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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2]

The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Slovakia, were eliminated as the worst runners-up.[1]

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]

More information Lithuania, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 4,114
More information Slovakia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 18,111
More information Malta, 1–5 ...
Attendance: 15,069
More information England, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 81,781
More information Scotland, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 35,966
More information Slovenia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 10,492
More information Lithuania, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 5,067
More information Slovakia, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 11,098
More information Slovenia, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 13,274
More information England, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 87,258
More information Malta, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 4,207
More information Slovakia, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 9,653
More information England, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 77,690
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
More information Malta, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 4,980
More information Scotland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 20,435
More information Scotland, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 48,520
More information Slovenia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 7,839
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
More information Lithuania, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 4,083
More information Lithuania, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 5,067
More information Malta, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 16,994
More information Slovakia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 16,896
More information England, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 67,823
More information Scotland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 26,371
More information Slovenia, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 6,230
More information England, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 61,598
More information Malta, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 3,431
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
More information Scotland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 46,773
More information Lithuania, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 5,067
More information Slovakia, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 17,774
More information Slovenia, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 11,123

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[6]

  • 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:

More information Player, Team ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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