Belgium secured their spot at the 2026 World Cup in some style as they ran riot against Liechtenstein at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne.
2026 World Cup qualification Europe
7-0
Match Report
Jeremy Doku and Charles De Ketelaere both scored twice as Belgium stormed to a 7-0 victory over Liechtenstein to secure their spot at the 2026 World Cup.
After a disappointing 1-1 draw with Kazakhstan forced Belgium to wait to secure qualification, they made a fast start on Tuesday, with Hans Vanaken nodding a deflected cross in from close range after just three minutes.
Vanaken then missed two chances to add to Belgium's lead before Youri Tielemans slashed a low effort across goal, which was dealt with by Andreas Malin.
Jeremy Doku continued his fine recent form with a seven-minute double. He drilled his first into the bottom-right corner in the 34th minute before then latching onto a loose clearance and skipping to the edge of the box to pick out the same spot for his second.
Emanuel Zund then hit his own post before Belgium well and truly put the game out of sight with four goals in the space of seven second-half minutes, with De Ketelaere heavily involved.
He set up the Red Devils' fourth without knowing much about it, stooping to reach the ball, only for it to bounce off his back for Brandon Mechele to poke it home 52 minutes in.
Alexis Saelemaekers then made up for missing a golden opportunity in the first half, volleying in the rebound from Tielemans' saved strike.
De Ketelaere then wrapped up the scoring with a quick-fire brace, finishing off a counter-attack with a powerful shot past Benjamin Buchel before deflecting Thomas Meunier's bouncing strike past the goalkeeper shortly after.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
3' GOAL! Belgium 1-0 Liechtenstein (Hans Vanaken)
18' Match Event for Belgium vs Liechtenstein
22' Highlight from Belgium vs Liechtenstein
33' Highlight from Belgium vs Liechtenstein
35' GOAL! Belgium 2-0 Liechtenstein
43' GOAL! Belgium 3-0 Liechtenstein
48' Match Event for Belgium vs Liechtenstein
55' GOAL! Belgium 4-0 Liechtenstein
56' GOAL! Belgium 5-0 Liechtenstein
57' GOAL! Belgium 6-0 Liechtenstein (Charles De Ketelaere)
59' GOAL! Belgium 7-0 Liechtenstein (Charles De Ketelaere)
Line-ups
Belgium XI: Meunier, Vanaken, Mechele, Tielemans, Castagne, Nicolas Raskin, Alexis Saelemaekers, Senne Lammens, De Ketelaere, Doku, Arthur Theate
Subs: Witsel, Sels, Trossard, Dodi Lukébakio, Openda, Charles Vanhoutte, Maxim De Cuyper, Koni De Winter, Romeo Vermant, Diego Moreira, Mike Penders, Joaquin Seys
Liechtenstein XI: Benjamin Büchel, Nicolas Hasler, Sandro Wolfinger, Aron Sele, Maximilian Göppel, Andreas Malin, Livio Meier, Jens Hofer, Simon Lüchinger, Fabio Luque-Notaro, Kenny Kindle
Subs: Fabio Wolfinger, Dennis Salanović, Willy Pizzi, Justin Ospelt, Ferhat Saglam, Gabriel Foser, Severin Schlegel, Liam Kranz, Emanuel Zünd, Alessio Hasler, Felix Oberwaditzer, Jonas Weissenhofer