The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group L 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 L consists of five teams: the loser of quarter-final 2 (France or Croatia), the Czech Republic, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar and Montenegro. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as the loser of quarter-final 2 (France or Croatia) will be 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).
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).
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
^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).
