The Red Devils, without a number of key players for the tie in Hungary, were masters of their own downfall as they gifted Israel the winner with four minutes left on the clock.

In a cagey first half, Eli Dasa breached Belgium's backline 24 minutes in and beat Koen Casteels with a crisp low effort, only to be denied by the foot of the far post.

Casteels was alert just before the break, getting down low to push Dor Peretz's low drive away from the bottom corner.

Domenico Tedesco's half-time team talk looked to have buoyed his side as it upped the pressure, with Lois Openda hitting the side netting before Johan Bakayoko forced a fingertip save out of Daniel Peretz just after the hour.

However, in its rush to find a winner, Belgium was caught playing out from the back. Dor Peretz latched onto Matte Smets's loose back-pass, and though he was bundled over in the box, Shua coolly picked out the bottom corner.

Israel finish bottom of Group A2 and is automatically relegated to League B, while Belgium sits above it due to a superior goal difference in its head-to-head record – it now has a relegation play-off to overcome.