2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E is one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group E consists of five teams: Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Wales.[2] The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

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
1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 24 Mar 5 Sep 30 Mar 13 Nov
2  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round 16 Nov — 30 Mar 13 Nov 8 Sep
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Mar 8 Oct — 2 Sep 16 Nov
4  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sep 5 Sep 11 Oct — 27 Mar
5  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sep 11 Oct 24 Mar 8 Oct —
First match(es) will be played on 24 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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).

Belgium v Wales
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Estonia v Czech Republic
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Belarus v Estonia
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Czech Republic v Belgium
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Belgium v Belarus
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Wales v Czech Republic
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Czech Republic v Belarus
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Estonia v Belgium
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Belarus v Wales
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Belgium v Czech Republic
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Belarus v Belgium
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Wales v Estonia
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Czech Republic v Wales
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Estonia v Belarus
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Belarus v Czech Republic
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Estonia v Wales
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Belgium v Estonia
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Wales v Belarus
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Czech Republic v Estonia
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Wales v Belgium
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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[7]

  • 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 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1–2 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 3–8).

References
  1. "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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