The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H 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 H consisted of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The group winners, Croatia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Russia, advanced to the second round (play-offs), but they were later suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Croatia
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 23 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Russia[a]
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 22 | Advance to play-offs | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Slovakia
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10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 14 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Slovenia
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 6 | Malta
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 5 | 1–7 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 3–0 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[5][6][7] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Cyprus | 0–0 | Slovakia |
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Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
| Malta | 1–3 | Russia |
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 35' 90' |
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
| Slovenia | 1–0 | Croatia |
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Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Russia | 2–1 | Slovenia |
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Attendance: 13,008[11]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
| Croatia | 1–0 | Cyprus |
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Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
| Slovakia | 2–2 | Malta |
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53' |
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20' |
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
| Cyprus | 1–0 | Slovenia |
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Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
| Croatia | 3–0 | Malta |
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76' (pen.) 90' |
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Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
| Slovakia | 2–1 | Russia |
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74' |
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Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
| Malta | 3–0 | Cyprus |
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46' |
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Attendance: 2,686[17]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
| Russia | 0–0 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 18,708[18]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
| Slovenia | 1–1 | Slovakia |
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Attendance: 4,034[19]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
| Cyprus | 0–2 | Russia |
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55' |
Attendance: 1,645[20]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
| Slovenia | 1–0 | Malta |
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Attendance: 4,571[21]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
| Slovakia | 0–1 | Croatia |
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Attendance: 9,047[22]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
| Croatia | 3–0 | Slovenia |
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66' 90+4' |
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Attendance: 16,237[23]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Russia | 2–0 | Malta |
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84' (pen.) |
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Attendance: 10,508[24]
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
| Slovakia | 2–0 | Cyprus |
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77' |
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Attendance: 6,762[25]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
| Cyprus | 0–3 | Croatia |
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80' 90+2' |
Attendance: 2,333[26]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
| Malta | 0–4 | Slovenia |
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49' 67' |
Attendance: 3,967[27]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
| Russia | 1–0 | Slovakia |
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Attendance: 9,588[28]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Cyprus | 2–2 | Malta |
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80' |
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90+8' |
Attendance: 1,405[29]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
| Croatia | 2–2 | Slovakia |
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71' |
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45' |
Attendance: 9,926[30]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
| Slovenia | 1–2 | Russia |
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32' |
Attendance: 6,524[31]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
| Russia | 6–0 | Cyprus |
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55' 56' 62' 82' |
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Attendance: 10,108[32]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
| Malta | 1–7 | Croatia |
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22' 39' 45+1' 47', 64' 53' |
Attendance: 4,581[33]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
| Slovakia | 2–2 | Slovenia |
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74' |
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62' |
Attendance: 2,726[34]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
| Croatia | 1–0 | Russia |
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Attendance: 30,257[35]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| Malta | 0–6 | Slovakia |
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8', 69', 80' 72' |
Attendance: 3,293[36]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
| Slovenia | 2–1 | Cyprus |
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84' |
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Attendance: 5,117[37]
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
There were 83 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.
4 goals
Josip Iličić3 goals
Mario Pašalić Ivan Perišić Artem Dzyuba Aleksandr Yerokhin2 goals
Marko Livaja Lovro Majer Cain Attard Joseph Mbong Mário Fernandes Fyodor Smolov Albert Rusnák Ivan Schranz Milan Škriniar David Strelec Sandi Lovrić Miha Zajc1 goal
Marcelo Brozović Duje Ćaleta-Car Joško Gvardiol Nikola Vlašić Andronikos Kakoullis Fotis Papoulis Ioannis Pittas Pieros Sotiriou Jurgen Degabriele Luke Gambin Zach Muscat Alexander Satariano Zelimkhan Bakayev Igor Diveyev Georgi Dzhikiya Andrei Mostovoy Aleksandr Sobolev Aleksei Sutormin Anton Zabolotny Rifat Zhemaletdinov Róbert Boženík Vernon De Marco Lukáš Haraslín Martin Koscelník Róbert Mak Adam Gnezda Čerin Miha Mevlja Benjamin Šeško Andraž Šporar Petar Stojanović1 own goal
Marcelo Brozović (against Malta) Fyodor Kudryashov (against Croatia) Milan Škriniar (against Russia)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[38]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Croatia |
Borna Barišić |  vs Slovenia (24 March 2021) vs Slovakia (11 October 2021) |
vs Malta (11 November 2021) |
| Mateo Kovačić | vs Cyprus (27 March 2021) vs Cyprus (8 October 2021) |
vs Slovakia (11 October 2021) | |
| Marko Rog |  vs Portugal in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (17 November 2020) |
vs Slovenia (24 March 2021)[39] | |
| Domagoj Vida | vs Slovenia (24 March 2021) vs Malta (30 March 2021) |
vs Russia (1 September 2021) | |
| Cyprus |
Kostakis Artymatas | vs Russia (4 September 2021) vs Croatia (8 October 2021) |
vs Malta (11 October 2021) |
| Andreas Avraam | vs Slovakia (7 September 2021) vs Croatia (8 October 2021)
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| Constantinos Soteriou | vs Malta (1 September 2021) |
vs Russia (4 September 2021) | |
| Malta |
Ryan Camenzuli | vs Slovakia (27 March 2021) vs Russia (7 September 2021) |
vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) |
| Joseph Mbong | vs Cyprus (1 September 2021) vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) |
vs Cyprus (11 October 2021) | |
| Enrico Pepe | vs Slovenia (4 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 November 2021) |
vs Slovakia (14 November 2021) | |
| Alexander Satariano | vs Slovenia (4 September 2021) vs Slovenia (8 October 2021) |
vs Cyprus (11 October 2021) | |
| Russia |
Aleksei Miranchuk | vs Slovenia (27 March 2021) vs Malta (7 September 2021) |
vs Slovakia (8 October 2021) |
| Rifat Zhemaletdinov | vs Malta (24 March 2021) vs Slovakia (30 March 2021) |
vs Croatia (1 September 2021) | |
| Slovakia |
Dávid Hancko | vs Cyprus (7 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021) |
vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) |
| Juraj Kucka | vs Russia (8 October 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021)
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| Peter Pekarík | vs Croatia (4 September 2021) vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) |
vs Malta (14 November 2021) | |
| Ivan Schranz | vs Slovenia (1 September 2021) vs Croatia (11 October 2021) |
vs Slovenia (11 November 2021) | |
| Slovenia |
Jaka Bijol | vs Croatia (7 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) |
vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) |
| Miha Blažič | vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) |
vs Cyprus (14 November 2021) | |
| Adam Gnezda Čerin | vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) |
vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) | |
| Josip Iličić | vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) |
vs Malta (4 September 2021) | |
| Jasmin Kurtić | vs Croatia (24 March 2021) vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) |
vs Slovakia (1 September 2021) | |
| vs Malta (4 September 2021) vs Russia (11 October 2021) |
vs Slovakia (11 November 2021) | ||
| Miha Mevlja | vs Croatia (24 March 2021) vs Russia (27 March 2021) |
vs Cyprus (30 March 2021) |
