This Is The 2026 World Cup Qualification Schedule For The European Zone
JAKARTA - The European zone 2026 World Cup Qualifiers for the ninth match are scheduled to take place from 9 to 11 October local time and present many interesting matches.
Reporting from the official UEFA website, Wednesday, there was a match between the Portuguese national team and the Irish national team in the Group F match at the de Geneva Stadium, Geneva, Friday (14/11) at 02.45 WIB.
Portugal are of course aiming for victory in the match to maintain their position in first place in Group F standings, as well as widening their chances of qualifying directly for the 2026 World Cup finals.
Portugal currently needs at least three points from the remaining two games, including against Sweden to ensure they qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
If they succeed in securing victory against Ireland, Portugal will certainly qualify automatically as winners of Group F, without being affected by Hungarian results against Armenia.
The door to qualify directly for the World Cup is also owned by the Spanish national team who will face Geogia in the Group E match at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Stadium, Tbilisi, Sunday (16/11) at 00.00 WIB.
Spain is now in first place in the Group B standings for the 2026 World Cup Qualification in the European zone, nine points ahead of Georgia in third place.
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Spain could have ensured their move forward to the 2026 World Cup if they were able to beat Georgia in the match, with Turkey's record failing to gain full points against Bulgaria.
Apart from Portugal and Spain, there are two other countries that have the opportunity to ensure that they qualify automatically for the 2026 World Cup in this ninth match, Croatia.
In Group L matches, Croatia only needs one more point from the remaining two matches to be able to ensure they qualify for the 2026 World Cup and in the ninth match they will face the Faroe Islands, Saturday (15/11) at 02.45 WIB.
Meanwhile, in Group B matches, Switzerland can ensure that they qualify automatically if they are able to beat Sweden, while on the other hand, Kosovo failed to secure full points when they met Slovenia.
The following is the complete schedule for the ninth match of the 2026 World Cup in the European zone:
Friday (14/11)
Norway vs Estonia 00.00 WIB
Armenia vs Hungary 00.00 WIB
Azerbaijan vs Iceland 00.00 WIB
England vs Serbia 02.45 WIB
Moldova vs Italy 02.45 WIB
Ireland vs Portugal 02.45 WIB
France vs Ukraine 02.45 WIB
Andorra vs Albania 02.45 WIB
Saturday (15/11)
Finland vs Malta 00.00 WIB
Croatia vs Kep. Faroe 02.45 WIB
Slovakia vs Northern Ireland 02.45 WIB
Luxembourg vs Germany 02.45 WIB
Gibraltar vs Montenegro 02.45 WIB
Poland vs Netherlands 02.45 WIB
Kazakhstan vs Belgium 21.00 WIB
Sunday (16/11)
Turkey vs Bulgaria 00.00 WIB
Lichtenstein vs Wales 00.00 WIB
Georgia vs Spain 00.00 WIB
Cyprus vs Austria 00.00 WIB
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Romania 02.45 WIB
Denmark vs Belarus 02.45 WIB
Slovenia vs Kosovo 02.45 WIB
Greece vs Scotland 02.45 WIB
Switzerland vs Sweden 02.45 WIB.