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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group B was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar.[1] Group B consisted of five teams: Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Spain and Sweden.[2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The group winners, Spain, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Sweden, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

Greece, Georgia and Spain did not recognize Kosovo as an independent country, and therefore, during the match between Spain and Kosovo, the latter team was named "Kosovo Football Federation".[4]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Spain 8 6 1 1 15 5 10 19 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1
2   Sweden 8 5 0 3 12 6 6 15 Advance to play-offs 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 3–0
3   Greece 8 2 4 2 8 8 0 10 0–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–1
4   Georgia 8 2 1 5 6 12 −6 7 1–2 2–0 0–2 — 0–1
5   Kosovo 8 1 2 5 5 15 −10 5 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[5][6][7] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Spain  1–1  Greece
  • Morata   33'
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Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Sweden  1–0  Georgia
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Attendance: 0[9][note 2]
Georgia  1–2  Spain
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Attendance: 16,500[10]
Kosovo  0–3  Sweden
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Attendance: 0[11][note 2]
Greece  1–1  Georgia
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Attendance: 0[12][note 2]
Spain  3–1  Kosovo
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Attendance: 0[13][note 2]
Georgia  0–1  Kosovo
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Attendance: 122[15]
Sweden  2–1  Spain
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Attendance: 16,901[16]
Kosovo  1–1  Greece
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Attendance: 1,200[17]
Spain  4–0  Georgia
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Attendance: 8,444[18]
Greece  2–1  Sweden
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Attendance: 3,475[19]
Kosovo  0–2  Spain
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Attendance: 1,200[20]
Georgia  0–2  Greece
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Attendance: 0[21][note 3]
Sweden  3–0  Kosovo
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Attendance: 44,213[22]
Kosovo  1–2  Georgia
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Attendance: 3,550[23]
Sweden  2–0  Greece
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Attendance: 47,314[24]
Georgia  2–0  Sweden
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Attendance: 6,800[25]
Greece  0–1  Spain
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Attendance: 7,825[26]
Greece  1–1  Kosovo
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Attendance: 1,388[27]
Spain  1–0  Sweden
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Attendance: 51,844[28]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Goalscorers

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There were 46 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[29]

  • 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:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
  Georgia Giorgi Aburjania   vs Greece (31 March 2021)
  vs Greece (9 October 2021)		 vs Kosovo (12 October 2021)
Grigol Chabradze   vs Kosovo (2 September 2021)
  vs Spain (5 September 2021)		 vs Greece (9 October 2021)
Lasha Dvali   vs Sweden (25 March 2021)
  vs Kosovo (12 October 2021)		 vs Sweden (11 November 2021)
Guram Giorbelidze   vs Greece (9 October 2021)
  vs Kosovo (12 October 2021)
Jaba Kankava   vs Greece (31 March 2021)
  vs Greece (9 October 2021)		 vs Kosovo (12 October 2021)
Guram Kashia   vs Kosovo (2 September 2021)
  vs Spain (5 September 2021)		 vs Greece (9 October 2021)
Levan Shengelia   vs Spain (28 March 2021) vs Greece (31 March 2021)
vs Kosovo (2 September 2021)[30]
  Greece Anastasios Bakasetas   vs Georgia (9 October 2021)
  vs Sweden (12 October 2021)		 vs Spain (11 November 2021)
Pantelis Chatzidiakos   vs Slovenia in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) vs Spain (25 March 2021)[31]
    vs Sweden (12 October 2021) vs Spain (11 November 2021)
Giorgos Giakoumakis   vs Spain (25 March 2021)
  vs Georgia (31 March 2021)		 vs Kosovo (5 September 2021)
Manolis Siopis   vs Georgia (9 October 2021)
  vs Spain (11 November 2021)		 vs Kosovo (14 November 2021)
Georgios Tzavellas   vs Kosovo (5 September 2021)
  vs Georgia (9 October 2021)		 vs Sweden (12 October 2021)
Zeca   vs Spain (25 March 2021)
  vs Georgia (31 March 2021)		 vs Kosovo (5 September 2021)
  Kosovo Bernard Berisha     vs Sweden (28 March 2021) vs Spain (31 March 2021)
Ibrahim Drešević   vs Moldova in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) vs Sweden (28 March 2021)[31]
  vs Sweden (9 October 2021)
  vs Georgia (12 October 2021)		 vs Greece (14 November 2021)
Florent Hadergjonaj   vs Sweden (28 March 2021)
  vs Sweden (9 October 2021)		 vs Georgia (12 October 2021)
Besar Halimi   vs Sweden (28 March 2021)
  vs Greece (5 September 2021)		 vs Spain (8 September 2021)
Lirim M. Kastrati   vs Georgia (2 September 2021)
  vs Greece (5 September 2021)
Hekuran Kryeziu   vs Sweden (28 March 2021)
  vs Spain (31 March 2021)		 vs Georgia (2 September 2021)
  Sweden Marcus Danielson   vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2020 (29 June 2021) vs Spain (2 September 2021)[30]
Albin Ekdal   vs Kosovo (9 October 2021)
  vs Greece (12 October 2021)		 vs Georgia (11 November 2021)
Dejan Kulusevski   vs Spain (2 September 2021)
  vs Kosovo (9 October 2021)		 vs Greece (12 October 2021)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC 1) for matches until 27 March and from 31 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC 2) for matches from 28 March to 30 October 2021 (matchday 2–8).
  2. ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^ The match was played behind closed doors.

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2022: Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition – Draw Results" (PDF). UEFA. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "UEFA preliminary competition format for the FIFA World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "RTVE no quiere polémicas: así evita reconocer a Kosovo como estado en su partido contra La Roja". El Español (in Spanish). 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. ^ "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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  10. ^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Kosovo vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Greece vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Spain vs. Kosovo" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b c საქართველოს ეროვნული ნაკრები სამ საშინაო შეხვედრას ბათუმში გამართავს, Georgian Football Federation (GFF), 28 April 2021
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  16. ^ "Sweden vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Kosovo vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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  19. ^ "Greece vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Kosovo vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Georgia vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Sweden vs. Kosovo" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Kosovo vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Sweden vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Georgia vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Greece vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Greece vs. Kosovo" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  28. ^ "Spain vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  29. ^ "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  30. ^ a b "Booking list" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  31. ^ a b "Disciplinary matters" (PDF). UEFA.com. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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