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).
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1 | Belgium | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 20 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |
2 | Wales | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 14 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
4 | Estonia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 4 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–6 | — | 2–0 | ||
5 | Belarus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — |
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).
Belgium | 3–1 | Wales |
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Belarus | 4–2 | Estonia |
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Czech Republic | 1–1 | Belgium |
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Czech Republic | 1–0 | Belarus |
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Belarus | 2–3 | Wales |
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Belgium | 3–0 | Czech Republic |
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Belarus | 0–1 | Belgium |
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Estonia | 0–1 | Wales |
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Belgium | 3–1 | Estonia |
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Wales | 5–1 | Belarus |
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Wales | 1–1 | Belgium |
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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
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [28]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Belarus | Artyom Bykov | vs Wales (5 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (11 October 2021) |
vs Wales (13 November 2021) |
Max Ebong | vs Czech Republic (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (8 September 2021) |
vs Estonia (8 October 2021) | |
Belgium | Romelu Lukaku | vs Estonia (2 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) |
vs Belarus (8 September 2021) |
Jan Vertonghen | vs Czech Republic (27 March 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) | ||
Czech Republic | Antonín Barák | vs Belgium (5 September 2021) vs Wales (8 October 2021) |
vs Belarus (11 October 2021) |
Patrik Schick | vs Wales (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (5 September 2021) [29] | |
Estonia | Henri Anier | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) |
vs Wales (11 October 2021) |
Vladislav Kreida | vs Wales (8 September 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) | ||
Märten Kuusk | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Wales (11 October 2021) |
vs Belgium (13 November 2021) | |
Karl Rudolf Õigus | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) | vs Belgium (2 September 2021) | |
Wales | Ethan Ampadu | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Belarus (13 November 2021) |
vs Belgium (16 November 2021) |
Kieffer Moore | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Estonia (11 October 2021) |
vs Belarus (13 November 2021) | |
Connor Roberts | vs Czech Republic (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (5 September 2021) | |
Harry Wilson | vs Denmark in UEFA Euro 2020 (26 June 2021) [30] |