2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I facts for kids
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group C was one of the nine groups where European teams competed to join the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This big football tournament happens every four years. Six national football teams were in this group: Croatia, Finland, Iceland, Kosovo, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Iceland played really well and won the group, which meant they automatically got a spot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Croatia finished second in the group. This meant they had to play another match against a team from a different group to try and qualify.
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How the Teams Finished
This table shows how each team performed in the group. They played a total of 10 matches each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | What Happened Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iceland |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 22 | Qualified for 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 |  Croatia |
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 20 | Moved to the Second Round (Play-offs) |
| 3 |  Ukraine |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | Did not qualify |
| 4 |  Turkey |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 | |
| 5 |  Finland |
10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 9 | |
| 6 |  Kosovo |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | –21 | 1 |
- Pos means Position: Where the team finished in the group.
- Pld means Played: How many games the team played.
- W means Won: How many games the team won.
- D means Drawn: How many games ended in a tie.
- L means Lost: How many games the team lost.
- GF means Goals For: How many goals the team scored.
- GA means Goals Against: How many goals were scored against the team.
- GD means Goal Difference: The number of goals scored minus the number of goals against. A higher number is better.
- Pts means Points: Teams get 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
Top Goal Scorers
These players scored the most goals for their teams in this qualification group.
Players with 6 Goals
- Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine)
Players with 5 Goals
- Mario Mandžukić (Croatia)
- Cenk Tosun (Turkey)
Players with 4 Goals
- Gylfi Sigurðsson (Iceland)
Players with 3 Goals
- Alfreð Finnbogason (Iceland)
- Artem Kravets (Ukraine)
Players with 2 Goals
- Marcelo Brozović (Croatia)
- Nikola Kalinić (Croatia)
- Andrej Kramarić (Croatia)
- Paulus Arajuuri (Finland)
- Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland)
- Teemu Pukki (Finland)
- Kári Árnason (Iceland)
- Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (Iceland)
- Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Turkey)
- Volkan Şen (Turkey)
- Ozan Tufan (Turkey)
- Burak Yılmaz (Turkey)
Players with 1 Goal
- Matej Mitrović (Croatia)
- Ivan Perišić (Croatia)
- Ivan Rakitić (Croatia)
- Domagoj Vida (Croatia)
- Robin Lod (Finland)
- Alexander Ring (Finland)
- Pyry Soiri (Finland)
- Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland)
- Hörður Björgvin Magnússon (Iceland)
- Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (Iceland)
- Ragnar Sigurðsson (Iceland)
- Valon Berisha (Kosovo)
- Atdhe Nuhiu (Kosovo)
- Amir Rrahmani (Kosovo)
- Cengiz Ünder (Turkey)
- Artem Besyedin (Ukraine)
- Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine)
- Ruslan Rotan (Ukraine)
Own Goals
Sometimes a player accidentally scores a goal for the other team. This is called an "own goal."
- Leart Paqarada (Kosovo, against Ukraine)
- Ömer Toprak (Turkey, against Iceland)
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Grupo I de la Clasificación de UEFA para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018 para niños
