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
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
finals tournament in Qatar. Group B consisted of five teams:
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
,
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
,
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
and
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format.
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".
Standings
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.
Times are
CET/
CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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Goalscorers
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
* 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:
Notes
References
External links
*
Qualifiers – Europe FIFA.com
European Qualifiers UEFA.com
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Group B
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2021 in Georgian football
2020–21 in Greek football
2021–22 in Greek football
2020–21 in Kosovan football
2021–22 in Kosovan football
2020–21 in Spanish football
2021–22 in Spanish football
Spain at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
2021 in Swedish football