2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F 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.[1] Group F consisted of six teams: Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova and Scotland.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Denmark, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Scotland, and the fourth placed team, Austria, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Denmark | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |
2 | Scotland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 23 | Advance to play-offs | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
3 | Israel | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 16 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Austria | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 16 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
5 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
6 | Moldova | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
[edit]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).
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Scotland | 2–2 | Austria |
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Denmark | 8–0 | Moldova |
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Austria | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Israel | 1–1 | Scotland |
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Austria | 0–4 | Denmark |
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Moldova | 1–4 | Israel |
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Moldova | 0–2 | Austria |
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Israel | 5–2 | Austria |
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Denmark | 5–0 | Israel |
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Moldova | 0–4 | Denmark |
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Israel | 2–1 | Moldova |
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Austria | 4–2 | Israel |
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Denmark | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Austria | 4–1 | Moldova |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Aleksandar Dragović
- Konrad Laimer
- Dejan Ljubicic
- Christopher Trimmel
- Martin Braithwaite
- Jacob Bruun Larsen
- Andreas Cornelius
- Thomas Delaney
- Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
- Marcus Ingvartsen
- Mathias Jensen
- Christian Nørgaard
- Yussuf Poulsen
- Robert Skov
- Jens Stryger Larsen
- Daniel Wass
- Sonni Nattestad
- Meinhard Olsen
- Sølvi Vatnhamar
- Heini Vatnsdal
- Nir Bitton
- Bibras Natkho
- Cătălin Carp
- Nicolae Milinceanu
- Grant Hanley
- Scott McTominay
- Nathan Patterson
- John Souttar
Discipline
[edit]A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[38]
- 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:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Austria | Florian Grillitsch | vs Scotland (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (28 March 2021) |
vs Denmark (31 March 2021) |
Martin Hinteregger | vs Scotland (7 September 2021) vs Israel (12 November 2021) |
vs Moldova (15 November 2021) | |
Denmark | Christian Nørgaard | vs Israel (7 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 November 2021) |
vs Scotland (15 November 2021) |
Faroe Islands | Brandur Hendriksson | vs Austria (28 March 2021) vs Scotland (12 October 2021) |
vs Denmark (12 November 2021) |
René Joensen | vs Denmark (4 September 2021) | vs Moldova (7 September 2021) | |
vs Israel (1 September 2021) vs Austria (9 October 2021) |
vs Scotland (12 October 2021) | ||
Gunnar Vatnhamar | vs Moldova (25 March 2021) vs Denmark (12 November 2021) |
vs Israel (15 November 2021) | |
Israel | Hatem Abd Elhamed | vs Austria (4 September 2021) vs Denmark (7 September 2021) |
vs Scotland (9 October 2021) |
Moldova | Igor Armaș | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) |
vs Austria (1 September 2021) |
Cătălin Carp | vs Denmark (28 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) | ||
Artur Ioniță | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021) |
vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) | |
Denis Marandici | vs Denmark (9 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) |
vs Austria (15 November 2021) | |
Ion Nicolaescu | vs Israel (31 March 2021) | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Scotland (4 September 2021)[39] | |
Vadim Raţă | vs Faroe Islands (25 March 2021) vs Israel (31 March 2021) |
vs Austria (1 September 2021) | |
vs Israel (12 October 2021) vs Scotland (12 November 2021) |
vs Austria (15 November 2021) | ||
Oleg Reabciuk | vs Austria (1 September 2021) vs Faroe Islands (7 September 2021) |
vs Denmark (9 October 2021) | |
vs Israel (12 October 2021) | vs Scotland (12 November 2021) | ||
Scotland | Ryan Christie | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Faroe Islands (12 October 2021) |
vs Moldova (12 November 2021) |
Lyndon Dykes | |||
Grant Hanley | vs Austria (25 March 2021) vs Austria (7 September 2021) |
vs Israel (9 October 2021) | |
Nathan Patterson | vs Israel (9 October 2021) vs Moldova (12 November 2021) |
vs Denmark (15 November 2021) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).
- ^ a b The Israeli authorities have allowed the attendance of audiences at football matches (up to 5,000 seats), thanks to over 50% of Israel's population who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by then.
- ^ a b c d e f g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
- ^ The Moldova v Austria match, originally to be played at 21:45 UTC+3, was delayed by 30 minutes because a drone invaded the pitch.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Israel vs. Denmark" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Moldova vs. Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Scotland vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Denmark vs. Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Austria vs. Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Israel vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Austria vs. Denmark" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Moldova vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Scotland vs. Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Denmark vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Faroe Islands vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Moldavia-Austria, drone sorvola il terreno da gioco: slitta l'inizio della partita". sportface.it (in Italian). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Moldova vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Faroe Islands vs. Denmark" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Israel vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Scotland vs. Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Austria vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Denmark vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Faroe Islands vs. Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Scotland vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Faroe Islands vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Moldova vs. Denmark" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Denmark vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Faroe Islands vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Israel vs. Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Moldova vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Austria vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Denmark vs. Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Austria vs. Moldova" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Israel vs. Faroe Islands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Scotland vs. Denmark" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Booking list" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com
- European Qualifiers, UEFA.com
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 2020–21 in Austrian football
- 2021–22 in Austrian football
- 2020–21 in Danish football
- 2021–22 in Danish football
- Denmark at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- 2021 in Faroe Islands football
- 2020–21 in Israeli football
- 2021–22 in Israeli football
- 2020–21 in Moldovan football
- 2021–22 in Moldovan football
- 2020–21 in Scottish football
- 2021–22 in Scottish football