With Croatia on 19 points, second‑placed Czech Republic can no longer catch it in Group L, as it sits on 13 points with one match left to play against Gibraltar on Tuesday (AEDT).

For the visitors, ranked No.127 by FIFA, the campaign has now ended with an impressive 12 points and a genuine fight for the top two places.

Faroe Islands stunned the crowd after 16 minutes when Geza David Turi burst forward from midfield and hit a low strike that deflected off Luka Vuskovic to give the visitors the lead.

Seven minutes later, Croatia was level as the ball broke kindly for Josko Gvardiol in the box, and he drilled a powerful strike into the bottom right corner.

Croatia went ahead in the 57th minute as an unmarked Petar Musa guided a low cross into the net.

Nikola Vlasic settled the contest in the 70th minute with a composed finish.