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. Group B consisted of five teams: Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Spain and Sweden. 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).
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:
TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) Marcus Danielson vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2020 (29 June 2021) vs Spain (2 September 2021)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)
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References
External links
Qualifiers – Europe, FIFA.com European Qualifiers, UEFA.com