2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The **UEFA 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification** tournament was held from 4 September 2016 and 14 November 2017 and was used to determine which European teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Robert Lewandowski was the top scorer, with 16 goals.

## First round

The first round consisted of 9 groups made up of 6 teams each. The winners of each group directly qualified for the world cup, while the best runners-up moved on to the second round. The draw occurred on 25 July 2015 in Saint Petersburg.

### Group A

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|7|2|1|18|6|+12|**23**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|1|3|26|9|+17|**19**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|6|1|3|21|12|+9|**19**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|1|5|14|19|-5|**13**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|1|3|6|8|26|–18|**6**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|1|2|7|6|21|–15|**5**||||||||||||

### Group B

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|9|0|1|32|4|+28|**27**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|9|0|1|23|7|+16|**27**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|4|1|5|14|14|0|**13**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|2|3|5|4|16|-12|**9**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|2|1|7|7|18|–11|**7**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|1|1|8|2|23|–21|**4**||||||||||||

### Group C

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|10|0|0|43|4|+39|**30**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|1|3|17|6|+11|**19**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|3|3|17|10|+7|**15**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|4|1|5|17|16|+1|**13**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|3|1|6|10|19|–9|**10**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|0|10|2|51|–49|**0**||||||||||||

### Group D

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|6|3|1|20|10|+10|**21**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|5|4|1|12|6|+6|**19**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|4|5|1|13|6|+7|**17**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|3|3|14|12|+2|**15**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|0|5|5|8|14|–6|**5**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|2|8|4|23|–19|**2**||||||||||||

### Group E

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|8|1|1|28|14|+14|**25**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|2|2|20|8|+12|**20**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|5|1|4|20|12|+8|**16**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|3|4|3|12|10|+2|**13**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|2|1|7|10|26|–16|**7**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|3|7|6|26|–20|**3**||||||||||||

### Group F

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|8|2|0|18|3|+15|**26**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|0|4|17|7|+10|**18**|align=center rowspan=5|||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|5|3|2|17|12|+5|**18**||||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|3|3|12|7|+5|**15**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|1|3|6|7|20|–13|**6**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|1|9|3|25|–22|**1**||||||||||||

### Group G

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|9|1|0|36|3|+33|**28**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|7|2|1|21|8|+13|**23**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|4|1|5|10|13|-3|**13**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|0|6|10|15|-5|**12**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|3|2|5|15|15|0|**11**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|0|10|1|39|–38|**0**||||||||||||

### Group H

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|9|1|0|43|6|+37|**28**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|5|4|1|17|6|+11|**19**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|5|2|3|24|13|+11|**17**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|3|2|5|13|19|–6|**11**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|3|1|6|9|18|-9|**10**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|0|10|3|47|–44|**0**||||||||||||

### Group I

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|7|1|2|16|7|+9|**22**|align=center|Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|2|2|15|4|+11|**20**|align=center|Second round||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|5|2|3|13|9|+4|**17**|align=center rowspan=4|||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|4|3|3|14|13|+1|**15**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|2|3|5|9|13|–4|**9**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|0|1|9|3|24|–21|**1**||||||||||||

### Ranking of runners-up

|width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos|width=210|Team|width=30 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=30 abbr="Won"|W|width=30 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=30 abbr="Lost"|L|width=30 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=30 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=30 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=30 abbr="Points"|Pts|width=260 abbr="Points"|Moves on to|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align=left||10|9|0|1|23|7|+16|**27**|align=center rowspan=8|Second round||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|7|2|1|21|8|+13|**23**||||||||||||
|3|align=left||10|6|2|2|20|8|+12|**20**||||||||||||
|4|align=left||10|6|2|2|15|4|+11|**20**||||||||||||
|5|align=left||10|6|1|3|26|9|+17|**19**||||||||||||
|6|align=left||10|6|1|3|17|6|+11|**19**||||||||||||
|7|align=left||10|5|4|1|17|6|+11|**19**||||||||||||
|8|align=left||10|5|4|1|12|6|+6|**19**||||||||||||
|2|align=left||10|6|0|4|17|7|+10|**18**||||||||||||

## Second round

The best runners-up from the first round qualified for the second round. The draw occurred on 17 October 2017 in Zurich. The teams who win these matches will finally qualify for the world cup.

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## Qualified teams

|width=160|Team|width=140|Qualified as|width=140|Qualified on|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left||align=left|Group H winners|align=left|3 September 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Second round winners|align=left|12 November 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Second round winners|align=left|14 November 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group F winners|align=left|5 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group A winners|align=left|10 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group C winners|align=left|5 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group I winners|align=left|9 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group E winners|align=left|8 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group B winners|align=left|10 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Host|align=left|2 December 2010|
|align=left||align=left|Group D winners|align=left|9 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Group G winners|align=left|6 October 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Second round winners|align=left|13 November 2017|
|align=left||align=left|Second round winners|align=left|12 November 2017|

## Other websites

- Qualifiers – Europe , FIFA.com
- FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com