Match Day 9/4 | UEFA Qualifiers

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UEFA qualifying begins today and will be the only qualifying action today and tomorrow before 4 confederations have games on Tuesday to close the international days in this go-round.

Russia have qualified as hosts and will play regular friendlies throughout the qualifying tournament. The remaining 54 associations will complete for a total of 13 berths at Russia 2018.

With the inclusion of Kosovo and Gibraltar to FIFA membership, there are nine groups of six teams each. The winner of each group qualifies directly to Russia 2018. The top eight runners-up will playoff for the final four qualifying berths in November 2017.

When determining the eight best runners-up, despite all groups having the same number of teams, the results against the sixth-placed team in each group will still be thrown out. These results, however, will count toward the overall standings within each group.

Group C
San Marino - Azerbaijan, 11 a.m. (ESPN3)
Czech Republic - Northern Ireland, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN3)
Norway - Germany, 1:45 p.m. (FS2)

Group E
Denmark - Armenia, 11 a.m. (FS2)
Kazakhstan - Poland, 11 a.m. (ESPN3)
Romania - Montenegro, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN3)

Group F
Lithuania - Slovenia, 11 a.m. (FS+)
Slovakia - England, 11 a.m. (ESPN3)
Malta - Scotland, 1:45 p.m. (FS+)