2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J 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 J consists of five teams: Belgium, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia and Wales. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Belgium will be involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs 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
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Wales North Macedonia Kazakhstan Liechtenstein
1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 9 Jun 10 Oct 7 Sep 18 Nov
2  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs 13 Oct — 18 Nov 22 Mar 6 Jun
3  North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jun 25 Mar — 13 Oct 7 Sep
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Nov 4 Sep 9 Jun — 10 Oct
5  Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep 15 Nov 22 Mar 25 Mar —
First match(es) will be played: 22 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).

Liechtenstein v North Macedonia
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Wales v Kazakhstan
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Liechtenstein v Kazakhstan
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North Macedonia v Wales
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North Macedonia v Belgium
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Wales v Liechtenstein
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Kazakhstan v North Macedonia
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Belgium v Wales
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Kazakhstan v Wales
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Liechtenstein v Belgium
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North Macedonia v Liechtenstein
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Belgium v Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan v Liechtenstein
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Belgium v North Macedonia
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North Macedonia v Kazakhstan
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Wales v Belgium
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Kazakhstan v Belgium
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Liechtenstein v Wales
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Belgium v Liechtenstein
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Wales v North Macedonia
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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[5]

  • 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. ^ 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).

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. ^ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.