2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Group_E

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E 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 E consisted of five teams: Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Wales.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Wales, and the third-placed team, the Czech Republic, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
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).

More information Belgium, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 0[7][note 2]
More information Estonia, 2–6 ...
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
More information Belarus, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 3,611[9]
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Ireland)
More information Czech Republic, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 0[10][note 2]
More information Belgium, 8–0 ...
Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
More information Wales, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
More information Czech Republic, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 7,218[13]
More information Estonia, 2–5 ...
Attendance: 6,685[14]
More information Belarus, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 0[16][note 3]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
More information Belgium, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 21,416[17]
More information Belarus, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 0[18][note 3]
More information Wales, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 21,624[19]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
More information Czech Republic, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 16,856[20]
More information Estonia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 3,597[21]
More information Belarus, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 0[22][note 3]
More information Estonia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 5,118[23]
More information Belgium, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 29,865[24]
More information Wales, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 27,152[25]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
More information Czech Republic, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 10,076[26]
More information Wales, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 32,343[27]

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[28]

  • 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 Team, Player ...

Notes

  1. [N 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).
  2. [N 2]
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. [N 3]
    The match was played behind closed doors.

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