2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group J was one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.[1] Group J consisted of five teams: Belgium, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia and Wales. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Belgium were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Wales, advanced to the second round (play-offs). In addition, North Macedonia advanced to the play-offs via their Nations League ranking.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Wales North Macedonia Kazakhstan Liechtenstein
1  Belgium 8 5 3 0 29 7 +22 18 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup — 4–3 0–0 6–0 7–0
2  Wales 8 5 1 2 21 11 +10 16 Advance to play-offs 2–4 — 7–1 3–1 3–0
3  North Macedonia 8 3 4 1 13 10 +3 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 5–0
4  Kazakhstan 8 2 2 4 9 13 −4 8 1–1 0–1 0–1 — 4–0
5  Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0 31 −31 0 0–6 0–1 0–3 0–2 —
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 0–3 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 4,094[5]
Wales 3–1 Kazakhstan
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Attendance: 32,473[6]
Liechtenstein 0–2 Kazakhstan
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Attendance: 1,123[7]
North Macedonia 1–1 Wales
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Attendance: 23,114[8]
North Macedonia 1–1 Belgium
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Attendance: 23,070[9]
Wales 3–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 30,646[10]
Kazakhstan 0–1 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 27,694[11]
Belgium 4–3 Wales
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Attendance: 33,653[12]
Kazakhstan 0–1 Wales
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Attendance: 28,219[13]
Liechtenstein 0–6 Belgium
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Attendance: 3,158[14]
North Macedonia 5–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 8,693[15]
Belgium 6–0 Kazakhstan
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Attendance: 15,119[16]
Kazakhstan 4–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 26,539[17]
Belgium 0–0 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 18,583[18]
North Macedonia 1–1 Kazakhstan
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Attendance: 19,929[19]
Wales 2–4 Belgium
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Attendance: 32,803[20]
Kazakhstan 1–1 Belgium
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Attendance: 28,012[21]
Liechtenstein 0–1 Wales
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Attendance: 5,563[22]
Belgium 7–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 26,253[23]
Wales 7–1 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 32,154[24]

Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[25]

  • 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:[26]

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Belgium Thomas Meunier Yellow card vs North Macedonia (6 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Wales (13 October 2025)		 vs Kazakhstan (15 November 2025)
Rudi Garcia (manager) Yellow card vs Wales (9 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Wales (13 October 2025)		 vs Kazakhstan (15 November 2025)
 Kazakhstan Serhiy Malyi Yellow card vs North Macedonia (9 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Wales (4 September 2025)		 vs Belgium (7 September 2025)
Maksim Samorodov Yellow card vs Wales (22 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (10 October 2025)		 vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025)
Islambek Kuat Yellow card vs North Macedonia (9 June 2025)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025)		 vs Belgium (15 November 2025)
Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (10 October 2025)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (13 October 2025)		 vs Belgium (15 November 2025)
 Liechtenstein Felix Oberwaditzer Yellow card vs Kazakhstan (25 March 2025)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (7 September 2025)		 vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2025)
Jens Hofer Yellow card vs North Macedonia (22 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Kazakhstan (10 October 2025)		 vs Wales (15 November 2025)
 North Macedonia Nikola Serafimov Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (22 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Wales (25 March 2025)		 vs Belgium (6 June 2025)
Blagoja Milevski (manager) Yellow card vs Wales (25 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Belgium (6 June 2025)		 vs Kazakhstan (9 June 2025)
Visar Musliu Yellow card vs Belgium (6 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Kazakhstan (9 June 2025)		 vs Liechtenstein (7 September 2025)
Bojan Ilievski Yellow card vs Belgium (6 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (7 September 2025)		 vs Belgium (10 October 2025)
 Wales Harry Wilson Yellow card vs Belgium (9 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Belgium (13 October 2025)		 vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025)
Ethan Ampadu Yellow card vs Belgium (9 June 2025)
Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025)		 vs North Macedonia (18 November 2025)
Jordan James Yellow card vs North Macedonia (25 March 2025)
Yellow card vs Liechtenstein (15 November 2025)		 vs North Macedonia (18 November 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).

References

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