Tickets for World Cup qualifiers: Austria starts against Romania in June!

Tickets for World Cup qualifiers: Austria starts against Romania in June!

The Austrian national football team is standing a decisive year ago, in which they want to keep the chance of participating in the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. This option opens primarily through the upcoming World Cup qualification, the start of which will take place in Vienna on June 7, 2025 with the home game against Romania. Tickets for this highly expected game are from Wednesday, 2:00 p.m., via the ÖFB-Homepage available.

Overall, the group H for Austria includes the Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus and San Marino. The group first secures a place in the World Cup, while the group second over the Nations League in the play-offs has to play for the second chance. Team boss Ralf Rangnick emphasizes the seriousness of the preparation and aims to win the group. The qualification games are scheduled between June and November 2025, with the first game against Romania, followed by an away game in San Marino just three days later.

schedule and opponent

The planned game dates for the World Cup qualification are:

• 7. June 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Austria - Romania (Vienna)
• 10. June 2025, 8:45 p.m.: San Marino - Austria
• 6. September 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Austria - Cyprus (Linz)
• 9. September 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Bosnia - Austria
• 9. October 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Austria - San Marino
• 12. October 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Romania - Austria
• 15. November 2025, 6 p.m.: Cyprus - Austria
• 18. November 2025, 8:45 p.m.: Austria - Bosnia (probably Vienna)

The world ranking places of the other group participants are also remarkable. Romania is in 38th place, while Bosnia-Herzegovina is classified in 74th place. Cyprus can be found in 130 and San Marino ranked at the end of the list.

challenges and opportunities

Austria last participated in a World Cup finals in 1998 and failed in the past six qualification rounds. However, the team has good prerequisites to be successful this time, you look at the play resources and the positive development under Rangnick. Nevertheless, the encounters against opponents such as Romania and Bosnia are considered challenging. In the current qualification table that shows the status of the other groups, Austria is still pointless because it has not played a game so far.

Before the start of the qualification, however, there are still crucial test games. The team will compete against Serbia in two play-off duels to possibly secure a place in the Nations League. These games will take place on March 20 in Vienna and March 23 in Belgrade. The preparation for the upcoming tasks is of great importance for Rangnick to optimally stop the team and maybe fight for the long-awaited World Cup starting site.

fans can be excited to see whether the Austrian team can return to the international stage after over 25 years and how players like David Alaba, who may return after serious injury, will develop. The first steps there are now starting to sell the tickets and the approaching start of the World Cup qualification.