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]
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to play-offs | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | ||
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8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
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 | ![]() |
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Sweden ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Georgia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Sweden ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Kosovo ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Georgia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Greece ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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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
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [29]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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Giorgi Aburjania | ![]() ![]() |
vs Kosovo (12 October 2021) |
Grigol Chabradze | ![]() ![]() |
vs Greece (9 October 2021) | |
Lasha Dvali | ![]() ![]() |
vs Sweden (11 November 2021) | |
Guram Giorbelidze | ![]() ![]() | ||
Jaba Kankava | ![]() ![]() |
vs Kosovo (12 October 2021) | |
Guram Kashia | ![]() ![]() |
vs Greece (9 October 2021) | |
Levan Shengelia | ![]() |
vs Greece (31 March 2021) vs Kosovo (2 September 2021) [30] | |
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Anastasios Bakasetas | ![]() ![]() |
vs Spain (11 November 2021) |
Pantelis Chatzidiakos | ![]() |
vs Spain (25 March 2021) [31] | |
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vs Spain (11 November 2021) | ||
Giorgos Giakoumakis | ![]() ![]() |
vs Kosovo (5 September 2021) | |
Manolis Siopis | ![]() ![]() |
vs Kosovo (14 November 2021) | |
Georgios Tzavellas | ![]() ![]() |
vs Sweden (12 October 2021) | |
Zeca | ![]() ![]() |
vs Kosovo (5 September 2021) | |
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Bernard Berisha | ![]() ![]() |
vs Spain (31 March 2021) |
Ibrahim Drešević | ![]() |
vs Sweden (28 March 2021) [31] | |
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vs Greece (14 November 2021) | ||
Florent Hadergjonaj | ![]() ![]() |
vs Georgia (12 October 2021) | |
Besar Halimi | ![]() ![]() |
vs Spain (8 September 2021) | |
Lirim M. Kastrati | ![]() ![]() | ||
Hekuran Kryeziu | ![]() ![]() |
vs Georgia (2 September 2021) | |
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Marcus Danielson | ![]() |
vs Spain (2 September 2021) [30] |
Albin Ekdal | ![]() ![]() |
vs Georgia (11 November 2021) | |
Dejan Kulusevski | ![]() ![]() |
vs Greece (12 October 2021) |