) |
| Matthijs de Ligt | vs Czech Republic in UEFA Euro 2020 (27 June 2021) | vs Norway (1 September 2021)[40] | |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | vs Turkey (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (7 September 2021) | vs Latvia (8 October 2021) | |
| Norway | Stian Rode Gregersen | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (11 October 2021) | vs Latvia (13 November 2021) |
| Alexander Sørloth | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (30 March 2021) | vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) | |
| Morten Thorsby | vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) vs Turkey (8 October 2021) | vs Montenegro (11 October 2021) | |
| Kristian Thorstvedt | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) | vs Montenegro (30 March 2021) vs Netherlands (1 September 2021)[41] | |
| Turkey | Ozan Kabak | vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | vs Norway (8 October 2021) |
| Orkun Kökçü | vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | ||
| Mert Müldür | vs Norway (27 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021) | vs Montenegro (16 November 2021) | |
| Çağlar Söyüncü | vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | vs Norway (8 October 2021) | |
| Yusuf Yazıcı | vs Norway (8 October 2021) vs Latvia (11 October 2021) | vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021) | |
| Burak Yılmaz | vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Montenegro (1 September 2021) | vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021) |
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- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
- The Norway v Turkey match, originally to be played at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, was moved to Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (Spain), due to the travel ban in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[12]
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