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finals tournament in Qatar. Group C consisted of five teams:

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. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Italy, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Standings

Matches

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Goalscorers

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: * Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) * Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches) The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

References

External links

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Qualifiers – Europe
FIFA.com
European Qualifiers
UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup qualifying

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2020–21 in Bulgarian football 2021–22 in Bulgarian football 2020–21 in Italian football 2021–22 in Italian football 2021 in Lithuanian football 2020–21 in Northern Ireland association football 2021–22 in Northern Ireland association football 2020–21 in Swiss football 2021–22 in Swiss football Switzerland at the 2022 FIFA World Cup