2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, and Andorra.

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 will qualify directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Among the nine group runners-up, the eight best runners-up will advance to the play-offs, where they will be drawn into four home-and-away ties to determine the other four qualifiers.^[1]

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[3] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Goal difference Goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) 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 Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6	12	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	7 Oct '17	2–0	25 Mar '17	31 Aug '17
2	Portugal	4	3	0	1	16	3	+13	9	Possible second round^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10 Oct '17	—	25 Mar '17	31 Aug '17	4–1	6–0
3	Hungary	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7		2–3	3 Sep '17	—	10 Oct '17	31 Aug '17	4–0
4	Faroe Islands	4	1	1	2	2	8	−6	4		9 Jun '17	0–6	0–0	—	7 Oct '17	3 Sep '17
5	Latvia	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3		3 Sep '17	9 Jun '17	0–2	0–2	—	10 Oct '17
6	Andorra	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0		1–2	7 Oct '17	9 Jun '17	25 Mar '17	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

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]

Andorra v Latvia

6 September 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Andorra	0–1	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Šabala 48'

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Faroe Islands v Hungary

6 September 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	0–0	Hungary
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,066
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Switzerland v Portugal

6 September 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	2–0	Portugal
Embolo 24' Mehmedi 30'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Hungary v Switzerland

7 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Hungary	2–3	Switzerland
Szalai 53', 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Seferović 51' Rodríguez 67' Stocker 89'

Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 21,668
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Latvia v Faroe Islands

7 October 2016
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	0–2	Faroe Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Nattestad 19' Edmundsson 70'

Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Portugal v Andorra

7 October 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal	6–0	Andorra
Ronaldo 2', 4', 47', 68' Cancelo 44' A. Silva 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Estádio Municipal, Aveiro
Attendance: 25,120
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

Andorra v Switzerland

10 October 2016
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Andorra	1–2	Switzerland
A. Martínez 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Schär 19' (pen.) Mehmedi 77'

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 2,014
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Faroe Islands v Portugal

10 October 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	0–6	Portugal
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	A. Silva 12', 22', 37' Ronaldo 65' Moutinho 90+1' Cancelo 90+3'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Latvia v Hungary

10 October 2016
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	0–2	Hungary
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gyurcsó 10' Szalai 77'

Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 4,715
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Hungary v Andorra

13 November 2016
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

Hungary	4–0	Andorra
Gera 34' Lang 43' Gyurcsó 73' Szalai 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 20,479
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Switzerland v Faroe Islands

13 November 2016
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

Switzerland	2–0	Faroe Islands
Derdiyok 27' Lichtsteiner 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Swissporarena, Lucerne
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

Portugal v Latvia

13 November 2016
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Portugal	4–1	Latvia
Ronaldo 28' (pen.), 85' Carvalho 70' Alves 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Zjuzins 67'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 20,744
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Andorra v Faroe Islands

25 March 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

Andorra	v	Faroe Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Switzerland v Latvia

25 March 2017
18:00
(18:00 UTC+1)

Switzerland	v	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Portugal v Hungary

25 March 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Portugal	v	Hungary
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Andorra v Hungary

9 June 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Andorra	v	Hungary
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Faroe Islands v Switzerland

9 June 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	v	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Latvia v Portugal

9 June 2017
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	v	Portugal
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Hungary v Latvia

31 August 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Hungary	v	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Portugal v Faroe Islands

31 August 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal	v	Faroe Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Switzerland v Andorra

31 August 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	v	Andorra
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Faroe Islands v Andorra

3 September 2017
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	v	Andorra
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Hungary v Portugal

3 September 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Hungary	v	Portugal
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Latvia v Switzerland

3 September 2017
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	v	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Faroe Islands v Latvia

7 October 2017
18:00
(17:00 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	v	Latvia
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Andorra v Portugal

7 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Andorra	v	Portugal
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Switzerland v Hungary

7 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Switzerland	v	Hungary
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Hungary v Faroe Islands

10 October 2017
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Hungary	v	Faroe Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Latvia v Andorra

10 October 2017
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	v	Andorra
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Portugal v Switzerland

10 October 2017
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal	v	Switzerland
	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Goalscorers

There have been 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

7 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[3]

Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Player	Team	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	vs Portugal (6 September 2016)	vs Hungary (7 October 2016)
Marc Rebés	Andorra	vs Portugal (7 October 2016)	vs Switzerland (10 October 2016)
Jordi Rubio	Andorra	vs Portugal (7 October 2016)	vs Switzerland (10 October 2016)
Valon Behrami	Switzerland	vs Portugal (6 September 2016) vs Hungary (7 October 2016)	vs Andorra (10 October 2016)
Ildefons Lima	Andorra	vs Portugal (7 October 2016) vs Switzerland (10 October 2016)	vs Hungary (13 November 2016)
Tamás Kádár	Hungary	vs Faroe Islands (6 September 2016) vs Latvia (10 October 2016)	vs Andorra (13 November 2016)
Valērijs Šabala	Latvia	vs Andorra (6 September 2016) vs Hungary (10 October 2016)	vs Portugal (13 November 2016)
Pepe	Portugal	vs Andorra (7 October 2016) vs Faroe Islands (10 October 2016)	vs Latvia (13 November 2016)
Fróði Benjaminsen	Faroe Islands	vs Hungary (6 September 2016) vs Switzerland (13 November 2016)	vs Andorra (25 March 2017)
László Kleinheisler	Hungary	vs Faroe Islands (6 September 2016) vs Andorra (13 November 2016)	vs Portugal (25 March 2017)
Vitālijs Maksimenko	Latvia	vs Faroe Islands (7 October 2016) vs Portugal (13 November 2016)	vs Switzerland (25 March 2017)

Notes

↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 13 November 2016 and 25 March 2017, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015.
↑ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
1 2 "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
↑ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015.
↑ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1, FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup, UEFA.com
- Standings – Qualifying round: Group B, UEFA.com

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

AFC	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round (play-off for 5th place)

CAF	First Round Second Round Third Round

CONCACAF	First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round Fifth Round

CONMEBOL	Round Robin

OFC	First Round Second Round (Nations Cup) Third Round

UEFA	First Round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Second Round (play-offs)

Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC OFC v CONMEBOL

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