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LIVE from 12 noon: ÖFB team find out their World Cup qualifying opponents
Austria knows its opponents for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Ralf Rangnick's squad will face Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus and San Marino in Group H.
Austria's national soccer team will face Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus and San Marino in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. This was the result of the draw in Zurich on Friday. The eight matches will be played on double dates in June, September, October and November 2025. The group winners will qualify for the tournament in North America, while the runners-up will take part in the play-off in March 2026.
The groups at a glance:
European Championship surprise in ÖFB group
The Romanians, who were drawn from pot two, progressed to the European Championships in Germany in a curious constellation - they won the group with four points ahead of the Belgians, Slovaks and Ukrainians, who all had the same number of points. In the round of 16, a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands was the end of the line.
Austria have won three, drawn five and lost two of their ten matches with Romania so far. Most recently, the 2020 Nations League duels resulted in a 2:3 home win and a 1:0 away draw. In 2009, Austria won 2:1 in the World Cup qualifiers in Klagenfurt and drew 1:1 in Bucharest.
Bosnians not spoiled for success recently
The Bosnians were relegated from the top Nations League division in the autumn after a 7-0 defeat to Germany, among other things, and their last competitive match win was 14 months ago. In the 2018 Nations League, Edin Dzeko and Co. won 1:0 in Zenica, while the return match in Vienna ended in a draw. The 2001 World Cup qualifiers resulted in a 1-1 draw in Bosnia and a 2-0 win for the host team in the Prater, with an overall record of three draws, one win and one defeat.
The Austrian team's statistics against Cyprus show six wins and one draw. The draw (1:1) came in the last meeting to date in February 2005 as part of a test match tournament on the Mediterranean island, with the Austrians losing the subsequent penalty shoot-out. The remaining six matches were all played as part of European Championship or World Cup qualifiers and ended in Austrian victories. The Austrians won two clear victories against San Marino in two European Championship qualifying matches in 1998 (7:0 at home, 4:1 away).
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