The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H 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. Group H consisted of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The group winners, Croatia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Russia, advanced to the second round (play-offs), but they were later suspended by FIFA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Standings
Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Goalscorers
Discipline A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: 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:
TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es) Borna Barišić vs Slovenia (24 March 2021) vs Slovakia (11 October 2021) vs Malta (11 November 2021)Mateo Kovačić vs Cyprus (27 March 2021) vs Cyprus (8 October 2021) vs Slovakia (11 October 2021)Marko Rog vs Portugal in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (17 November 2020) vs Slovenia (24 March 2021)Domagoj Vida vs Slovenia (24 March 2021) vs Malta (30 March 2021) vs Russia (1 September 2021) Kostakis Artymatas vs Russia (4 September 2021) vs Croatia (8 October 2021) vs Malta (11 October 2021)Andreas Avraam vs Slovakia (7 September 2021) vs Croatia (8 October 2021)Constantinos Soteriou vs Malta (1 September 2021) vs Russia (4 September 2021) Ryan Camenzuli vs Slovakia (27 March 2021) vs Russia (7 September 2021) vs Slovenia (8 October 2021)Joseph Mbong vs Cyprus (1 September 2021) vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) vs Cyprus (11 October 2021)Enrico Pepe vs Slovenia (4 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 November 2021) vs Slovakia (14 November 2021)Alexander Satariano vs Slovenia (4 September 2021) vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) vs Cyprus (11 October 2021) Aleksei Miranchuk vs Slovenia (27 March 2021) vs Malta (7 September 2021) vs Slovakia (8 October 2021)Rifat Zhemaletdinov vs Malta (24 March 2021) vs Slovakia (30 March 2021) vs Croatia (1 September 2021) Dávid Hancko vs Cyprus (7 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021) vs Slovenia (11 November 2021)Juraj Kucka vs Russia (8 October 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021)Peter Pekarík vs Croatia (4 September 2021) vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) vs Malta (14 November 2021)Ivan Schranz vs Slovenia (1 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021) vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) Jaka Bijol vs Croatia (7 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) vs Slovakia (11 November 2021)Miha Blažič vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) vs Cyprus (14 November 2021)Adam Gnezda Čerin vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) vs Slovakia (11 November 2021)Josip Iličić vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) vs Malta (4 September 2021)Jasmin Kurtić vs Croatia (24 March 2021) vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) vs Malta (4 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) vs Slovakia (11 November 2021)Miha Mevlja vs Croatia (24 March 2021) vs Russia (27 March 2021) vs Cyprus (30 March 2021)
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References
External links
Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com