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Sweden could potentially be the only team to qualify for
2026 World Cup
without even winning in the qualifying phase.
In the 2026 European Zone World Cup Qualification, Sweden is in Group B with Switzerland, Kosovo and Slovenia.Initially Sweden was the favorite to qualify from this group.
In fact, Sweden is the caretaker.Of the six matches, the team coached by Graham Potter has never won.Sweden’s qualifying results were two draws and four losses.
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However, Sweden still has the right to advance to the play-off round for the 2026 World Cup. Sweden will compete with 15 other countries for the remaining four tickets to Europe.
The 15 countries are Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Wales, Czechia, Slovakia, Albania, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Romania, Ireland and North Macedonia.
Of the total of 16 teams, Sweden was not the only country that appeared in the play offs even though they were not runners up in the group in the qualifying phase.There are three other countries that have the same fate as Sweden.
The three countries are Northern Ireland, Romania and North Macedonia.Sweden and these three countries have the right to play off the 2026 World Cup via the 2024/2025 Nations League.
These four countries won the 2024/2025 Nations League C group or the third caste of competition for UEFA member countries.This group champion status earned them promotion to Nations League B.
What differentiates Sweden from the other three countries is victory.Three other teams won in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, while Sweden did not.
This also means that Sweden has the potential to become a country that will qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico even though they have never won the qualifying round.
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