The first day of October’s window for its qualifiers World Cup In Europe it was completed with surprises. OR Cyprus He took the rank of tie from Bosnia, while the Faroe islands defeated Montenegro.
The program of Thursday, October 9, included a total of eight games for the 3rd, 7th, 8th and 12th group.
Cyprus managed to get a heroic grade (2-2) at its headquarters against Bosnia. The Bosnians opened the scoring early with something exploiting the bad removal of Laifi with his head and very closely defeated Michael, making it 0-1 in the 10th minute.
At 36 ′ the Bosnians made it 0-2 after a huge mistake by Michael, who went to block the ball from a corner kick, but he unintentionally sent it to his team’s nets.
The Cypriots then reacted. They reduced to 2-1 to 45+1 ′ with Laifi. The Cypriot saw the ball lay down after he hit Basil’s beam and sent it to the net.
Cyprus managed to get the tie rank at 90+6 ′, with Pittas scoring a penalty shoot -out of 11 steps.
The score of the night was recorded in Vienna’s Ernst Happel, where Austria scattered San Marino 10-0 and with a lesser match reached 15 points, two more in the 8th group from Bosnia, who lost two valuable points in Larnaca with 2-2 in Larnaca.
The Netherlands also had a quiet night in the Cali, where with a wide 4-0 win over Malta (two goals and assists Hakpo) enjoys the loneliness of the 7th group’s peak, certifying that it is the undisputed favorite to qualify for the Mundial 2026 finals.
The surprise of the night was in Torshavn, where the islands were 4-0 in Montenegro.
The results of the matches
1st group
10 October 2025
Northern Ireland – Slovakia 21:45
Germany – Luxembourg 21:45
13 October 2025
Northern Ireland – Germany 21:45
Slovakia – Luxembourg 21:45
2nd group
10 October 2025
Kosovo – Slovenia 21:45
Sweden – Switzerland 21:45
13 October 2025
Slovenia – Switzerland 21:45
Sweden – Kosovo 21:45
3rd group
Belarus-Denmark 0-6 (14 ′ Frocholond, 20 ′, 45 ′ Hormount, 45 ‘+6 Borgou, 66 ′, 79 ′ Dreier)
Scotland-Greece 3-1 (64 ′ Christie, 80 ′ Ferguson, 90 ‘+3 Dikes-62 ′ Tsimikas)
12 October 2025
Scotland – Belarus 21:45
Denmark – Greece 21:45
4th group
10 October 2025
Iceland – Ukraine 21:45
France – Azerbaijan 21:45
13 October 2025
Iceland – France 21:45
Ukraine – Azerbaijan 21:45
5th group
11 October 2025
Bulgaria – Turkey 21:45
Spain – Georgia 21:45
14 October 2025
Turkey – Georgia 21:45
Spain – Bulgaria 21:45
6th group
11 October 2025
Hungary – Armenia 19:00
Portugal – Ireland 21:45
14 October 2025
Ireland – Armenia 21:45
Portugal – Hungary 21:45
7th group
Finland-Lithuania 2-1 (48 ′ Kalmar, 55 ′ Markiev-25 ′ Sirvis)
Malta-Netherlands 0-4 (15’E, 48 ” Hakpo, 57 ′ Rayders, 90 ‘+4 deci)
Repo: Poland
12 October 2025
Netherlands – Finland 19:00
Lithuania – Poland 21:45
Repo: Malta
8th group
Austria-San Marino 10-0 (7 ′ Smid, 8 ′, 47 ′, 83 ′, 84 ′ Arnautovic, 24 ′ Gregoric, 30 ′, 42 ′, 45 ′ limer, 76 ′ Bourbrand)
Cyprus-Bosnia/Erzegovina 1-2 (45 ‘+1 Laifis-10 ′ something, 36 ′ Aut. Michael)
Repo: Romania
12 October 2025
San Marino – Cyprus 16:00
Romania – Austria 21:45
Repo: Bosnia/Herzegovina
9th group
11 October 2025
Norway – Israel 19:00
Estonia – Italy 21:45
Repo: Moldova
14 October 2025
Estonia – Moldova 19:00
Italy – Israel 21:45
Repo: Norway
10th group
10 October 2025
Kazakhstan – Liechtenstein 17:00
Belgium – Northern Macedonia 21:45
Repo: Wales
13 October 2025
Northern Macedonia – Kazakhstan 21:45
Wales – Belgium 21:45
Repo: Liechtenstein
11th group
11 October 2025
Latvia – Andorra 16:00
Serbia – Albania 21:45
Repo: England
14 October 2025
Andorra – Serbia 21:45
Latvia – England 21:45
Repo: Albania
12th group
Czech-Croatia 0-0
Faroe-Mavrovoun islands 4-0 (16 ′, 55 ′ Sorensen, 36΄, 71 ′ Fredericksburg)
Repo: Gibraltar
12 October 2025
Faroe Islands – Czech Republic 19:00
Croatia – Gibraltar 21:45
Repo: Montenegro