2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G 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 G consists of five teams: Finland, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as the Netherlands were involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they will not begin their qualifying campaign until June 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup		—	7 Sep	1–0	14 Nov	2–0
2	Finland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to play-offs		10 Jun	—	9 Oct	7 Jun	14 Nov
3	Lithuania	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1			12 Oct	2–2	—	7 Sep	4 Sep
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			4 Sep	12 Oct	17 Nov	—	10 Jun
5	Malta	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0			17 Nov	0–1	7 Jun	9 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 March 2025. 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).

Malta	0–1	Finland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Antman 38'

21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)

20:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 5,106^[5]

Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Poland	1–0	Lithuania
Lewandowski 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)

20:45

Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

Attendance: 55,738^[6]

Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)

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Lithuania	2–2	Finland
Kučys 39' Gineitis 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kairinen 4' Pohjanpalo 17' (pen.)

24 March 2025 (2025-03-24)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 10,421^[7]

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Poland	2–0	Malta
Świderski 27', 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

24 March 2025 (2025-03-24)

20:45

Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

Attendance: 45,872^[8]

Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

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Malta	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 June 2025 (2025-06-07)

18:00

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Finland	v	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 June 2025 (2025-06-07)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

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Finland	v	Poland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Netherlands	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)

20:45

Euroborg, Groningen

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Lithuania	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Netherlands	v	Poland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

20:45

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Lithuania	v	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 September 2025 (2025-09-07)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Poland	v	Finland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 September 2025 (2025-09-07)

20:45

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Finland	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Malta	v	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)

20:45

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Lithuania	v	Poland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Netherlands	v	Finland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12)

18:00

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Finland	v	Malta
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

14 November 2025 (2025-11-14)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Poland	v	Netherlands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

14 November 2025 (2025-11-14)

20:45

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Malta	v	Poland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

17 November 2025 (2025-11-17)

20:45

Netherlands	v	Lithuania
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

17 November 2025 (2025-11-17)

20:45

Goalscorers

There have been 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 24 March 2025).

2 goals

• Karol Świderski

1 goal

• Oliver Antman
• Kaan Kairinen
• Joel Pohjanpalo
• Gvidas Gineitis
• Armandas Kučys
• Robert Lewandowski

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)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:^[10]

Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Malta	Gabriel Mentz	vs Andorra in 2024–25 UEFA Nations League (19 November 2024)	vs Finland (21 March 2025) vs Poland (24 March 2025) vs Lithuania (7 June 2025)
	Kurt Shaw	vs Finland (21 March 2025)	vs Poland (24 March 2025)
	Ilyas Chouaref	vs Poland (24 March 2025)	vs Lithuania (7 June 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).