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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
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
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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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).

Israel  0–2  Denmark
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Moldova  1–1  Faroe Islands
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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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Scotland  4–0  Faroe Islands
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Denmark  2–0  Scotland
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Attendance: 34,562[16]
Faroe Islands  0–4  Israel
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Moldova  0–2  Austria
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Faroe Islands  0–1  Denmark
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Attendance: 4,620[20]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Israel  5–2  Austria
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Attendance: 13,550[21]
Scotland  1–0  Moldova
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Attendance: 40,869[22]

Austria  0–1  Scotland
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Denmark  5–0  Israel
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Attendance: 35,158[24]
Faroe Islands  2–1  Moldova
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Scotland  3–2  Israel
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Attendance: 50,585[26]
Faroe Islands  0–2  Austria
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Moldova  0–4  Denmark
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Denmark  1–0  Austria
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Attendance: 35,843[29]
Faroe Islands  0–1  Scotland
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Attendance: 4,233[30]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Israel  2–1  Moldova
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Moldova  0–2  Scotland
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Austria  4–2  Israel
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Denmark  3–1  Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 35,531[34]

Austria  4–1  Moldova
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Israel  3–2  Faroe Islands
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Scotland  2–0  Denmark
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Goalscorers

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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

Discipline

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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)
  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

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  4. ^ 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

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