2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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

The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 14 Nov 25 Mar 5 Sep 31 Mar
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round 2 Sep — 12 Oct 25 Mar 9 Oct
3  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Nov 8 Sep — 31 Mar 14 Nov
4  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Mar 11 Nov 9 Oct — 2 Sep
5  Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sep 28 Mar 5 Sep 12 Oct —
First match(es) will be played on 25 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[4][5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Spain v Greece
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Sweden v Georgia
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Georgia v Spain
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Kosovo v Sweden
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Greece v Georgia
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Spain v Kosovo
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Georgia v Kosovo
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Sweden v Spain
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Kosovo v Greece
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Spain v Georgia
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Greece v Sweden
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Kosovo v Spain
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Georgia v Greece
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Sweden v Kosovo
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Kosovo v Georgia
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Sweden v Greece
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Georgia v Sweden
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Greece v Spain
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Greece v Kosovo
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Spain v Sweden
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Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[7]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

Notes
  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).

References
  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. "European Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup: all the fixtures". UEFA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. "Fixture List – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "Fixture List by Group – European Qualifiers 2020–2022: FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. "Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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